Medical Examiners Officer

at  279 University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust

An exciting opportunity is available at University Hospital Sussex (UHSx) NHS Foundation Trust for a further part time Medical Examiner Officer to join our team to work cross site between St Richards hospital and Worthing Hospital. After successful implementation of the Medical Examiner (ME) Service in our acute hospitals, we are expanding into the Community and Primary Care Settings in the West Sussex.
We are looking for enthusiastic, motivated, and compassionate Medical Examiner Officers (MEO) to join our team, to help support the continued delivery of the Acute ME Service across our hospital sites and within the community. You will be key in supporting the Medical Examiner process, the Trust’s mortality process and provide support to a range of staff within the Trust around mortality and the ME Service.
Please contact uhsussex.medicalexaminersoffice@nhs.net for further details. Secondment opportunities will be considered.
These roles will incorporate administrative skills in ensuring necessary paperwork is accurate and complete, but also excellent communication skills during liaison with doctors, nurses, families, and where appropriate, the Coroners’ services. Part of the day to day work will also involve investigation work and perusal of patient notes so a good working knowledge of medical terminology is important together with relevant clinical experience in an acute/community setting.
We have set up Medical Examiners Offices at 4 sites within the Trust. This enables the Medical examiners to scrutinise every applicable inpatient death in the Trust as well as developing the service to take on the responsibility of reviewing the circumstances of all community deaths in West Sussex and Brighton locations as the national programme rolls out locally. To do this, we have aimed to develop a responsive and fluid service which is adaptable to the needs of the Trust, our patients, and our workforce. An element of cross site working between Worthing and St Richards Hospitals is expected in consideration of work base preference at recruitment.
Successful applicants will be expected to complete formal training appropriate to the role when in post, online training produced by the Royal College of Pathologists should be completed prior to commencement of the post.
At UHSussex, diversity is our strength, and we want you to feel included to help us always put the Patient First. Your uniqueness and experiences will be part of our creative and innovative community where everyone is encouraged to succeed. We have a range of Staff Networks to help break down barriers, and can offer a buddy to help new members settle in. We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) and a Veteran Aware Trust.
We treat our patients and staff with the same compassion and empathy we expect for ourselves. We’re here for them when they need us, and we go above and beyond to meet their needs. This can be seen in our Wellbeing Programme for staff which is extensive and designed to support you when you need it, including where possible, flexible working to support work life balance - because we know that to look after others we must first look after ourselves.
As a university trust and a leader in healthcare research, we value learning, teaching and training so that we can be the best that we can be. From the moment you start with us and throughout your career we will help you to grow and develop. We hope that in choosing UHSussex you are choosing a long and happy career where you will be able to see the difference you make and feel valued for all that you do.
We look forward to receiving your application and the start of your journey with UHSussex.
Effective verbal, non-verbal, and written communication with all members of the
multidisciplinary team within own department and relevant departments and both

internal and external to the Trust.

• To discuss content of medical certificate of cause of death (MCCD) with relatives of

deceased and in all cases, collect additional information. This may include the need

to communicate sensitive information and offer explanations

• Communicate via all mediums with families, carers, clinical teams, in relation to

medical examiner scrutiny and the outcomes of any discussions
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