Medical Examiner Officer | Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Nhs Foundation Trust

The role of Medical Examiner Officer is anticipated to be hugely rewarding and will improve your personal skills. It is a highly responsible and involved role and will require you to be dedicated and driven within this role.
Your role will be to support the Senior lead /Lead Medical Examiner Officer in the daily operational activity of the Medical Examiner service. You will work in partnership with the Mortuary, Bereavement Service, on site Coroners officers, Registrars, local spiritual/faith representatives & funeral services to provide streamlined services for bereaved families.
You will also work with the Palliative Care team and support the End of Life Care Strategy where this relates to the Medical Examiner Service, and be a central point of contact for the relatives of deceased patients, coordinating communications with other services and providing a seamless and compassionate experience for the bereaved.
You will be a central point of contact for the relatives of deceased patients, coordinating communications with other services and providing a seamless and compassionate experience for the bereaved. This role will incorporate administrative skills in ensuring necessary paperwork is accurate and complete, but also excellent communication skills during liaison with doctors, nurses, families, and where appropriate, the Coroners' services.
Part of the day-to-day work will also involve investigation work and perusal of patient notes and running a daily mortality review process, so a good working knowledge of medical terminology is important together with relevant clinical experience in an acute hospital setting.
Through delegated responsibility you will scrutinise the patient record and prioritise cases of concern or those for potential Serious Investigation or Coronial investigation to the Medical Examiner. With delegated responsibility from the Lead MEO, to refer mandatory cases for SJR Mortality Review and also an additional minimum of 20% of cases per speciality.
You will work within the service policies, guidelines and protocols for the Medical Examiner function. To support the Lead MEO in monitoring performance and developing assurance reports for relevant internal and external stakeholders as required.Review the services provided with the Lead MEO and make suggestions for continual improvement.
We have 9000 fantastic people working hard to deliver quality services to our patients. Whatever your role, you help look after 370,000 people in our local area & give specialist care to 1.5 million people across Lancashire & Cumbria.
Working with us gives you the knowledge and sense of pride that every activity you do genuinely does make a difference to support our patients & staff, ensuring we keep thriving & delivering outstanding healthcare right across our local towns.
You’ll have access to varied development opportunities, learn new skills, meet fab people & do things you’d never have done. You’ll learn about working in a hospital, interacting with people from all different roles to build skills & enhance your career path.
You’ll make an impact, be challenged to think differently, be bold & help innovate to keep improving things. Everything we do centres around patient care and enhancing their experience which means your role is pivotal and something really to be proud of.
• The Medical Examiner Officer (MEO) role is to support the senior Lead / lead
Medical Examiner Officer in the daily operational activity of the
Medical Examiner (ME) service
• Work in partnership with the Mortuary, Bereavement Service, on
site Coroners officers, Registrars, local spiritual/faith
representatives & funeral services to provide streamlined services
for bereaved families.
• To Liaise with the Palliative Care team and work within the End of
Life Care Strategy where this relates to the ME Service.
• To be a central point of contact for the relatives of deceased
patients, coordinating communications with other services and
providing a seamless and compassionate experience for the
bereaved.
• Listens to relatives concerns and take action to address these
and any pre/informal/formal complaints.
• Through delegated responsibility the MEOs will scrutinise the
patient record and prioritise cases of concern or those for
potential Serious Investigation or Coronial investigation to the
ME.
• With delegated responsibility from the Lead MEO, to refer
mandatory cases for SJR Mortality Review and also an additional
minimum of 20% of cases per speciality.
• Liaise with the Head of Clinical Effectiveness and Audit &
Effectiveness Manager in relation to the SJR Mortality Reviews
management and reporting & trust data system Morbidity &
Mortality Review (MaMR)
• Refer cases for Learning Disabilities reviews (LeDeR) in liaison
with the Matron for Learning Disabilities.
• Liaise with the Head of Clinical Case Management & Clinical
Case Manager in relation to Serious Incident and Coronial Cases
to monitor
• To work within service policies, guidelines and protocols for the
Medical Examiner function
• To support the Lead MEO in providing data for performance and
assurance reports for relevant internal and external stakeholders,
including the End of Life Mortality Board, Divisional and Trust
Safety & Quality committees, Commissioning groups and
regulators
This advert closes on Friday 16 Feb 2024