Medical Examiner

NHS; Southampton; On-site; GBP 109,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organization in Southampton is seeking a Medical Examiner to provide statutory reviews of deaths in both hospital and community settings. The ideal candidate will be an experienced clinician with strong communication and analytical skills. This role involves improving the medical examiner service, ensuring compassionate support for families, and contributing to patient safety. Salary ranges from £109,725 to £145,478 based on experience.

Qualifications

• Up-to-date knowledge of the cause of death and understanding of legal frameworks.
• Knowledge of local and national clinical governance systems.
• Ability to identify available data sources to support detection and analysis.

Responsibilities

• Provide statutory review of all deaths for hospital and community.
• Contribute to improvement of the medical examiner service.
• Identify and escalate findings requiring further review.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Robust analytical skills

Ability to work effectively in multi-professional teams

Understanding of grief

Ability to participate on on-call rota

Education

Medical Practitioner with GMC registration

Job description

Medical Examiner

University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to offer a fantastic opportunity to work with us as Medical Examiner.

This is a permanent contract. The main duties will involve providing statutory review of all deaths for both hospital and community, demonstrating independence, and providing timely and compassionate service for people in their hardest times.

We are looking for someone who has/is: an experienced clinician with wide ranging clinical insight, excellent communication skills, robust analytical skills, understanding of grief, and is a team worker to join a small team of medical examiners and officers.

Responsibilities include contribution to the improvement of the medical examiner service, statutory review of all deceased patients, identifying good practice and escalation of findings that require further review, improving death certification, and allowing families to have a voice if they have any concerns.

Requirements

• Medical Practitioner with GMC registration with a licence to practise
• Up-to-date knowledge of the cause of death and an understanding of the legal frameworks associated with death certification processes
• Knowledge of local and national clinical governance systems and an understanding of how the ME can work collaboratively to improve patient safety
• Ability to identify available data sources to support the detection and analysis of concerns
• Ability to identify and disseminate examples of good practice amongst relevant colleagues
• Appropriate knowledge base, and ability to apply sound clinical judgement to problems

Aptitudes and skills

• Evidence and ability to work effectively in multi-professional teams
• Evidence of willingness to participate in a multi-disciplinary team environment
• Understanding of equality and diversity and how this affects patients, visitors and staff
• Ability to integrate the care of a patient by many and various other clinical staff
• Ability to participate on on-call rota
• Willingness to work flexibly to deliver clinically effective and cost-effective healthcare

University Hospital Southampton NHS Trust is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. The Trust is committed to promoting equality, diversity, and inclusion for all patients, staff, and visitors.

The successful candidate will be employed under the terms and conditions of service for Consultants (England) 2003. Depending on experience, the salary will be £109,725 to £145,478.

Interviews will be held on: 5th November 2025. This vacancy closes on or before: 20th October 2025.