Job Description

We are excited to offer an opportunity for a dynamic, forward thinking and enthusiastic individual to join the Trust as an Inquest Liaison Officer. You will work closely with the Inquest Lead to manage inquest cases from the time of patient safety incident through to the formal hearing and closure. This will include routine reporting on inquest activity and the highlighting of any potentially problematic cases and those likely to become high risk and/or high profile to the organisation. You will advise and support staff called to give evidence at Coroners' Inquests and will establish strong relationships across operational services within the Trust and with HM Coroner's Office.



The post is a 06 month internal secondment, or external fixed term contract. Please ensure you have your current managers agreement to apply for the role



Further details of the role are outlined within the job description and person specification.



About Us



EPUT provides community health, mental health and learning disability services to support more than 3.2 million people living across Bedfordshire, Essex and Suffolk. We have also been running the COVID-19 vaccination programme across mid and south Essex and Suffolk and north east Essex.



The Trust is a large employer in the East of England region, with more than 10,000 staff working across more than 200 sites. We also provide services in people's homes and in community settings.



EPUT was formed on 1 April 2017 following the merger of North Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (NEP) and South Essex Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (SEPT). A new leadership team was established at the Trust in 2020.



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Our vision and values



Our Vision



"To be the leading health and wellbeing service in the provision of mental health and community care".



Our Purpose



"We care for people every day. What we do together, matters".



Our Values



We Care



We Learn



We Empower



Our strategic objectives



We will deliver safe, high quality integrated care services.



We will enable each other to be the best that we can.



We will work together with our partners to make our services better.



We will help our communities to thrive.

Our services include:

Mental Health Services - We provide a wide range of treatment and support to young people, adults and older people experiencing mental illness both as inpatients and within the community. This includes; including treatment, in secure and specialised settings. A number of our specialist services have achieved accreditation from the Royal College of Psychiatrists.



Community Health Services - our diverse range of community health services provide support and treatment to both adults and children. We deliver this care in community hospitals, health centres, GP surgeries and in our patients' homes.



Learning Disabilities Services - we provide crisis support and inpatient services and our community learning disability teams work in partnership with local councils to provide assessment and support for adults with learning disabilities.



Social Care - We provide personalised social care support to people with a range of needs, including people with learning disabilities or mental illness, supporting people to live independently.



In return we can offer exceptional education, training and development opportunities as well as a wide range of benefits, which include flexible working opportunities, salary sacrifice schemes and the opportunity to buy or sell up to one week of annual leave to support a healthy work-life balance. In addition to this the Trust also offers a generous relocation package where applicants meet the eligibility criteria.



Please refer to the attached and Person Specification for a detailed list of responsibilities.