Forensic Medical Examiner

**Are you a doctor looking for a change? Are you looking for the next step? Do you want to work in forensic healthcare that makes a remarkable, positive, and life-long difference to people’s lives?**

If the answer to the above is a yes, then this is the right role for you

Here at Mountain Healthcare, we are looking for passionate, determined, and resilient individuals to join our amazing teams as Forensic Medical Examiners in the West Midlands.

Mountain Healthcare Ltd is pleased to offer the opportunity to join our custody teams as a Forensic Physician (Forensic Medical Examiner, FME), working in the above locations.

We predominantly operate a fully embedded model of forensic healthcare delivery (though there is some opportunity for on-call work in the West Midlands, when rota coverage allows).

The Forensic Medical Examiner is responsible for ensuring the appropriate management and care is provided to detainees in police custody promptly at any time of the day or night (according to shift).

It shall be the FME’s responsibility, when on duty, to embed at the designated police custody suite (or to be within the force area, in the case of completing an on-call shift in the West Midlands).

For all examinations, the Forensic Medical Examiner must accurately document findings. If required, the FME must produce these as a written statement/report for appropriate civil, criminal courts, or other agencies. Whenever called upon to do so by the police, the FME must attend at any court (remunerated by the CPS) for the purpose of giving evidence.

**Hours of Work**

**Full-time and part-time opportunities available.**

**About the Role**

The clinician will work either embedded in custody or on occasion, on call, to provide medical services across the custody area (custody dependent) and provide up-to-date, evidence-based advice as needed.

As part of the Forensic Medical Programme, Mountain Healthcare Ltd has developed a framework to develop key areas of knowledge and skills which will be invaluable in all specialties, especially A&E, GP, paediatrics, psychiatry, and sexual health.

**Benefits**
- Enhanced sickness pay scheme
- Wellbeing programme
- Advanced rota planning for better work-life balance
- 6 weeks annual leave
- Pension scheme
- Bonus scheme
- Life Assurance
- Employee Assistant Programme
- Long Service/Team of the Month Awards
- A range of accredited and CPD training courses and masterclasses
- Funding for higher education courses after one years’ service

**Benefits**

Up to £5000 worth of contributions from Mountain Healthcare for Medical Malpractice Insurance

Full funding for courses and exams leading up to full Membership of the Faculty of Forensic and Legal Medicine in General Forensic Medicine

Access to online appraisal software for revalidation

Full Funding for courses required for work, e.g Conducted Energy Devices

Access to in house appraisers, clinical mentors & clinical directors to support your career development and wellbeing.

**Essential Skills**
- Completed medical school
- GMC registered
- 3+ years' medical experience following Foundation Year 2
- Basic Life Support and experience working in an acute environment
- Medical Indemnity by start date
- Vetting requires 3 years in the UK

**Desirable Skills**
- Experience working as a Core trainee/Registrar
- Experience in A&E or acute medicine
- Experience in sexual health, paediatrics, GP, or psychiatry
- Experience in research and/or audit

**About Company**

Founded by passionate clinicians on a mission to provide expert patient-centred services, Mountain Healthcare leads the clinical forensic healthcare provisions sector in the UK. A premier partner of NHS England and the police, our unique provisions include Sexual Assault Referral Centres (SARCs), Police custodial healthcare, secure estate healthcare and clinical telephone advice.

Driven by our values Be Kind and Do the Right Thing, Mountain Healthcare provides holistic and trauma-informed care that improves the immediate and long-term health outcomes of patients across the criminal justice system. Through innovative technologies and strategic partnerships, our expert clinicians ensure equal, effective, and efficient services to all our patients and always put their health, safety, and rights first.

**Join the Best Provider, Make the Greatest Difference**

Clinical forensic healthcare is a rapidly growing career path as demand for specialist critical services has greatly increased in recent years. At Mountain Healthcare, we understand that to provide the highest quality services for our patients and customers, our people must be the best in the field. We are proud to offer unrivalled staff training and development opportunities such as our unique Forensic Practitioner Gateway, our wide range of accredited and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) courses, and access to events across the health and justice sector.

**Salary**: £72,000.00-£76,000.00 per hour

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