Pan Cheshire Child Death Overview Panel (CDOP) Senior Administrator

at  Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

This post is for 22.5 hours
The Pan Cheshire Child Death Overview Panel (CDOP) Administrator will be hosted by the Mid Cheshire Trust NHS Foundation Trust and will be a member of their Women’s and Children’s Division.
The post holder is require to provide a comprehensive and efficient administrative support service to the Pan Cheshire Child Death Review process, the Child Death Overview Panel (CDOP) and offer support to all partners involved in a child death (0-18 years) across Cheshire East, Cheshire West, Halton and Warrington.
The Post holder will undertake a wide range of administrative tasks, including personal responsibility for a number of routine delegated tasks including supporting, coordinating and sharing information from the Electronic Child Death Overview Panel (ECDOP). The post holder will be required to use the eCDOP system to monitor case progress, co-ordinate Child Death Review (CDR) Meetings and to assist the JAR team with information gathering and collating data. Training will be provided on this system. The post-holder will require a high level of organisational skills and a willingness to develop their role within this specialist area ensuring that a high-quality review, reporting and support service is maintained.
Previous applicants within the last three months need not apply.

Developing and maintaining effective and efficient systems for the management of the Pan Cheshire Child Death Overview Panel (CDOP) and its functions.
Overseeing, administering, and managing the eCDOP database receiving all initial notifications of child deaths that occur across Cheshire including managing user accounts.
Sending requests to relevant agencies for agency checks and completion of reports; outstanding agency reports through appropriate persuasion and negotiation, when timescales for completion are exceeded and monitor alerts.
Recording the CDOP’s conclusions and submitting data to the National Child Mortality Database and Department of Health and Social Care as requested.
Updating and maintain an database with historical information on Pan Cheshire Child Deaths and pulling off reports as and when required.
Preparing papers and reports for CDOP, including analysing the data extracts.
Providing PA functionality to the Independent Chair including routine secretarial duties such as minuting of meetings, travel and diary arrangements, web and information support, and other administration duties as they arise for relevant members of the panel.
Acting as a Single Point of Contact for child deaths occurring across Cheshire East, Cheshire West, Halton, and Warrington
See attached JD for full list of duties for this role.
Mid Cheshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides a full range of local hospital and community services for people across East Cheshire (population 399K) and West Cheshire and Chester boroughs (population 357K).
The Trust provides high quality planned and unplanned/emergency care, cardiac and critical care as well as child health, maternity services, and intermediate care across our sites at Leighton Hospital in Crewe, Victoria Infirmary in Northwich, and Elmhurst Intermediate Care Centre in Winsford. The Trust provides 500 beds and employs over 5,000 members of staff.
An extensive range of community services is provided across 26 medical centres and schools by our community arm, Central Cheshire Integrated Care Partnership, in collaboration with Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS FT and the South Cheshire and Vale Royal GP Alliance. With the formation of Integrated Care Systems in July 2022 the Trust became a strategic partner in both Cheshire East and Cheshire West and Chester ‘places’ and is part of the Cheshire and Merseyside partnership caring for a population of over 2.7million.
During the Coronavirus pandemic, the Trust was recognised nationally for its ‘Be Safe Be EquiPPEd’ campaign, which aimed to make the Trust as safe as possible for staff and patients, through supporting the correct use of PPE.
At Mid Cheshire, our mission is to inspire hope and provide unparalleled care for the people and communities of Cheshire, helping them to enjoy life to the fullest.
See attached Job Description for the full list of duties and responsibilities for the advertised post