Medical Examiner Officer

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust; Coventry; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Part time

Job summary

A prominent NHS Trust in Coventry is seeking a Medical Examiner Officer to support medical examiners in investigating death circumstances and provide guidance to bereaved families. This part-time role involves liaising with healthcare professionals and ensuring accurate record-keeping. Candidates should be committed to equality and human rights values. This permanent position supports professional development opportunities within a reputable organization.

Responsibilities

• Act as an intermediary between the bereaved and clinicians to address concerns.
• Provide expertise and advice for relatives and healthcare professionals.
• Assist medical examiners with death certification process oversight.
• Review medical records to determine patient death circumstances.

Job description

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust

Medical Examiner Officer

The closing date is 28 December 2025

The purpose of the Medical Examiner Officer (MEO) role is to support Medical Examiners in their role in scrutinising the circumstances and causes of death, and to be a point of contact and source of advice for relatives of deceased patients, healthcare professionals and coroner and registration services.

Please be advised sponsorship is not eligible for this post.

Closing Date: Please be advised that this job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested.

Main duties of the job

• To act as an intermediary between the bereaved and clinicians to establish and resolve any concerns relating to a patient's death.
• To act as a source of expertise, advice and knowledge for relatives and healthcare professionals involved in the process.
• Work with medical examiners to aid them in their responsibility for overseeing the death certification process for all deceased patients in the organisation.
• To establish the circumstances of individual patient deaths by performing a preliminary review of medical records to identify clinical and circumstantial information, sourcing additional details where required, for scrutiny by the medical examiner.

About us

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, rated as good by the Care Quality Commission, is one of the largest teaching Trusts in the UK.

We are extremely proud of our employees across our hospital sites, with high quality patient care at the heart of everything we do.

Boasting some of the most modern facilities in Western Europe, the Trust is renowned for being at the forefront of research and innovation as part of its blossoming reputation as a worldwide leader in healthcare.

We are proud to be recognised as a Pathway to Excellence designated organisation - please click the link for further details about this prestigious award. Pathway To Excellence - University Hospitals Coventry & Warwickshire (uhcw.nhs.uk)

By joining our exciting journey, you will form part of a passionate, talented team and will be able to access a wide range of learning and development opportunities. There has never been a better time to join our team.

The Trust is committed to building an organisation that makes full use of the talents, skills, experience, and different perspectives available in our diverse society. We want everyone to feel they are respected, valued, can achieve their potential and receive the most appropriate and relevant care. We will create an environment where the equality and human rights principles of fairness, respect, equality, dignity and autonomy are promoted and are part of the organisation's core values.

Job responsibilities

• To assist in highlighting cases for assessment by the Structured Judgement Review team (SJR), Child Death Overview Panel (CDOP), Clinical Governance teams and the Learning Disability Review Teams (LeDeR).
• To refer patients to the coroner for further investigation on approval by the medical examiner
• Maintain an awareness of the diverse needs of users of the medical examiner system to ensure equality to any particular group defined by sex, race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or disability.
• To provide training / guidance on the ME system for medical students and doctors in training or local employment on an ongoing basis.
• To ensure all patient records are accurate, maintained and updated to include the outcome of the ME scrutiny and these are kept secure.

For further details of the role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

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Experience

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Knowledge

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Skills

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Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours

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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.

Employer name

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust

Address

University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire

Depending on experiencepro rata per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

218-AC-B5-7670085

Job locations

University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire