SYP - Coroner's Officer - June 2022

Role:                   Coroner’s Officer

Department:     Sheffield, Reactive - CID

Location:            Medico Legal Centre

Salary:                Band D - £26,565 - £30,420

Hours:                 37hrs per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Role Purpose:

On behalf of the Force and in liaison with staff within the HM Coroner’s Office, to undertake duties in connection with the investigation of sudden or suspicious deaths.

Key Responsibilities:

• Administrative and investigative tasks associated with the receipt of notifications of death to HM Coroner.
• Deal with Initial enquiries which includes speaking with the recently bereaved.
• Facilitate necessary arrangements for post mortems and inquests as directed by HM Coroner.
• Liaise with stakeholders such as Police, Hospital staff, GP’s, registrars etc, to gather information and ensure all necessary reports are obtained.
• Enquiries to be made regarding the deceased person as directed by HM Coroner, including file / case-building and the occasional taking of statements for the Court.
• Assist in the preparation and vetting of statutory disclosure for the inquest process.
• Out of hours on-call duties for one week every fifteen weeks.

Skills and experience:

Essential Criteria:

• Experience of working in an investigative or medical capacity.
• Able to work independently.
• Able to work long hours at short notice.
• Must possess a strong disposition.
• Must have a sympathetic and compassionate nature and have the ability to deal with sensitive and difficult situations.
• Ability to communicate at all levels including preparing high quality reports
• Must possess good attention to detail.

Desirable Criteria:

• Experience of investigative processes.
• Experience of medical terminology.

You will need to evidence these criteria as part of your application form.

For further information relating to the role and tasks of this position, please refer to the attached role profile.

Benefits:

We offer generous entitlements and supportive policies to enable a better work-life balance, some of which are listed below:

• Generous annual leave allowance
• Flexible and agile working
• Generous ‘family’ leave
• Voluntary CPD Events for all staff to allow continuous development
• Mentoring & Coaching Scheme
• Paid Professional Subscriptions when relevant to role
• Access to a range of occupational health facilities
• Generous pension scheme
• Employee assistance service (accessible 24/7)
• Additional benefits for Westfield Health members
• Cycle to work scheme
• Sports and Social Club

Eligibility:

Applicants must meet the minimum requirement checkable history criteria, which must be taken into account for individuals applying to work with South Yorkshire Police in any capacity.  A minimum checkable history of 3 years is required for this role and successfully undergoing recruitment vetting procedure is a pre-requisite of employment with South Yorkshire Police.

Appearance & Standards:

All tattoos and piercings must be in line with South Yorkshire Police’s Appearance and Standards policy.  Tattoos visible on your face, neck, hands, or head are not permitted.  Any tattoos which could be deemed inappropriate, or cause offence will also not be accepted.  If you have tattoos, you will need to make a declaration at the time of application.

Closing Date:

Thursday 23rd June 2022 at 23:55

Closing dates are not normally extended, other than in exceptional circumstances and agreement is made with the Talent Acquisition Manager, Recruitment, and the Line Manager for the role.

Contact point for applicants:

For further information about the role, please contact Claire Hill on 0114 273 4524.  Please do not contact this number for an application form.

Further Information:

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Diversity & Inclusion:

South Yorkshire Police welcomes applications from under-represented communities.  For further information on diversity and inclusion within South Yorkshire Police, please visit the diversity and inclusion page:

https://www.southyorkshire.police.uk/sign-up/join-team-syp/diversity-in-the-force/

If you are from an underrepresented group and want to find out more about the support we can offer, please contact our dedicated team on positiveaction@southyorks.pnn.police.uk

In addition, we will look to support anyone who requires Part Time/Job share working hours.

Note to candidates:

Please note that, should you be successful at the interview stage, the relevant internal or external pre-employment checks are required.  These include vetting clearance or review, prior to being appointed to the new role and start date being agreed.

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