Bereavement Officer

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a part time Adult Bereavement Service Officer to join the bereavement service at MFT. The post is to be mainly based at Manchester Royal Infirmary, but a degree of flexibility will be required for cross covering the other sites within the Trust if required. The position is for 3 days a week, Wednesday to Friday 11am till 4:30pm.

Bereavement Officers work trust-wide to meet the needs of bereaved people and to provide a high quality service which complies with local and national guidelines.

The Bereavement Team provides bereavement care following the death of an adult anywhere within the Trust as required providing highly sensitive, complex and detailed information to bereaved people.

You will demonstrate excellent interpersonal and communication skills. You will be working collaboratively with a wide range of staff, in addition to being confident in working under your own initiative to prioritise your workload accordingly.

To succeed, you’ll need to be committed to delivering high quality care, with compassion and respect, have excellent interpersonal skills. You will be highly motivated and resourceful. If successful, you will become part of a fantastic and dedicated team that supports each other and always operates with consideration and dignity.

Work with key stakeholders to ensure documents relating to a patient's death are completed correctly and in a timely manner, in line with current legislation.
Be aware of policies in relation to guidelines and regulations around Registration of Deaths.
To provide a source of expertise to clinical, clerical and managerial staff on bereavement issues on legislation and guidelines. Understand and comply with the Trust’s Health Records, Caldicott, Data Protection and Patient’s Property Policies.
Be aware of differing religious and cultural beliefs relating to death and assist families to ensure that all beliefs are adhered to, respected and upheld as far as possible.
Ensure that families are supported throughout the bereavement process and are always dealt with in an empathetic manner. Contact families to ensure that they are updated on the completion of relevant documents. Explain to families how to register deaths and what is required legally from them in order to ensure that registration is valid.

MFT is one of the largest NHS Trust In England with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research, and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our Electronic Patient Record system which launched in September 2022.

We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programs. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our Green Plan which sets out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open, and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.

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We’re looking forward to hearing from you