Medical Examiner

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity to be part of our team of the medical examiners and would like to invite applications from consultants to join our Medical Examiner service.

From 9th September 2024, it will be a legal requirement for all deaths in any healthcare setting not investigated by a coroner to be reviewed by the medical examiner. The Medical Examiner system offers independent scrutiny of deaths, gives bereaved people a voice, and provides them with support.

Medical examiners are accountable to medical directors within trusts but also have a separate professional line of accountability to the lead medical examiner and national/regional medical examiners.    At present, the service is reviewing all deaths at UCLH, Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), Moorfields Eye Hospital, Camden community, and soon The Royal Marsden Hospital. We have established working relationships with local GPs, care homes, and registrars. We are looking to fill sessions (1xPA) on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays.

CV required with application.

Main duties of the job

• Review medical records & supporting diagnostic information.  •    Improve quality of death certification  •    Discuss cause of death with next of kin / informant and provide an opportunity share any feedback about the care.  •    Identify and share any learning.

Candidates must have successfully completed the mandatory e-learning modules online (free of charge) and attend a face-to-face training session at the Royal College of Pathologists, London, paid for by the Trust, within the first three months in post.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*

UCLH top trust to work at in England – for the second year running! : University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

*In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England – for the second year in a row.

UCLH top trust to work at in England – for the second year running! University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Once again, UCLH has received the highest score of all general acute and acute/community NHS trusts in England for staff that would recommend us as a place to work.