Bereavement Tracker

To maintain the master record tracking all deaths within the hospital as designated Tracker spreadsheet.
- To act as the bridge between the trust bereavement office and the medical examiners service.
- To assist the medical examiners team with the completion of the Medical Summary within the official timeframes of 3 working days.
- To liaise with clinical staff at their base to assist or initiate completion of required documentation within KPI targets.
- To assist the Bereavement Team, if required, with the completion of the Medical certificate Cause of death within official timeframes of 2 working days.
- To provide effective delivery of service and identity potential service enhancements or developments and planning of their effective implementation.
- Deal with telephone and general enquiries regarding update requests from families, Stockport Registrars, Coroner’s officers and Funeral directors.
- To deal with all administration procedures in accordance with official guidelines and written procedures, this includes dealing with doctors and consultants on a frequent basis.
- To attend medical wards, clinics and health records to collect patient case notes.
- To report/escalate any breaches in official timeframes and audit the spreadsheet to identify any issues with the flow of paperwork.
- To identify causes of delays within the system and work with relevant departments, service users and agencies to reduce the issues.

We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and we are one of its largest employers.

Our mission is to make a difference every day. Our values are that we care, we respect, and we listen

We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.

We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.

The salary for the role is only one part of the excellent package of benefits we offer to you:

- Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
- NHS pension scheme membership
- Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
- NHS Staff discounts
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
- Stockport Credit Union
- for local financial advice

Please see Job description attached for duties and responsibilities of the role of the Bereavement tracker.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trust’s policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately.
- If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £41.50. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary

In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £13.