Medical Examiner’s Officer

3 weeks ago

Brighton East Sussex, United Kingdom University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust Full time

An exciting opportunity is available at University Hospital Sussex (UHSx) NHS Foundation Trust for a further part time Medical Examiner Officer to join our team. After successful implementation of the Medical Examiner (ME) Service in our acute hospitals, we are expanding into the Community and Primary Care Settings in the Brighton and Mid Sussex.


We are looking for enthusiastic, motivated, and compassionate Medical Examiner Officers (MEO) to join our team, to help support the continued delivery of the Acute ME Service across our hospital sites and within the community. You will be key in supporting the Medical Examiner process, the Trust's mortality process and provide support to a range of staff within the Trust around mortality and the ME Service.


medicalexaminerbh@nhs.net for further details. Part of the day to day work will also involve investigation work and perusal of patient notes so a good working knowledge of medical terminology is important together with relevant clinical experience in an acute/community setting.


We have set up Medical Examiners Offices at 4 sites within the Trust. This enables the Medical Examiners to scrutinise every applicable inpatient death in the Trust as well as developing the service to take on the responsibility of reviewing the circumstances of all community deaths in West Sussex and Brighton locations as the national programme rolls out locally. An element of cross site working between Royal Sussex County Hospital and Princess Royal Hospital (Haywards Heath) is expected in consideration of work base preference at recruitment.


Successful applicants will be expected to complete formal training appropriate to the role when in post, online training produced by the Royal College of Pathologists should be completed prior to commencement of the post.
Join us at UHSussex, every day is different, you can be the change, better never stops At UHSussex we're proud to be at the heart of the NHS. As one of the UK's largest acute Trusts, we're a leading example of the excellence, the ambition and the values that have embodied the NHS for over 70 years. This can be seen in our wellbeing programme for staff which is extensive and designed to support you when you need it because we know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves. Build a career with us: As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching and training so that we can be the best that we can be.From the moment you start with us and throughout your career we will help you to grow and develop. To discuss content of medical certificate of cause of death (MCCD) with relatives of deceased and in all cases, collect additional information. Communicate via all mediums with families, carers, clinical teams, in relation to medical examiner scrutiny and the outcomes of any discussions
Patient Advice Liaison Service, Bereavement Office information and external agencies
To ensure any concerns raised by the relatives are escalated as appropriate to the Medical Examiner or Coroners Office in a timely manner
To participate in meetings with relatives alongside the Medical Examiner and other members of the multidisciplinary team.
To carry out the initial screening of medical notes of deceased patients to identify cases that clearly require referral to the Coroner
To support medical staff in formulation cause of deathSupport colleagues to develop confidence in communication skills around death certification and the Medical Examiner Office.
To work with the Medical Examiner to ensure proper and proportionate scrutiny of medical notes
To act autonomously in identifying and reporting cases to HM Coroner when medical staff/Medical Examiner are not available.
To manage own workload ensuring project timescales are adhered to.
To maintain an accurate and effective record keeping system in line with Information Governance Policies and National Medical ExaminerDevelop protocols, guidelines and policy for the efficient running of the Medical Examiner office in scrutinising acute and non-acute deaths.
Responsible for the procurement of physical assets & supplies.
Registered Nurse/Allied Health profession or equivalent professional qualification/experience
Experience of working in a healthcare or related setting with multi-disciplinary teams and of working across organisational boundaries
To have an understanding of medical terminology that enables informed discussions about causes/circumstances of death with bereaved families, clinicians, coroner and registration service staff.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to engage at all levels including senior clinicians/coroners etc about sensitive issues
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.

Experience as Medical Examiners Officer
Completion of the Royal college of Pathologists Medical examiners Officers e-Learning

University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust (279)
Royal Sussex County Hospital/Princess Royal County Hospital

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