Medical Examiner Officer

2 months ago


Colchester, United Kingdom East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust Full time

We have an opportunity for a Medical Examiner Officer - Histopathology Mortuary to cover maternity leave until 15th November 2024.

You will be accountable to the Lead Medical Examiner Officer and Service Manager and be responsible for supporting them to investigate the circumstances and causes of death.

You will be expected to liaise with the recently bereaved, Mortuary Staff, Medical Examiners, clinicians, nursing staff, porters, police, funeral directors, Coroners office, Registrar of Birth and Deaths, GP surgeries on a daily basis on a range of topics relating to deaths and management of deceased patients.

Please note that this is a B4 development role to B5 once online and face to face training has been completed via RCPath.

Internal applicants currently employed by ESNEFT will be offered on a secondment basis only. Please ensure you have discussed this with your line manager.

Provide primary administrative support for the Medical Examiners by collating and documenting information pertaining to a deceased patient’s care episode and past medical history.

Identify which deaths require referral to HM Coroner and providing an administrative contact between Doctors, Wards, Funeral Directors, Midwives and the Chaplaincy and to liaise with medical staff to expedite timely completion of Medical Certificates of Cause of Death (MCCD) and Cremation forms.

Expedite the completion and release of a Medical Certificate of Cause of Death to the family of the deceased (delays in the process can cause distress to the bereaved and prolong the length of time a patient is held in our Mortuary)

Liaise with Medical Examiners, HM Coroner’s Office, Registration Services, Crematoria, Funeral Directors, next of Kin, Police, Solicitors, Social Services, tissue and organ donation co-ordinators, anatomy schools and GP Practices on a range of matters as required on a daily basis to facilitate the process of releasing deceased patients from our care.

Provide advice and support to the recently bereaved, Medical Examiners, clinicians, funeral directors and partner organisations ensuring information sharing is managed appropriately.

One of the largest Trust’s in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients’ own homes. You will be joining a team of almost 12,000 amazing colleagues providing care to approximately a million people.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (if applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services. We offer a range of flexible working opportunities.

Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.

To support our employees to achieve their career aspirations you may be eligible to obtain a qualification via an apprenticeship. All successful applicants will be required to undertake a skills review to facilitate this. For full details please see the attached Apprenticeship Handbook.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge then we are keen to hear from you.

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.



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