Lead Medical Examiner’s Officer

1 week ago

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

The nature of the job is such that it demands high standards of integrity. It is essential that you have good interpersonal skills with the ability to show empathy and deal sensitively with bereaved families

To supervise the day to running of the ME service organising the daily workload of the team and acting as the first point of contact for MEO staff requiring advice and support.

Support medical examiners in their role in scrutinising the circumstances and causes of death. To be a point of contact and source of advice for relatives of deceased patients, healthcare professionals and coroner and registration services. To support & supervise Medical Examiner’s Officers in their day to day duties.

To act as an intermediary between the bereaved and clinicians to establish and resolve any concerns relating to a patient’s death and care leading up to their death. Work with medical examiners to aid them in their responsibility for overseeing the death certification process for all deceased patients in the organisation/community, as determined by the National Medical Examiner’s Officer.

Assist with referral to the Coroner for further investigation on approval by the Medical Examiner.

Work closely with MEO colleagues to provide an effective and efficient service by using their experience, initiative and judgement to organise the daily work routine, manage workload and ensure priorities are met.

The post holder shall be based at one site but may be required to travel to any other hospital site within ESNEFT to provide advice and training or to attend meetings.

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 over 11,000 amazing colleagues providing care to 800,000 residents.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a range of services including mental health support. 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.

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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