Senior Medical Examiner Officer
Senior Medical Examiner Officer
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Job Description
Band: NHS Agenda for Change Band 6 - 37338 to 44962 per annum pro rota
Hours: Consideration will be given to both full time and part time applicants.
Contract Type: 2 Permanent positions are available.
Portsmouth Medical Examiner Service has been providing scrutiny for over 5 years and providing support to the bereaved. Now that the statutory system is well underway we are looking for Senior MEOs to manage the office day to day take responsibility for staff education and development and support the Lead MEO in developing our service further. Our aims and ethos are to ensure quality consistent scrutiny and nurture a learning environment where real change can be facilitated.
As a Senior Medical Examiner Officer you will:
- support the management and leadership of the MEO team.
- support the co-ordination the Medical Examiner service to ensure timely and efficient completion of certification processes required after a death.
- support medical examiners in their role in scrutinising the circumstances and causes of death.
- be a point of contact and source of advice for relatives of deceased patients healthcare professionals HM Coroner and registration services involved in the death certification process.
- support the Lead MEO and Lead ME in developing protocols guidelines and policies for the development and delivery of the Medical Examiner Service across the acute trust and the community
All MEOs support medical examiners in their role in scrutinising the circumstances and causes of death and have a vital role in explaining cause(s) of death proposed for the death certificate to the bereaved. This includes answering their questions clarifying any terminology or misunderstandings and signposting appropriately in cases of disagreement or concern.
All roles within our service are provided with ongoing support and professional development according to your individual needs.
As a large acute hospital there are many opportunities for development and these are encouraged you will be given excellent benefits as well. We warmly welcome your applications and should you have any queries please get in contact with
For further details please see enclosed Job Description
Qualifications :
Essential:
- Educated to Degree Level and/or significant experience in a relevant field
- Advanced communication skills with a wide range of stakeholders including the recently bereaved and senior level professionals.
- Qualified Medical Examiner Officer
Desirable:
- Completed e-learning MEO core training modules (or complete prior to starting in the post.)
- Completed Face to face MEO RCPath training (or complete within 3-6 months of taking up this post)
- If a registered professional to maintain an effective and valid professional registration.
- Leadership or management qualification
Skills and Knowledge
Essential:
- Excellent knowledge of clinical/medical terminology that enables informed discussion about causes and circumstances of death
- Knowledge of the Coroner and Justice Act 2009 with reference to the medical examiner system.
- Full understanding of the medical examiners system operational remits and working relationships with Bereavement services.
- Approachable and supportive to all levels of staff and bereaved families in a non-judgemental and discreet manner.
- Ability to lead a team and organise own and the teams fluctuating workload around competing priorities.
- Competent in the use of IT software systems (including Microsoft Excel Outlook Teams) and handling sensitive personal identifiable data with understanding of Caldicott Principles
Desirable:
- Knowledge of the special requirements of various faith groups and respect for equality and diversity of issues around formalities following a death.
Experience
Essential:
- Leading and influencing teams to achieve objectives.
- Working with people in sensitive and emotional situations (both professional colleagues and service user)
- Managing and implementing change in complex clinical environments.
- Experience of working in a healthcare setting with multi-disciplinary teams across organisational boundaries.
- Experience of preparing developing and delivering training of staff from different levels and disciplines.
- Writing reports and presentations.
- Familiarity with HR and governance procedures.
- Experience of working as a Medical Examiner Officer.
- Experience of supporting the bereaved.
Additional Information :
The health and wellbeing of our staff is at the forefront of everything we do. We are proud to be able to offer our staff some fantastic benefits including our on-site Nursery access to our free Beach Hut for those long summer days our on-site Wellness Centre including a gym and a swimming pool access to our fantastic staff networks including LGBTQ Race Equality and DisAbility and awards ceremonies to recognise your achievements. We believe we can offer support to all of our staff when they need it the most.
We welcome the unique contributions that you can bring in terms of your education opinions culture ethnicity race sex gender identity and expression nation of origin age languages spoken veterans status colour religion disability sexual orientation and beliefs.
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
Employment Type
Full-time
