An exciting opportunity has arisen for a highly motivated person to assist the Medical Examiner Lead in supporting the Medical Examiner Service hosted by the trust for 12 months. We are seeking to appoint someone who is a committed and highly organized individual with leadership skills, to be the point of contact for staff and bereaved relatives in respect of the Medical Examiner Service providing a polite, friendly and professional approach with all grades of staff and external professions. The job will involve supporting the medical examiners in their role in scrutinising the circumstances and causes of death. The role requires handling a diverse workload, prioritising work schedules and working autonomously to support the Medical Examiners Service. Leadership skills and aptitude in the care of the bereaved are expected. The nature of the post requires conveying complex information in a clear, concise, and appropriate manner.
Responsibilities
* To act as an intermediary between the bereaved and clinicians to establish and resolve any concerns relating to a patient's death. Work with medical examiners to aid them in their responsibility for overseeing the death certification process for all deceased patients in the organisation.
* To establish the circumstances of individual patient deaths by performing a preliminary review of medical records to identify clinical and circumstantial information, sourcing additional details where required, for scrutiny by the medical examiner.
* To assist in highlighting cases for assessment by the Structured Judgement Review team (SJR), Child Death Overview Panel (CDOP), Clinical Governance teams and the Learning Disability Review Teams (LeDeR).
* To refer patients to the coroner for further investigation on approval by the medical examiner.
* Maintain an awareness of the diverse needs of users of the medical examiner system to ensure equality to any particular group defined by sex, race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or disability.
* Discuss proposed causes of death with the qualified attending practitioner and advise about coroner referral.
* To have a good understanding of medical records and disease pathology.
* To be able to provide advice on terminology and causes of death, and to explain these and the Medical Examiner's rationale to Coroner's Officers, Doctors, and those with no medical understanding.
* To have strong interpersonal skills and be comfortable with working with those who have had a bereavement.
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