Medical Examiner | East Sussex Healthcare Nhs Trust

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.
We are recruiting Medical Examiners on either half a PA or a full PA per week. We invite applications from Consultants and GPs who are naturally curious and keen to develop and understand the impact of the care we provide. You will be required to work with your Medical Examiner's Officers and they will in turn provide you with support and guidance.
• 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.
There has never been a better time to join East Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust, submit your application today.
Knowledge skills and performance
Essential criteria• Medical practitioner registered and licensed to practise in the UK by the GMC.
Desirable criteria• Candidates must have successfully completed the mandatory e-learning modules by the time they start the role. Candidates must attend a face-to-face training session within the first three months in post.
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
This advert closes on Sunday 17 Mar 2024

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