Medical Examiner

Job summary

This is a replacement post for one of our 6 sessional Medical Examiners. In the first instance, it will be a 2-year fixed term renewable post.

The sessional post involves delivering a statutory second level of scrutiny for all Hospital deaths and non-acute sector deaths where the coroner's duty to investigate is not engaged.

As a team, we expect to offer independent and proportionate scrutiny on approximately 1850 cases per annum.

Full training will be given and is available on-line. Further details are available on the Royal College of Pathologists website.

It will be based at Hillingdon Hospital. Applicants must be familiar with our local working environment, with broad NHS experience.

Th post involves 1 session per week (plus prospective cover) with 5 daytime hours of remote cover for urgent registrations one weekend in six .

Some flexibility would be an advantage.

It will be based at Hillingdon Hospital.

The post pays 1.042 PA plus 2% on-call availability supplement at an appropriate point of the consultant scale.

Main duties of the job

For further details see Job Description

T To ensure compliance with the legal and procedural requirements associated with the current processes.

To scrutinise the certified causes of death offered by attending doctors

To discuss and explain the cause of death with the bereaved.

T To maintain comprehensive records of all deaths scrutinised.

To participate in relevant clinical governance activities

To support the training of doctors in their understanding of death certification and promote good practice.

To work with medical examiner officers (MEOs), delegating duties as appropriate.

To adopt a collaborative working relationship with other MEs.

About us

The Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is the only acute Hospital in the London Borough of Hillingdon and offers a wide range of services including accident and emergency, inpatient care, day surgery, outpatient clinics and maternity services. The Trust's services at Mount Vernon Hospital include routine day surgery, delivered at a modern treatment centre, a minor injuries unit and outpatient clinics.

The safety and well-being of our patients and of our staff is paramount and we are making urgent improvements to address this - particularly in infection prevention and control. We are making progress and going forward by working in partnership with local GPs, charities,community services, academic partners, our local authority, neighbouring hospitals and the wider North West London Integrated care system, and ensuring that we listen and work in partnership with our local population. We are absolutely focused on ensuring that our hospitalsprovide high quality, safe and compassionate care, while drive forward the building of the new Hillingdon Hospital.

We have over 3,500 members of staff that are proud to care for nearly half a million people, with a vision to be an outstanding provider of healthcare through leading health and academic partnerships, transforming services, to provide the best care where needed.