Medical Examiner - Worthing, United Kingdom - 279 University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust

279 University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust

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Worthing, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Medical Examiner (1 WTE FOR EACH SITE - 1PA (4hours total) MINUMUM TO 2PA (8hours total ) MAXIMUM PER WEEK)

Applications are invited for the above Medical Examiner posts within the established Medical examiner offices based at St Richards and Worthing Hospitals, and Brighton and Haywards Heath Hospitals part of the University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust.

Applicants must be on the GMC Specialist Register or within 6 months of attaining Specialist Registration at the time of interview.

All applicants are required to provide the names and contact details of a minimum of three clinical referees including one from the current employer to cover the last three years of employment.

The referees should be individuals who have a management responsibility for you, eg, Chief of Service, Clinical Director, Educational or Clinical Supervisor.

Medical examiners are a core part of the process of the review and certification of patient deaths across the NHS in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

As a medical examiner, you will be able to act as a source of advice about death certification, engage with local and national clinical governance systems, and share learning from deaths.

You will be able to offer up to date knowledge of medical conditions, treatments, and causes of death to support the bereaved.

You will be an effective communicator as part of a multi-disciplinary team; participating in relevant governance activities concerns have been raised by the next of kin/informant of the deceased and/or clinical staff and ME scrutiny.

You will facilitate routine analysis of information to identify trends, patterns, and any unusual features of deaths.

The Medical Examiner service operates within a reactive area of service delivery interacting with people in variable degrees of distress.

Main aims of the Medical Examiners service are to:

provide bereaved families with greater transparency and opportunities to raise concerns

- improve the quality/accuracy of medical certification of cause of death
- ensure referrals to coroners are appropriate
- support local learning/improvement: patient safety/end of life care

Improve public confidence/greater safeguards via consistent scrutiny of all noncoronial deaths
Support all healthcare providers to improve care via increased learning opportunities.

At UHSussex we're proud to be at the heart of the NHS.

As one of theUK's largest acute Trusts, we're a leading example of the excellence, the ambition and the values that have embodied the NHS for over 70 years.

Improving lives:

We are a vibrant and inclusive organisation, with hardworking, talented and dedicated individuals, who work together towards a common goal, to always put ourPatient First.

Our mission is summed up by our 'where better never stops' motto and no matter the role at UHSussex, you will play a part in driving us forwards and in improving the lives of patients across Sussex.

We treat our patients and staff with the same compassion and empathy we expect for ourselves. We're here for them when they need us, and we go above and beyond to meet their needs.

This can be seen in ourwellbeing programmefor staff which is extensive and designed to support you when you need it because we know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves.

Build a career with us:

As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching and training so that we can be the best that we can be.

From the moment you start with us and throughout your career we will help you to grow and develop.

We hope that in choosing UHSussex you are choosing a long and happy career where you will be able to see the difference you make and feel valued for all that you do.

The clinical duties of the post include the following:

To ensure compliance with the legal and procedural requirements associated with the current and proposed reformed processes of certification, investigation by coroners and registration of deaths.
To scrutinise the certified causes of death offered by attending doctors in a way that is proportionate, consistent and compliant with the proposed national protocol.
To discuss and explain the cause of death with next of kin/informants in a transparent, tactful and sympathetic manner. It is anticipated that such discussions will be predominately conducted through telephone conversations where barriers to understanding information may exist.
To ensure that all users of the ME system are treated with respect and are not discriminated against on the grounds of sex, race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or disability.
To maintain comprehensive records of all deaths scrutinised and undertake analysis to provide information to the National Medical Examiner's office.
To participate in relevant clinical governance activities relating to death certification including audits, mortality review processes and investigations