Medical Examiner
4 days ago
The Medical Examiner Service launched in September 2020 and compromises of Medical Examiners and Medical Examiners Officers who combine clinical and non-clinical skills, compassion and sensitivity with a commitment to engage with bereaved families in order to complete a scrutiny of every in-hospital and community death not being referred to the Coroner.
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.
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.
To discuss and explain the cause of death with next of kin/informants in a transparent, tactful and sympathetic manner. It is anticipated that such discussions will be predominately conducted through telephone conversations where barriers to understanding information may exist.
To ensure that all users of the ME system are treated with respect and are not discriminated against on the grounds of sex, race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or disability.
To maintain comprehensive records of all deaths scrutinised and undertake analysis to provide information to the National Medical Examiner’s office.
To participate in relevant clinical governance activities relating to death certification including audits, mortality review processes and investigations regarding formal complaints about patient care.
To support the training of junior doctors in their understanding of death certification and promote good practice in accurate completion of MCCDs.
A wide range of staff benefits are available to our staff including staff development, enrolment in the NHS pension scheme, auto-enrolment to our Temporary Workforce Service, access to nurseries at EDGH and Conquest, staff restaurants and on-site staff accommodation.
In addition to an internal Occupational Health department, all staff also have access to free psychological support through our confidential Employee Assistance Programme which is available to staff 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Onsite parking is available from only £30 a year.
Knowledge skills and performance
Essential criteria
Medical practitioner registered and licensed to practise in the UK by the GMC.
Desirable criteria
Safety and Quality
Essential criteria
Knowledge of local and national clinical governance systems and an understanding of how the ME can work collaboratively to improve patient safety by identifying sub-optimal clinical and organisational performance.
Desirable criteria
Ability to identify available data sources to support the detection and analysis of concerns and to recognise gaps in available knowledge
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