Job summary
An exciting opportunity to work within the West Kent Medical Examiner Service has arisen. The successful candidate will support both the Medical Examiners and Officers within their roles of preparation and scrutiny of all deaths for both hospital and community cases.
The position involves being a point of contact and advice for nominated family representatives and healthcare professionals in relation to the Medical Examiner service; also for coroner and registration services
To monitor and advise on any trends that occur within the causes and circumstances surrounding deaths and raise any reports necessary to inform other relevant depts. for learning purposes
Main duties of the job
To line manage the MEOs, support the MEs individually and collectively as required to help deliver and maintain a high-quality Medical Examiner service for all deaths.
Understand clinical pathways and clinical interactions to support the service, and manage work load allocation to MEs by medical speciality.
To be able to accommodate frequent re-prioritising of duties in response to service pressures and frequent interruptions e.g. bereaved relatives, clinical team members etc.
To be able to continue to work to a high standard under pressure with potential to be an emotionally charged environment.
To act as a senior intermediary between the bereaved and clinicians to establish and resolve any concerns relating to a patient's death.
To work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders for the purposes of ensuring statutory requirements are maintained, demonstrating insight and understanding of ethical and legal issues.
To oversee systematic process for highlighting individual deaths for assessment by: The Structured Judgement Review (SJR) process, Child Death Overview Panel (CDOP), Clinical Governance teams and the Learning Disability Review Teams (LeDeR).
Please see the main job description attached to the advert.
About us
MTW is a large acute hospital trust in the south-east of England.
We provide a full range of general hospital services and some aspects of specialist and complex care to around 600,000 people living in west Kent and East Sussex. We have a team of over 8,000 full and part-time staff. We also provide specialist cancer services to around 2 million people across Kent and East Sussex via the Kent Oncology Centre.
In the 2024 NHS staff survey, our employees ranked MTW among the top 10 NHS Trusts nationwide and the second-best Trust to work for in the South East.
Would you like to work flexibly? In the NHS, we are reminded every day of how important life is. As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us, for our patients and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Once your pre-employment checks have been completed you will be contacted by Recruitment to arrange your start date which will be in line with one of our Corporate Inductions.
At MTW, we seek to develop a culture where everyone can reach their full potential with opportunities to grow and develop their career. We recognise and value the unique contributions that each of our staff bring, delivering the best quality care and service to our patients. We are committed to being a diverse employer and strive to reflect everyone in our local communities. We welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences and celebrate the diversity of thought, viewpoints and ideas that will make our Trust the best place to work.
We support our staff with disabilities to ensure they have the adjustments they need to be the best they can be in the workplace. Collaborating with Access to Work means that our staff are assessed by experts in the workplace and we ensure that their recommendations are implemented as quickly as possible. You can find out more here: Access to Work: get support if you have a disability or health condition: What Access to Work is - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Interview Date: 17th September 2024
Job description
Job responsibilities
Once your pre-employment checks have been completed you will be contacted by Recruitment to arrange your start date which will be in line with one of our Corporate Inductions.
At MTW, we seek to develop a culture where everyone can reach their full potential with opportunities to grow and develop their career. We recognise and value the unique contributions that each of our staff bring, delivering the best quality care and service to our patients. We are committed to being a diverse employer and strive to reflect everyone in our local communities. We welcome applications from people of diverse backgrounds, perspectives and experiences and celebrate the diversity of thought, viewpoints and ideas that will make our Trust the best place to work.
We support our staff with disabilities to ensure they have the adjustments they need to be the best they can be in the workplace. Collaborating with Access to Work means that our staff are assessed by experts in the workplace and we ensure that their recommendations are implemented as quickly as possible. You can find out more here: Access to Work: get support if you have a disability or health condition: What Access to Work is - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Interview Date: 17th September 2024
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Bachelors Degree level or evidence of study/equivalent
- Experience at an advanced level - e.g. may include clinical and /or another supervisory role within a health care setting
- Completion of the on-line Medical Examiner initial 26 core training modules - expectation completed within 6 months
Desirable
- Attended the 1-day MEO training course at the Royal College of Pathology
- Experience in the day-to-day operational management of a customer-facing service
- Clinical or voluntary registration
Experience /Knowledge
Essential
- Clinical and/or supervisory experience within a healthcare, bereavement or funeral service
- Experience of quality management, and incident reporting
- Detailed knowledge of medical and clinical terminology that enables informed discussions about causes/circumstances of death
- Experience of delivering complex information in emotive and potentially challenging circumstances
- Knowledge of the statutory process around death certification legal frameworks
- Current continuing professional development record
- Experience of writing reports and presentations and delivering training
Desirable
- Knowledge of the appropriate legislative frameworks
- Understanding of the medical examiner system service operates independently and aligns with other related organisations and NHS initiatives (LeDeR, CDOP).
- Knowledge of the HTA
Skills
Essential
- Confident ability in negotiation and influencing skills
- Computer literate to use multiple IT software systems for recording personal identifiable data and producing statistical information.
- Proactive and self-motivated with ability to present information to different professional groups
- Empathetic and self-awareness skills to deal with the bereaved and other professionals who may have barriers to accepting or understanding information due to their personal circumstances
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Educated to Bachelors Degree level or evidence of study/equivalent
- Experience at an advanced level - e.g. may include clinical and /or another supervisory role within a health care setting
- Completion of the on-line Medical Examiner initial 26 core training modules - expectation completed within 6 months
Desirable
- Attended the 1-day MEO training course at the Royal College of Pathology
- Experience in the day-to-day operational management of a customer-facing service
- Clinical or voluntary registration
Experience /Knowledge
Essential
- Clinical and/or supervisory experience within a healthcare, bereavement or funeral service
- Experience of quality management, and incident reporting
- Detailed knowledge of medical and clinical terminology that enables informed discussions about causes/circumstances of death
- Experience of delivering complex information in emotive and potentially challenging circumstances
- Knowledge of the statutory process around death certification legal frameworks
- Current continuing professional development record
- Experience of writing reports and presentations and delivering training
Desirable
- Knowledge of the appropriate legislative frameworks
- Understanding of the medical examiner system service operates independently and aligns with other related organisations and NHS initiatives (LeDeR, CDOP).
- Knowledge of the HTA
Skills
Essential
- Confident ability in negotiation and influencing skills
- Computer literate to use multiple IT software systems for recording personal identifiable data and producing statistical information.
- Proactive and self-motivated with ability to present information to different professional groups
- Empathetic and self-awareness skills to deal with the bereaved and other professionals who may have barriers to accepting or understanding information due to their personal circumstances
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.
Employer details
Employer name
Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust
Address
Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells Hospitals
Tunbridge Wells Hospital at Pembury Tonbridge Road
Pembury
TN2 4QJ
Employer's website
https://www.mtw.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)
