Medical Examiner's Officer

2 weeks ago

Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Full time
We have an exciting opportunity to be part of the Medical Examiner service. We are recruiting Medical Examiner Officers to join the Trust.


You will assist the Lead Medical Examiner Officer in ensuring internal and external qualitative and quantitative key performance indicators are managed and achieved.


You will be a point of contact and source of advice for relatives of deceased patients, healthcare professionals, HM Coroner and registration services.

This is a challenging role which combines some clinical knowledge, skilled communication in sensitive areas and IT skills.


Successful applicants are expected to undertake the mandatory Royal College of Pathologists' Medical Examiner e-learning modules and face to face training.

The posts are cross-site positions between Royal Liverpool & Aintree sites.


To act as an intermediary between the bereaved and clinicians to establish and resolve any concerns relating to a patient's death.

Work with medical examiners to aid them in their responsibility for overseeing the death certification process for all deceased patients.

To establish the circumstances of individual patient deaths by performing a preliminary review of medical records.

To refer patients to HM Coroner for further investigation on approval by the Medical Examiner.


Maintain an awareness of the diverse needs of users of the Medical Examiner system to ensure equality to any particular group defined by sex, race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or disability.


Educated to Bachelor's degree level, or evidence of study/equivalent practical experience at an advanced level; this might include nursing or other clinical experience.

To have an understanding of medical terminology.


Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.


The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.

The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.


It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.


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Knowledge of the statutory process around death certification legal frameworks and how the medical examiner system aligns with other related organisations and NHS initiatives.

The ability to work in a highly pressurised, unpredictable environment where bereavement care is central to the service delivery.

Specialist knowledge of various faith groups' funeral wishes/practices to enable respectful compliance with tight and specific timescales and procedures.


Computer literate to use multiple IT software for recording personal identifiable data and producing statistical information for the National Medical Examiner's office and Public Health surveillance.

Be able to juggle conflicting demands, prioritise tasks and deal with queries as they arise.

Identify relatives' concerns and escalate them appropriately.

Full compliance with secure handling of patient identifiable data is essential.


Contribute to and review departmental policies and procedures to reflect best practice in the delivery of a medical examiner system.


Communications and Key Working Relationships:

Internal

  • Hospital doctors
  • Medical Examiners
  • Service managers, nurses, clinical governance leads, infection control and mortuary staff.
External

  • HM Coroner and Officers
  • Spiritual/Faith community leads
  • Registrars of births and deaths
  • GPs and practice staff
  • Bereaved relatives, carers and executors/solicitors.
  • Funeral Directors
  • National Medical Examiner
  • Regional leads for ME system

Most challenging part of the role:
Regular interaction with the bereaved relatives in person or over the telephone. The post holder must have the ability to demonstrate empathy and remain professional at all times.

Physical Effort and Working Conditions:

There is significant emotional effort associated with dealing with bereaved families.

To use a computer for prolonged periods of time daily.

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