Medical Examiner

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

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research. We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:

• University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing), We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.
We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.

£105,504 to £139,882 a year per annum pro rata plus London Weighting