Specialist Nurse SUDC

NHS; Blackburn; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 55,000; Part time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in the UK is offering a part-time opportunity for a Specialist Nurse to join their SUDC Team in Blackburn. The role involves acting as 'Lead Health Professional', working with families after the sudden death of a child, and participating in the child death review process. Candidates must possess current nursing registration and significant community experience. This role demands excellent communication and empathy skills, contributing to a supportive multi-agency environment. Flexible working patterns are available.

Benefits

Flexible working options

Supportive work environment

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Extensive community experience of working with children in a health setting.
• Substantial experience in multi-agency collaboration.
• Recent safeguarding experience is essential.

Responsibilities

• Act as 'Lead Health Professional' in a multi-disciplinary team.
• Conduct home visits and provide ongoing support to bereaved families.
• Deliver reports to various professional groups and participate in reviews.

Skills

Community work

Multi-agency working

Communication skills

Education

Registered Nurse (RGN, RSCN)

Community Specialist Practitioner HV/SN or equivalent

Current NMC registration

Job description

Job summary

We are pleased to be able to offer a rare, exciting and highly innovative opportunity for a part time, Specialist Nurse to complement our existing SUDC Team.

You will be a highly experienced practitioner in the area of child health and demonstrate extensive experience of community work/home visiting in addition to multi-agency working.

Your role within a multi-disciplinary team will be to act as 'Lead Health Professional' to ensure that all health responses are implemented. This will involve working jointly with the Senior Investigating Police Officer to assist in analysing and interpreting complex information gathered at the scene of the death and present the findings to the Pathologist prior to postmortem examination and Coroner's office to inform the Inquest process.

Your role will also require you to visit a bereaved family following the sudden death of their child, acting as a 'Key Worker' and ensuring ongoing support is provided. Your ability to work in partnership with and communicate highly sensitive, contentious information in an empathetic manner to bereaved relatives is an essential feature of this role.

Main duties of the job

In addition, you will be expected to be a key part of the child death review process and work with the Child Death Overview Panel (CDOP) to contribute to the analysis of themes and trends in child deaths, identify lessons learnt and actions taken and the effectiveness of the wider child death review process.

You will be expected to deliver formal reports and presentations to large groups of practitioners and strategic groups as well as participation in international, regional and national networks.

With excellent communication, analytical and coordination skills you will have the ability to lead within a multi-agency team within this challenging, highly emotive agenda on a daily basis.

Working hours will consist of working 3 days per week between the hours of 9-5pm. The SUDC Team cover a 7-day service so you will contribute to the 'on call' rota which is shared between the team, to ensure service provision on Saturdays, Sundays and Bank Holidays. Occasional evening work may be required.

The candidate will be required to travel across the Lancashire Health economy.

For more details or an informal chat please contact us using the details provided.

About us

LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.

Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you'd like to discuss your application, please ask.

We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.

LSCFT support 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 and flexi-time.

Details

Date posted: 20 January 2026

Pay scheme: Agenda for change

Band: Band 7

Salary: £47,810 to £54,710 a year per annum, pro rata

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Part-time

Reference number: 351-CS2839-EB

Job locations: Daisyfield Mill, Blackburn, BB1 3BL

Job responsibilities

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

Person Specification

Qualifications Essential

• Registered Nurse (RGN, RSCN)
• Community Specialist Practitioner HV/SN or equivalent with community paediatric experience
• Current NMC registration

Knowledge Essential

• Demonstrates evidence of relevant continued professional development
• Demonstrates evidence of relevant post registration development
• Demonstrates knowledge of local and national policy relating to the safeguarding and protecting children's agenda

Experience Essential

• Extensive current/recent community experience of working with children and their families in a health setting.
• Substantial experience of multi-agency working
• Extensive safeguarding experience

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Daisyfield Mill

Blackburn

BB1 3BL

https://www.lscft.nhs.uk/