Medical Examiner Support Specialist

North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust is expanding its Medical Examiner Officer team to scrutinise deaths across our trust and wider community. The post supports the Medical Examiner in reviewing death circumstances and will serve as a contact for bereaved families, healthcare professionals, and the coroner.

The role requires high integrity, empathy, and excellent interpersonal skills, with training and development opportunities available.

Qualifications

• Educated to Bachelor's degree level or evidence of study/equivalent practical experience at an advanced level; this might include nursing and/or other clinical experience.

Responsibilities

• Work as part of a team to aid medical examiners in overseeing the death certification process for all deceased patients in the organisation and wider community.
• Establish circumstances of individual patient deaths by preliminary review of medical records and sourcing additional details for scrutiny by the medical examiner.
• Assist in highlighting cases for assessment by the Structured Judgement Review team (SJR), CDOP, Clinical Governance and LeDeR teams.
• Maintain awareness of diverse user needs to ensure equality across groups defined by sex, race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or disability.
• Discuss likely content of medical certificate of cause of death with relatives and communicate sensitive information with support from the Medical Examiner and Lead MEO.
• Ensure relatives' concerns are addressed promptly and referred to appropriate support services such as Patient Safety or Patient Experience.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Empathy

Communication

Bereaved support

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust is expanding its Medical Examiner Officer team to scrutinise deaths across our trust and wider community. The post supports the Medical Examiner in reviewing death circumstances and will serve as a contact for bereaved families, healthcare professionals, and the coroner.

The role requires high integrity, empathy, and excellent interpersonal skills, with training and development opportunities available.