Job summary
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust are seeking an enthusiastic colleague to join our team of Medical Examiners.
This post has been created by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) in response to observations made in the Third Report of the Shipman Inquiry. The introduction of the medical examiner system will promote robust, transparent and independent scrutiny of death certification processes.
This role is remunerated at 0.75 -- 1 PA, is for an initial fixed term trial period of 12 months and will commence from April 2025.
Medical practitioners must be registered with a license to practise in the UK by the GMC and must be post CCT. The candidate must have been registered as a medical practitioner throughout a lengthy period of training as at the date of appointment.
Please contact ellen.makings1@nhs.net for further information and informal visits
Main duties of the job
The main responsibilities of the ME are to:
* To ensure compliance with the legal and procedural requirements associated with the current processes of certification, investigation by coroners and registration of deaths.
* To scrutinise the certified causes of death offered by attending doctors in a way that is proportionate, consistent and compliant with the proposed national protocol.
* To discuss and explain the cause of death with next of kin/informants in a transparent, tactful and sympathetic manner. It is anticipated that such discussions will be predominately conducted through telephone conversations by the Medical Examiner Officer, the Medical Examiner may be asked to assist in cases where barriers to understanding information may exist.
* To ensure that all users of the ME system are treated with respect and are not discriminated against on the grounds of sex, race, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or disability.
* To maintain comprehensive records of all deaths scrutinised and undertake analysis to provide information to the National Medical Examiner's office.
* To participate in relevant clinical governance activities relating to death certification including audits, mortality review processes and investigations regarding formal complaints about patient care.
About us
Royal Papworth Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is the UK's leading heart and lung hospital, delivering care to more than 50,000 patients a year in its new state-of-the-art hospital in Cambridge. We perform the most heart and/or lung transplants in the UK and carried out the UK's first successful heart transplant in 1979. It also offers emergency heart attack treatment, sleep centre care and is one of just five centres nationally for those in severe respiratory failure.
Based on the Cambridge Biomedical Campus the largest centre of medical research and health science in Europe the Trust is at the heart of treatments of the future. Royal Papworth became the first hospital trust in the country to be rated outstanding in all five areas assessed by the Care Quality Commission - a rating it still holds today. The Trust holds its values of compassion, excellence & collaboration at its core, and all colleagues joining the team are expected to uphold these in their day-to-day roles & interactions. Royal Papworth is proud of its diverse workforce and encourages people to embrace their individuality.
The Trust values difference and welcomes all applications irrespective of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy & maternity, race, religion & belief, sex and sexual orientation. Providing they meet the minimum post criteria, applicants with disabilities will be offered an interview.
For a street view tour: https://royalpapworth.nhs.uk/virtual-tour
Job description
Job responsibilities
On this page you will find a Role Profile which provides information about the hospital and full details about the role. We recommend that you review this and refer to it as you complete your application. Please include how you will meet the Trust Values Compassion, Excellence and Collaboration. If you would like more information about the role or working at Royal Papworth Hospital, please get in touch with the contact for this role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
On this page you will find a Role Profile which provides information about the hospital and full details about the role. We recommend that you review this and refer to it as you complete your application. Please include how you will meet the Trust Values Compassion, Excellence and Collaboration. If you would like more information about the role or working at Royal Papworth Hospital, please get in touch with the contact for this role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Medical practitioner registered and licensed to practise in the UK by the GMC, with at least five years' experience. The candidate must have been registered as a medical practitioner throughout the previous five years as at the date of appointment.
- Working knowledge of practice in a healthcare environment, preferably in the UK.
- Candidate will have successfully completed the approved components of the national on-line training curriculum as a precondition of employment as a Medical Examiner. Confirmation of appointment is subject to successful completion of 'face to face' component of the national training curriculum. [Note: access to on-line training will be available to all medical practitioners registered & licensed to practice in the UK by the GMC].
- Up to date knowledge of clinical causes of death, together with death certification requirements and processes.
- Knowledge of legal framework and relevant jurisdiction relating to the process of death certification.
- Ability to demonstrate proportionate and professional judgement to determine the degree to which independent scrutiny is pursued where death certificates have been issued.
- Commitment to maintain knowledge and keep skills up to date
- IT competent, for the purposes of efficient scrutiny and routine analysis of information for local clinical governance and public health surveillance.
- Ability to manage an information-based process under tight timescales
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Medical practitioner registered and licensed to practise in the UK by the GMC, with at least five years' experience. The candidate must have been registered as a medical practitioner throughout the previous five years as at the date of appointment.
- Working knowledge of practice in a healthcare environment, preferably in the UK.
- Candidate will have successfully completed the approved components of the national on-line training curriculum as a precondition of employment as a Medical Examiner. Confirmation of appointment is subject to successful completion of 'face to face' component of the national training curriculum. [Note: access to on-line training will be available to all medical practitioners registered & licensed to practice in the UK by the GMC].
- Up to date knowledge of clinical causes of death, together with death certification requirements and processes.
- Knowledge of legal framework and relevant jurisdiction relating to the process of death certification.
- Ability to demonstrate proportionate and professional judgement to determine the degree to which independent scrutiny is pursued where death certificates have been issued.
- Commitment to maintain knowledge and keep skills up to date
- IT competent, for the purposes of efficient scrutiny and routine analysis of information for local clinical governance and public health surveillance.
- Ability to manage an information-based process under tight timescales
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
