Medical Examiner

2 weeks ago

Plymouth, United Kingdom University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust Full time

We are looking to appoint 1 Medical Examiners to join the team on a minimum of 1PA (4 hours) sessional basis to help the team as they rollout to the community deaths. To support on the development and embedding of the roles of Medical Examiner (ME) and Medical Examiner Office (MEO) at UHP with the aim of ensuring commencement of a full time ME service by April 2024 To ensure compliance with the legal and procedural requirements associated with the current and proposed reformed processes of certification, investigation by coroners and registration of deaths. Explain to bereaved relatives the cause of death in a transparent, tactful and sympathetic manner, which respects different faith, cultural, ethnic and diversity considerations or delegate where appropriate for the Medical Examiner Officer to do so. Support the training of junior doctors in completion of MCCDs and provide feedback on accuracy of certification locally To scrutinise the certified causes of death offered by attending doctors in a way that is proportionate, consistent and compliant with the proposed national protocol.

Identify deaths that could potentially be reported as untoward serious incidents via the trust governance systems To participate in relevant clinical governance activities relating to death certification including audits, mortality review processes and investigations regarding formal complaints about patient care. Liaise with the Lead Medical Examiner and Medical Director if additional themes for learning from deaths are identified that are not captured in the above processes Work with the other MEs in the Trust to arrange reciprocal cover for holidays and other periods of absence and also to ensure that there is no potential conflict of interest between the ME and the death being scrutinised To maintain comprehensive records of all deaths scrutinised and undertake analysis to provide information to the National Medical Examiners office. To work with medical examiner officers (MEOs), delegating duties as appropriate. To undertake delegated engagement with lead ME and lead MEO for the region.

To adopt a collaborative working relationship with other MEs by sharing experiences and expertise to support peer learning and set uniform standards of service delivery.

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