Job responsibilities

As Clinical Medical Examiner Officer you will:-

Support Medical Examiners in their role in scrutinising the circumstances and causes of death;

Have daily responsibility for the ME Office effectiveness (on a rota basis with other Clinical MEO/Lead Clinical MEO);

Be a point of contact and provide clinical advice on the Medical Examiners system for healthcare professionals including junior doctors, nursing teams, Hospice, GPs, Coroners Officers and Registration Services;

Deputise for the Senior Clinical Medical Examiner Officer when required;

Participate in the Out of Hours Medical Examiner process (weekends and bank holidays);

Training & Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to degree level in a health care profession
• Postgraduate qualification with postgraduate study, or working towards, evidence of ongoing CPD in a specialist clinical area.
• A commitment to life-long learning and undertaking personal development opportunities
• Completed e-learning MEO core training modules prior to starting in the post

Desirable

• Nursing Registration (Adults/General)

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Computer literate to use multiple IT software (To include Microsoft Word, Excel), for producing reports and statistical information for the National Medical Examiner's office and Public Health surveillance.
• Ability to work effectively and credibly with multidisciplinary teams and across other healthcare organisations.
• Knowledge of the special requirements of various faith groups and respect for equality and diversity of issues around formalities following a death
• Knowledge of the Coroner & Justice Act 2009 reference to the medical examiner system.
• Full understanding of the medical examiner system operational remit when incorporated within Bereavement Services or as a stand-alone office

Desirable

• Involvement in multi disciplinary / multi agency working
• Experience of using SystmOne
• Experience of working with a Medical Examiner Office

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in a UK health care setting with multi-disciplinary teams across organisational boundaries
• To have an extensive understanding of medical terminology that enables interpretation of clinical information and informed discussions about causes/circumstances of death with bereaved families, clinicians, coroner and registration service staff.
• Experience of facilitating meetings and compiling cases of need
• Budget and line management experience - to include maintaining stock control and ordering supplies as required
• required Supervision and support of junior members of staff
• To have qualifications/skills in day-to-day operational/process management of a customer-facing service where users may have unpredictable and emotionally charged needs.

Desirable

• Ward or Clinical Department Manager or Community Health Services Team Leader (or equivalent) or Clinical Nurse Specialist (or Allied Health Professional Equivalent

communication and relationship skills

Essential

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to engage at all levels including senior clinicians/coroners etc about sensitive issues
• Highly evolved empathetic and self-awareness skills to deal with bereaved families who may have barriers to understanding information due to their grief or disability

Desirable

• Practical experience of working with the bereaved or families at 'end of life'

Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours

Essential

• Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's Values and Behaviours

Analytical and Judgement skills

Essential

• Ability to review and interpret clinical records (to include diagnostic tests, medication charts and clinical assessments/observations) and judge which information relevant to support cause of death discussion and medical examiner scrutiny
• Proven experience of analysing, investigating and interpreting complex data and producing reports

Desirable

• Experience of statistical analysis and report writing
• Proven experience of Project management skills

Planning and organisation skills

Essential

• Experience of planning a broad programme of activities and prioritising work to meet deadlines.
• Ability to organise work around changeable competing demands and fluctuating workloads.
• Ability to maintain a calm manner in a range of challenging and emotive circumstances

Desirable

• The ability to work in a highly pressurised, unpredictable environment where bereavement care is central to the service delivery.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

Essential

• Able to demonstrate a commitment to and understanding of the importance of treating all individuals with dignity and respect appropriate to their individual needs.
• All staff are expected to engage in compassionate and inclusive leadership in the provision of high quality care and interactions with others

Other requirements specific to the role

Essential

• Ability to work within a team
• Ability to work flexibly both in terms of working ocross site/other LLR organisations ohours/days
• Awareness of Health and safety issues.
• Ability to use a computer for prolonged periods of time daily.
• Physical Effort - There is a frequent requirement for sitting or standing in a restricted position for a substantial proportion of the working time

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).