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Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, (LGT), is a community-focused provider of local and acute care, delivering high-quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich, and Bexley. We provide whole-life care and are here to support our communities to live healthier lives as well as taking care of them when they need us the most.
Employing almost 7,500 colleagues, affectionately known as Team LGT, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham, and at over a dozen community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary’s Hospital in Sidcup.
We have recently launched our new vision and values to mark the LGT10 – the tenth anniversary of our Trust forming in 2013. Our trust vision is to be exceptional. In the quality of our patient care; our support for colleagues; and in the difference we make through our partnerships and in our communities.
Our hospitals and community sites provide a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services, as well as emergency and planned care. The Trust is rated as “good” or “outstanding” in over three-quarters of the services inspected by the Care Quality Commission.
Every year our work includes performing 10,000 procedures in our theatres; bringing seven and a half thousand new lives into the world; carrying out 570,000 visits to patients in their homes or communities and providing emergency care for more than 300,000 patients arriving in our busy Urgent and Emergency Departments.
LGT is a centre for the education and training of medical students enrolled with King’s College London’s GKT School of Medical Education. We are a training centre for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals. We are pioneering new roles that will support the changing needs of our patients and are one of the largest employers of physician associates in the country.
We are committed to working with our partners to deliver the best outcomes for our local communities. This means playing an active role in the South East London Integrated Care System (ICS), and in formal partnerships including the South East London Acute Provider Collaborative, provider partnerships with our local mental health trusts and borough-based boards of the ICS in Bexley, Greenwich and Lewisham.
Job overview
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.
Main duties of the job
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
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
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.
Responsible for daily management of staff, including work allocation, performance monitoring and sickness absence management in accordance with Trust Policies and Procedures
To be responsible for the PDRs of the medical examiner officers
Responsible for the management of the department’s annual leave and sickness using the E-rostering system.
Work with all staff to provide a culture that is developmental, flexible and supportive for all, facilitating effective multidisciplinary relationships.
Qualifications
- RCPath MEO Modules
Experience
- Currently employed as an MEO
Qualifications
- RCPath face to face MEO Training
Experience
- Experience dealing with bereaved families
As a local employer and anchor institution we work closely with our community to recruit locally and we welcome applications from the widest variety of people to ensure our workforce are reflective of the local communities which we serve. We encourage all suitable candidates to apply including if you are Black, Asian or other ethnic minorities, live with a disability (visible or not) or are LGBT+. We have a number of active staff networks including Disability, LGBT+, Multicultural Inclusion and Women’s staff networks to bring staff together and celebrate diversity across our whole workforce.
Please note: Information provided during recruitment and pre‑employment checks must be accurate. Misrepresentation may be investigated as fraud and could lead to withdrawal from the process, professional sanctions, or criminal action.
Please note: that sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route is subject to Trust allocation and UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) approval.
Use of AI in recruitment: We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support the initial review of applications against the essential criteria for this role. Where AI is used, it will support rather than replace human decision-making, and applications will remain subject to appropriate human review.
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This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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