Deputy Bereavement Officer

4 weeks ago


Bolton, United Kingdom Bolton NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Part time 22.5 hours per week. Permanent Post.

Departmental profile

The Patient and Bereavement service are based in Trust Headquarters, the team is part of the Palliative and End of life care team, working with the Bereavement Nurse and managed by the Bereavement officer.

Brief job details

The main role of the Deputy Bereavement Officer is to support the Bereavement Officer to support bereaved families working liaising with medical staff, Medical examiner office, the coroner and the wards. They will also support the road traffic collision compensation claims process.
- GCSE English and Math A-C
- NVQ3 in Business Administration or social and health care or working towards
- Experience of working in a caring environment and dealing with bereaved families
- Organisational skill, flexible good IT skills

Diagnostics and Support Services Division

Bolton NHS Foundation Trust is an integrated provider of acute, intermediate and community health care serving the population of Bolton. This provides us with an opportunity for our services to work closely with our partners in primary care and the local authority to ensure a seamless service for our patients.

Here at Bolton our patients are at the heart of everything we do. We ensure our patients receive the highest quality of care and are guided by our Trust Values. We are proud that our Trust is a centre of excellence for maternity, neonatal and care for children, and that it has been rated as Good by the Quality Care Commission (CQC). This is in recognition of the patient experience and quality of care that our staff provide to patients. It is also supported by our Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health Professional Framework for Professional Practice.

Supporting bereaved families with death certification

working with the medical examiner office and coroner

Supporting junior doctors to complete MCCD

Supporting road traffic collision claims

memorandum of death report and data collection

Deputising for the Bereavement Officer


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