Medical Examiner

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work within Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Learning from deaths and reducing variation are key enablers to improving safety and quality. Reducing mortality and improving patient experience are priorities for our Trust.

Our Medical Examiners Service comprises of a Lead Medical Examiner, Medical Examiners and Medical Examiner Officers.

This role will be remunerated at 1 PA per session. The appointment is on a 3 year fixed term basis and the successful applicant will be expected to work across the sites within Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust at both Scunthorpe General Hospital and Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital in Grimsby.

A training package consisting of 26 modules has been produced by the Royal College of Pathologists which will be mandatory for anyone wishing to take up the role and will need to be followed by a 1 day face to face training day to be completed within 6 months of appointment.

You are invited to apply if you can demonstrate the following:

At least 5 years experiences as a fully registered medical practitioner with the GMC.

Are currently practicing either in primary or secondary care.

Hold a licence to practice with the GMC.

Capacity to undertake the role within your job plan.

The main responsibilities of the Medical Examiner are to support the Lead Medical Examiner to:

• ensure compliance with the legal and procedural requirements associated with the current processes of certification, investigation (by Coroners) and registration of deaths within a Local Authority area;
• support those doctors who call for medical advice on suspected natural causes of death before they prepare an MCCD, and provide general medical advice to the coroner;
• scrutinise the certified causes of all in-scope deaths in a way that is compliant with the proposed national protocol;
• maintain comprehensive records of all deaths scrutinised and undertake analysis and provide information as required to Office for National Statistics (ONS) & locally for clinical governance purposes;
• work with any other local medical examiner(s) to arrange reciprocal cover for holidays and other periods of absence and also to ensure that there is no potential conflict of interest between the medical examiner and the death being scrutinised;
• explain to bereaved relatives cause of death in a transparent, tactful and sympathetic manner, which respects different faith, cultural, ethnic and diversity considerations;
• Support the training of junior doctors in completion of MCCDs and provide feedback on accuracy of certification locally.

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts – Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) – our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas – biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Mr Gordon McAdam Job title: Lead Medical Examiner Email address: Gordon.mcadam@nhs.net Telephone number: 0000 000000 #J-18808-Ljbffr