Responsibilities
* Support Medical Examiners in scrutinising the circumstances and causes of death and aid in overseeing the death certification process for all deceased patients.
* Act as an intermediary between bereaved families, clinicians, coroners and registration services to establish and resolve any concerns relating to a patient's death.
* Perform preliminary reviews of medical records to identify clinical and circumstantial information, sourcing additional details where required, for scrutiny by the medical examiner.
* Assist in highlighting cases for assessment by the Structured Judgement Review team (SJR), Child Death Overview Panel (CDOP), Clinical Governance teams, Learning Disability Review Teams (LeDeR) and other relevant review panels.
* Send Medical Certificate of cause of death (MCCD) to registration services and discuss causes of death with bereaved families.
* Maintain awareness of diverse needs to ensure equality for all groups defined by sex, race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or disability.
* Deal with bereaved families who may have barriers to understanding information due to their grief or disability, providing empathy and remaining professional at all times.
* Liaise with coroner's services and doctors to ensure completion of coroner referrals for further investigation where approved by the medical examiner.
* Use specialist knowledge of various faith groups' funeral wishes and practices to comply with tight and specific timescales and procedures.
* Collect relevant fees and create financial reports.
* Support Medical Examiners in governance activities relating to scrutiny and confirmation of cause of death where concerns arise from next of kin, informants or clinical staff.
* Contribute to and review departmental policies and procedures to reflect best practice in the delivery of a medical examiner system.
* Take responsibility for continuing professional development in accordance with relevant professional body standards; attend local and national activities to maintain up‑to‑date knowledge.
* Participate in appraisal processes.
* Use multiple IT software for recording personal identifiable data and producing statistical information for the National Medical Examiner's office and Public Health surveillance.
* Ensure full compliance with secure handling of patient identifiable data and assist in the collection of data for national and local returns.
* Use a computer for prolonged periods of time daily and drive to enable travel between sites.
* Support the roll‑out and implementation of the medical examiner service across Stockport, East Cheshire and High Peak.
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust is committed to promoting and championing a culture of diversity, fairness and equality for all applicants and employees. Applications are welcomed from all backgrounds and we strive to reflect the community we serve in our diverse workforce. Our "two tick" kite mark guarantees a candidate with a disability, who fulfils the essential criteria, an interview at the Trust. We can make reasonable adjustments and offer support and advice in a variety of ways on request.
Benefits
* Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
* NHS pension scheme membership
* Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics and more, to make your salary go further
* NHS staff discounts
* Cycle to work scheme
* Salary finance - for loans, savings, budget planning and tips on managing debt
* Stockport Credit Union - for local financial advice
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