Medical Examiner Officer - London, United Kingdom - King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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We are looking for a Band 5 Medical Examiner Officer (MEO) to join the Medical Examiner's Office at the Princess Royal University Hospital to cover Maternity Leave until the 31st December 2024.

The Medical Examiner system is a new service, recently introduced in England and Wales, which will become statutory from April 2024.

The principal functions are:

To provide the bereaved with explanation, transparency and early opportunity to ask questions or raise concerns.
To improve accuracy and quality in all aspects of the medical certification of the cause of death.
To ensure appropriate referral to the Coroner.
To safeguard the public through consistent scrutiny of all noncoronial deaths.
To support clinical governance in learning and improvement.
The current service is currently scrutinising all adult, paediatric and neonatal deaths in the hospital, with expansion to the community covering Bexley and Bromley.

We are seeking an individual who will be responsible for working within the Medical Examiner Service based at the Princess Royal University Hospital site.

The role will participate in all aspects of the department when required including the completion of paperwork required for the Medical Examiner to scrutinise each death and ensuring that all deaths are scrutinised in a timely manner.

You will work closely with the existing Medical Examiners Officers and Lead Medical Examiner Officer in continually developing the Medical Examiner service and will take an active role in supporting the scrutiny of non - coronial deaths within the community.

The post holder will be required to have completed the Medical Examiner Officer training modules (Royal College of Pathologist).

The Medical Examiner Officer is central to the service and is primarily based on one site. They will provide a constant presence in the Medical Examiner Office allowing day to day continuity. They are ideally placed to note concerns, identify and record trends and identify learning.

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and around 14,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London.

The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King's College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in Bromley.

King's is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan.

In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus.

Everyone's contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust's carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.

The trust-wide strategy Strong Roots, Global Reach is our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do.

By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we can take Team King's to another level.

To support the Medical Examiners in scrutinising the circumstances and causes of death.

To be a point of contact, source of advice and expertise for the Medical Examiners Officer team.

To take part in delivery of a high quality service including developing and reviewing protocols and policies for the service across Denmark Hill and PRUH alongside the Site Lead and Lead MEO.

To take part in the service across sites and into the community