Bereavement Team Leader

Bereavement Services are looking to appoint a Bereavement Team Leader to work in the Bereavement Department to cover both the office at Central and the Northern sites.

As well as being the team leader you will also be expected to work as a bereavement officer.

The successful applicant will be able to demonstrate visible leadership skills in provide day-to-day supervision and support to staff members.

Providing leadership, guidance and support to individuals and teams, guiding them towards the achievement of departmental objectives., Good interpersonal and telephone skills are essential as the job involves daily contact with bereaved families, and the ability to work as part of a team is essential. The office is very busy, mentally taxing, and sometimes emotionally demanding.The successful candidate will need to work very closely with the Medical Examiner Officer's, Coroner's office and Registrar's offices to ensure that statutory and mandatory paperwork is completed correctly , ensuring that bereaved families are given a service of compassionate excellence.The duties include using a computerised system to the accurate completion of statutory records.Good literacy, numeracy and keyboarding skills are essential. Applicants need to be well organized, logical, and able to cope with and understand people emotions at one of the most stressful times in a person's life.

The successful applicant will essentially be a people person - caring, methodical, calm under pressure, IT literate, team player.

The bereavement department is a small and unique team with 1 admin support worker; 3 bereavement officers; 1 team leader and a department manager.

You will be working for an organisation which values and respects all of its staff and the community it serves. The Trust is a leader in the NHS and research sectors and provides excellent benefits for its staff. This includes commitments to professional development but also many policies to support employees in balancing their personal and professional lives.