Medical Examiner Officer

Job overview

To support the Medical Examiners (ME) in their role 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 in the integration and implementation of systems and processes relating to the Medical Examiner role and the national learning from deaths strategy.

To help manage the Trust mortality systems ensuring internal and external qualitative and quantitative key performance indicators are managed and achieved.

To act as a Trust expert for mortality processes and systems and to ensure that medical and administrative staff involved in the process are appropriately trained and supported to fulfil their responsibilities relating to the Medical Examiner and learning from death agenda.

Main duties of the job

• To establish the circumstances of individual patient deaths by performing a preliminary review of medical records. To understand clinical pathways and interactions, sourcing additional details where required, and allocate referrals for scrutiny to the medical examiners by medical speciality.
• To act as an intermediary between the bereaved and clinicians to establish and resolve any concerns relating to a patient’s death. Working with medical examiners to aid them in their responsibility for overseeing the death certification process for all deceased patients within the remit of the service.
• To work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders for the purposes of ensuring statutory requirements are maintained, demonstrating insight and understanding of ethical and legal issues (including HTA, Human Tissue Authority) relating to Mortuary, Bereavement and other care after death services.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Once your pre-employment checks have been completed you will be contacted by Recruitment to arrange your start date which will be in line with one of our Corporate Inductions.

Please note that appointment to this post will be subject to a satisfactory Disclosure & Barring Service Check at Basic Level. (Enhanced level now includes regulated checks against vulnerable adults and children.

At MTW, we seek to develop a culture where everyone can reach their full potential with opportunities to grow and develop their career. We recognise and value the unique contributions that each of our staff bring, delivering the best quality care and service to our patients. We are committed to being a diverse employer and strive to reflect everyone in our local communities. We welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences and celebrate the diversity of thought, viewpoints and ideas that will make our Trust the best place to work.

We support our staff with disabilities to ensure they have the adjustments they need to be the best they can be in the workplace. Collaborating with Access to Work means that our staff are assessed by experts in the workplace and we ensure that their recommendations are implemented as quickly as possible. You can find out more here:  Access to Work: get support if you have a disability or health condition: What Access to Work is - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

Interview Date: 8th January 2025.