Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Designated Doctor for Child death
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Job Summary
The post holder will work as a key member of the ICB safeguarding team and will support the ICB in meeting their statutory duties as both commissioners and employers (Working Together to Safeguard Children (2023), Section 11 Children Act 2004, Care Act 2014, Promoting the Health and Wellbeing of Looked After Children (HM 2015), Child Death Review Statutory and Operational Guidance: England (HM 2018) and support the continual improvement and development of the child death review partnership agenda.
The post holder will be expected to work with other BSW designated professionals for Child Death Reviews, CDOP Co-ordinator, Named Nurse for Child Death Reviews and safeguarding, Acute and community professionals, Lead for Learning from Child Deaths and the wider BSW ICB Safeguarding team to ensure that learning from the overview process is embedded into the commissioning strategy and that NHS providers embed learning into daily practice and that this is monitored.
The role is for 1 PA per week and salary is per session.
Main duties of the job
Overall duties
The Designated Doctor for Child Death is a clinical expert and strategic leader, taking a strategic, professional lead on all aspects of the health service contribution to the child death service and processes across BSW, focused particularly on the Swindon area.
The post holder will provide support in relation to child death to all providers and linking particularly with Named Child Protection and Safeguarding Children health professionals, local authorities, Police, local safeguarding partnerships (LSPs) and NHS England.
This role will be working across the Integrated Care System (ICS) and closely with the ICB Safeguarding Team (including Children in Care Team, Special Educational Needs and Disability Team and Child Death Service Team) to provide expert advice and guidance and ensuring all services under BSW meet the statutory requirements.
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The role has a key function of providing independent scrutiny and challenge in the Child Death Overview Panel (CDOP) within the overall BSW Child Death Review Partnership Process.
This post will provide expert strategic leadership, independent scrutiny and challenge in all aspects relating to the overview of child deaths across Swindon.
Job Description
Job responsibilities
Particular duties:
- The post holder is expected to chair the Child Death Review Meeting monthly.
- The post holder is expected to chair the Perinatal Mortality Review meeting monthly.
- The post holder is expected to chair a Joint Agency Review meeting when required within 72 hours of a death where a JAR is identified as being needed.
- The post holder is expected to attend the BSW CDOP meeting every other month.
- The post holder is expected to attend the BSW CDOP doctors meeting every other month.
- The post holder is expected to attend regional Joint Agency Review Meetings every other month.
- The post holder is expected to attend the Trust learning from Deaths quarterly meeting.
- The post holder is expected to attend the South West Operational Delivery Network Mortality Forum quarterly.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Qualifications Essential
- Fully registered with the GMC
- MRCPCH (UK) or equivalent
- Applicants that are UK trained, must ALSO be a holder of a Certificate of Completion of Specialist Training (CCST), or be within six months of award of CCT by date of interview.
- Applicants that are non-UK trained, will be required to show evidence of equivalence to the UK CCT.
Experience Essential
- Clinical training/experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCT.
- Expertise in the full range of community paediatrics with particular emphasis in autism spectrum disorder and ADHD.
- Experience in managing children with complex neurodisabilities.
- Demonstrate an understanding of the needs of Children who are Look After and being adopted.
- Ability to lead a multi-professional team and take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients.
- Excellent 1:1 communication skills with children, families and colleagues.
- Ability to apply research outcomes to the clinical environment.
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Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
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