Job summary
The Medical Examiner Department is a new service that became statutory from the 9th September 2024. The purpose of the function is to introduce, monitor and audit stringent safeguards over the patient death certification and mortality review process.
The function's purpose is to provide greater safeguards for the public by:
1. Ensuring rigour and robust scrutiny of all non-coronial deaths
2. Ensure the appropriate direction of deaths to the coroner
3. Provide a seamless service for the bereaved and an opportunity for them to raise any concerns to a doctor not involved in the care of the deceased
4. Improve the quality of death certification
5. Ensure provision of training and support to clinicians undertaking death certification
We are looking for a motivated individual to join the Medical Examiner Team at North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation (NCIC) Trust. This new post will be based at West Cumberland Hospital. The successful candidates will be expected to work across the two hospital sites (CIC and WCH) to provide clinical support and advice.
Main duties of the job
The Medical Examiner Officer's role is to work as part of a team, along side the Medical Examiners, Lead and Senior Medical Examiner Officers to:
6. Ensure the Medical Examiner Service operates safely within the parameters of national and local policy and guidance
7. Support the Medical Examiner's in their role scrutinising the circumstances and causes of death
8. Be a point of contact and source of advice for the relatives of deceased patients, healthcare professionals, Coroner and Registration Services
9. Coordinate the prompt completion of Medical Certificates of Cause of Death (MCCD) and cremation forms, liaising closely with the bereaved
10. To support the development of the service
All staff are expected to work to the Trust Values:
Kindness
Respect
Ambition
Collaboration
About us
At NCIC, we have an ambition to deliver outstanding healthcare services to the population of North Cumbria. The Trust is committed to creating a centre of excellence in providing rural and remote healthcare and provides a wide range of community and acute services throughout our county.
Our 5 key principles demonstrate our belief in the delivery of 'safe, high quality care every time':
Being a clinically led organisation
Quality and safety at the heart of our Trust
A positive patient experience every time
A great place to work
Managing our money well
As an organisation we are serious about supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our local community and are very much focused on being an inclusive and compassionate place to work.
Across the North East and North Cumbria we are working together to deliver our ambition to be the greenest region in England by 2030. All staff are expected to support sustainability.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see attached job description and person specification for further information regarding the role and the essential and desirable criteria required to be met by applicants.
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