Medical Examiner Officer

2 weeks ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust Full time
We are seeking a new member of the team who is enthusiastic self motivated, and an excellent communicate.


The Medical Examiner Officer is accountable to the Senior Medical Examiner Officer to support medical examiners in their role in scrutinising the circumstances and causes of death for both Acute and Primary settings.

They will be an integral part of the ME service and act as such will be a point of contact and source of advice for relatives of deceased patients, healthcare professionals and coroner and registration services.

To contribute to the integration and implementation of systems and processes relating to the Medical Examiners role and the national learning from deaths strategy.


Ensuring internal and external qualitative and quantitative key performance indicators are managed and achieved and that medical and administrative staff involved in the process are appropriately trained and supported to fulfil their responsibilities relating to the Medical Examiner and learning from death agenda.


Ensuring internal and external qualitative and quantitative key performance indicators are managed and achieved and that medical and administrative staff involved in the process are appropriately trained and supported to fulfil their responsibilities relating to the Medical Examiner and learning from death agenda.

With some cross working.


Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust is a community focused provider of local and acute care, providing high quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich and Bexley.

With a turnover of around £700 million, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham and a range of community settings in Lewisham.

We also provide some services at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup.

As an organisation, we've made significant improvements for patients and staff in the last two and-a-half years.

This is reflected in our most recent Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection (from February 2020), which found improvements across the organisation and gave us an improved rating of "Good" in the Well-Led and Effective domains, in addition to the rating of "Good" that we had already achieved in the Caring domain.

Our staff culture change programme has been key to the Trust's improvement journey, as we've stabilised our workforce by reducing vacancy rates and improving staff retention.

We've also significantly increased the representation of minority ethnic leaders across our clinical and corporate teams.

Ensure accurate input of information to and maintenance of required database and information systems.

The post holder is expected to be able to work on his/her own initiative. Judgment is required involving matters and concerns which are complex that will require consideration of the options available.

Contribute to service development and policy implementation

The post holder willneed to maintain stock, identify when stock is low, and report this to their line manager'


To work as part of the team towards department and Trust deadlines as necessary and help cover during absences and at times of extra pressure.


Work with all staff to provide a culture that is developmental, flexible and supportive for all, facilitating effective multidisciplinary relationships.

Support new starters, students and volunteers to settle into the team/dept.

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