Senior Medical Examiner Officer | Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust

Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust

Senior Medical Examiner Officer | Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust

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Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust, Pembury, Kent

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted 3 weeks ago, 23 Aug | Get your application in now before you miss out!

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: b4f85508577648e7943c905497be2ac7

Full Job Description

An exciting opportunity to work within the West Kent Medical Examiner Service has arisen. The successful candidate will support both the Medical Examiners and Officers within their roles of preparation and scrutiny of all deaths for both hospital and community cases.

The position involves being a point of contact and advice for nominated family representatives and healthcare professionals in relation to the Medical Examiner service; also for coroner and registration services

To monitor and advise on any trends that occur within the causes and circumstances surrounding deaths and raise any reports necessary to inform other relevant depts. for learning purposes

· To line manage the MEOs, support the MEs individually and collectively as required to help deliver and maintain a high-quality Medical Examiner service for all deaths.

· Understand clinical pathways and clinical interactions to support the service, and manage work load allocation to MEs by medical speciality.

· To be able to accommodate frequent re-prioritising of duties in response to service pressures and frequent interruptions e.g. bereaved relatives, clinical team members etc.

· To be able to continue to work to a high standard under pressure with potential to be an emotionally charged environment.

· To act as a senior intermediary between the bereaved and clinicians to establish and resolve any concerns relating to a patient's death.

· To work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders for the purposes of ensuring statutory requirements are maintained, demonstrating insight and understanding of ethical and legal issues.

· To oversee systematic process for highlighting individual deaths for assessment by: The Structured Judgement Review (SJR) process, Child Death Overview Panel (CDOP), Clinical Governance teams and the Learning Disability Review Teams (LeDeR).

MTW is a large acute hospital trust in the south-east of England.

We provide a full range of general hospital services and some aspects of specialist and complex care to around 600,000 people living in west Kent and East Sussex. We have a team of over 8,000 full and part-time staff. We also provide specialist cancer services to around 2 million people across Kent and East Sussex via the Kent Oncology Centre.

In the 2024 NHS staff survey, our employees ranked MTW among the top 10 NHS Trusts nationwide and the second-best Trust to work for in the South East.

Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.

Once your pre-employment checks have been completed you will be contacted by Recruitment to arrange your start date which will be in line with one of our Corporate Inductions.

At MTW, we seek to develop a culture where everyone can reach their full potential with opportunities to grow and develop their career. We recognise and value the unique contributions that each of our staff bring, delivering the best quality care and service to our patients. We are committed to being a diverse employer and strive to reflect everyone in our local communities. We welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences and celebrate the diversity of thought, viewpoints and ideas that will make our Trust the best place to work.

We support our staff with disabilities to ensure they have the adjustments they need to be the best they can be in the workplace. Collaborating with Access to Work means that our staff are assessed by experts in the workplace and we ensure that their recommendations are implemented as quickly as possible. You can find out more here: Access to Work: get support if you have a disability or health condition: What Access to Work is - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)