Mortality Review Practitioner

NHS; Preston; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Preston is seeking a Mortality Review Practitioner to provide administrative support and assist with clinical audits. The role requires a degree or equivalent experience in a healthcare setting, alongside significant knowledge of mortality review processes. Competitive salary ranging from £38,682 to £46,580 per annum, pro rata. Flexible working arrangements are encouraged.

Benefits

Flexible working arrangements

Positive work/life balance

Qualifications

• Significant knowledge of clinical mortality review and evidence of outcomes.
• Significant knowledge of Learning from death guidance and methodologies.
• Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of quality improvement models.

Responsibilities

• Provide administrative and analytical support to the Clinical Audit Team.
• Support implementation of clinical audit and governance.
• Manage projects and achieve key reporting timescales.

Skills

IT literate & competent

Competent ability in data analysis

Experience accessing electronic care records

Education

Educated to degree level or equivalent

Significant experience in a healthcare setting

Tools

MS Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)

Job description

Overview

Mortality Review Practitioner role within Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust. The closing date is 20 October 2025.

Responsibilities

An exciting and challenging opportunity has arisen for a Mortality Review Practitioner within Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust. The post involves providing comprehensive administrative and analytical support to the Clinical Audit Team and wider Learning from Deaths national agenda as directed by the Head of Clinical Audit.

Applicants will be instrumental in supporting the implementation of clinical audit and governance across the organisation in partnership with the Clinical Audit Team.

For an informal discussion about the post please contact Catherine Dunn on 01772 645792

About us

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.

The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.

Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT

Job responsibilities

Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or equivalent knowledge and experience
• Significant experience of working in a health care setting

Knowledge

• Significant knowledge of the Learning from death guidance and associated methodologies e.g. structures judgement review
• Knowledge and experience in qualitative research and thematic analysis
• Demonstrates a knowledge & understanding of different quality improvement models/approaches

Experience

• Significant knowledge of clinical mortality review and evidence of outcomes
• Competent ability to use both qualitative and quantitative methods data analysis

Skills

• IT literate & competent – can set up and use MS Office applications, including Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Outlook
• Experience of accessing electronic care records
• Analysis of highly complex data, case record review and managing numerous projects keeping to key reporting timescales

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.

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

£38,682 to £46,580 a year pro rata, per annum