East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust looking to appoint a Medical Examiner Officer to support the Medical Examiner Service
Following legislation in September 2024 it is a legal requirement for all deaths that are not immediately referred to the Coroner to be referred to a Medical Examiner Service, The Medical Examiner Service has been designed to oversee many aspects of the process, providing an independent layer of scrutiny, improving the quality of certification and explaining the cause of death to the bereaved, allowing them to raise any concerns.
The successful candidate will be committed and sympathetic and have excellent communication and IT skills. The team consists of part-time Medical Examiners (senior consultant grade doctors and GPs) and full time Medical Examiner Officers (MEOs) who may have a clinical or non-clinical background with previous experience of patient or customer facing role.
The Medical Examiner Service has been designed to oversee and support many aspects of the death certification process, providing an independent layer of scrutiny, improving the quality of certification and explaining the cause of death to the bereaved, allowing them to raise any concerns.
The MEO will work with medical examiners to aid them in their responsibility for overseeing the death certification process for deceased patients in East Lancashire.
They will 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. This role is essential to allow efficient functioning of the Medical Examiner service.
The MEO will assist in highlighting cases for assessment by the Mortality Faculty, Structured Judgement Reviews (SJR), Child Death Overview Panel (CDOP), Clinical Governance teams and the Learning Disability Review Teams (LeDeR).
They will assist in referral of patients to the coroner for further investigation on approval by the medical examiner.
The MEO will support the development and delivery of systems to collect, analyse and report activity data internally and externally.
At East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust our vision is to be widely recognised for providing safe, personal and effective care. We currently provide high quality services and treat over 600,000 people across East Lancashire and the surrounding area. We employ over 8,000 staff, many of whom are internationally renowned and have won awards for their work.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Duncan Watson Job title: Mortuary Manager Email address: duncan.watson@elht.nhs.uk Telephone number: 01254 734445
Amanda Southworth
01254 734162
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