Senior Medical Examiner Officer

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust; Lewisham; Sur place; GBP 48 000 - 60 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust is seeking an experienced leader to support medical examiners by providing daily management of the Medical Examiner Officer team and ensuring the death certification process is delivered safely and efficiently.

You will act as the escalation point for operational issues, coordinate workloads, and participate in recruitment and staff development to maintain a high-quality service for the community in Lewisham and Greenwich.

Qualifications

• Experience leading medical examiner/officer teams or similar healthcare leadership roles.
• Strong oversight of death certification processes and related governance.

Responsabilités

• Provide day-to-day operational leadership and supervision to the Medical Examiner Officer team.
• Act as first point of escalation for operational issues and workload pressures.
• Oversee recruitment, appraisal and personal development planning for MEOs and ensure safe, consistent service delivery.

Connaissances

Operational leadership

Team management

Recruitment

Performance management

Description du poste

To support medical examiners in their role in scrutinising the circumstances and causes of death.

To be a point of contact and source of advice for relatives of deceased patients, healthcare professionals, H.M coroner and registration services.

To contribute to the integration and implementation of systems and processes relating to the Medical Examiners role and the national learning from deaths strategy.

Ensuring internal and external qualitative and quantitative key performance indicators are managed and achieved and that medical and administrative staff involved in the process are appropriately trained and supported to fulfil their responsibilities relating to the Medical Examiner and learning from death agenda.

The ME service is hosted at Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust is responsible for the scrutiny for all non-coronial deaths at both University Hospital Lewisham and Queen Elizabeth Hospital, as well as community deaths in the boroughs of Lewisham and Greenwich.

Provide day-to-day operational leadership and supervision to the Medical Examiner Officer team, ensuring workloads are appropriately allocated and the service is delivered safely, effectively and consistently.

Act as the first point of escalation for operational issues, workload pressures and complex concerns, escalating significant risks to the Service Lead and/or Lead Medical Examiner as appropriate.

Support workforce coordination, service continuity and consistent working practices across the Medical Examiner service.

Be responsible for the daily management of the medical examiner officers including work allocation, performance/attendance issues, participating in recruitment, appraisal and personal development planning and aid them in their responsibility for overseeing the death certification process.

Our People Are Our Greatest Asset. When We Feel Supported And Happy At Work, This Positivity Reaches Those Very People We Are Here For, The Patients. Engaged Employees Perform At Their Best And Our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) Initiatives Contribute To Cultivate a Culture Of Engagement. We Have Four Staff Networks, a Corporate EDI Team And a Suite Of Programmes And Events Which Aim To Insert The 5 Aspirations

• Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
• Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
• Improving the experience of staff with disability
• Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
• Making equalities mainstream

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Katie Wakeman Job title: Senior Medical Examiner Officer Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 0203 192 6045