Medical Examiners Officer | Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Managing cases from initial notification through to completion
- Obtaining relevant medical records
- Communication with the registrar and bereaved families
- Work with Medical Examiners (ME) to aid them in their responsibility for overseeing the death certification process for all deceased patients in the organisation.
- To act as an intermediary between the bereaved families and clinicians to establish and resolve any concerns relating to a patient’s death.
- To establish the circumstances of individual patient deaths by performing a preliminary review of medical records to identify clinical and circumstantial information sourcing additional details where required, for scrutiny by the medical examiner.
- To provide specialised advice to the bereaved and signpost to internal and external agencies and further support when required.
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is situated on the west coast of Lancashire, with services covering the local authority areas of Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre. The Trust is part of the Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System (ICS) supporting a population of around 1.6 million people.
We have three main hospitals providing acute services to around 330,000 local residents. The organisation also provides specialist tertiary care for cardiac and haematology services, delivers community health services to over 445,000 residents including those in North Lancashire and hosts the National Artificial Eye Service across England.Plus, we provide urgent and emergency care services to an estimated 18 million people who visit the seaside resort each year. We employ over 7000 people from 68 different countries.
We welcome and encourage application from anyone with protected characteristics, as well as supporting reservists and Veterans who are looking for a rewarding and challenging career within the NHS.
Blackpool Teaching Hospitals encourages flexible working in all our roles to support staff in maintaining healthy home-life balance. Working patterns such as: part time working, self-rostering, compressed hours, annualised hours, term time, reverse term time and flexitime working can be explored.
Please see the attached job description and person specification for further details about the role.
When applying for this role please match your work experience and qualifications to the essential and desirable criteria required for this role and provide details of how they align within the "supporting information" section of the application.
Consideration may be given to anyone working towards their RCP certificateTrain to become a medical examiner officer
This advert closes on Monday 20 Jan 2025