Job summary
Lead Medical Examiner Officer - Band 6
This role is to lead the medical examiner office which currently consists of 5 medical examiner officers and a number of part time Medical Examiners.
The role is newly developed and the post holder will be expected to help drive forward the Medical Examiner office in terms of service development and improvement.
Medical Examiner Officer - Band 5 Annex 20 would apply:
Candidates who do not hold the required qualification are welcome to apply and would be appointed on a Band 5 salary until the essential qualification is completed
This post falls within the provisions of Agenda for Change Annex 20 - Development of Professional Roles, whereby upon completion of an agreed set of competencies you may move onto the next pay band without the need for an application for a post at a higher level.
Main duties of the job
To participate in the implementation of the reforms of death certification and to aim to improve the processes of death certification and referrals to the Coroner.
To work with the Medical Examiner's Officers and Medical Examiners to maintain the Medical Examiners Service.
To act as a source of expertise, advice and knowledge for relatives and health care professionals involved in the process.
To participate in developing protocols, guidelines and policies for the service development and expansion of existing ME model to include community deaths.
About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Lead MEO will support the MEOs and MEs in their role in scrutinizing the circumstances and causes of death. They will be a point of contact and source of advice for relatives of deceased patients, healthcare professionals and coroner and registration services.
The MEO will provide advice and support to junior doctors and nursing staff regarding the legal requirements relating to registration of death, completion of necessary investigations including referral to the Coroners office and documentation for cremations.
To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.
Candidates who do not hold the required qualification are welcome to apply and would be appointed on a Band 5 salary until the essential qualification is complete and would then be up-lifted into the Band 6 salary.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Lead MEO will support the MEOs and MEs in their role in scrutinizing the circumstances and causes of death. They will be a point of contact and source of advice for relatives of deceased patients, healthcare professionals and coroner and registration services.
The MEO will provide advice and support to junior doctors and nursing staff regarding the legal requirements relating to registration of death, completion of necessary investigations including referral to the Coroners office and documentation for cremations.
To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries.
Candidates who do not hold the required qualification are welcome to apply and would be appointed on a Band 5 salary until the essential qualification is complete and would then be up-lifted into the Band 6 salary.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Bachelor's degree level, or evidence of study/equivalent practical experience at an advanced level; this might include nursing and/or other admin/clinical experience.
- Continuing professional development
- Successful completion of the MEO core training modules of the national on-line training curriculum prior to undertaking case record reviews as an MEO
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of managing a team
Other
Essential
- It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Bachelor's degree level, or evidence of study/equivalent practical experience at an advanced level; this might include nursing and/or other admin/clinical experience.
- Continuing professional development
- Successful completion of the MEO core training modules of the national on-line training curriculum prior to undertaking case record reviews as an MEO
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
- Experience of managing a team
Other
Essential
- It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work
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).
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).
