The post holder will work alongside the Senior Medical Examiner Officer in supporting the Hospital Medical Examiners, in ensuring a robust death certification system, providing assurance to the bereaved relatives through appropriate discussion regarding circumstances and cause of death. The post holder will support the Medical Examiners in the legislative requirements following a patient and community death, working in close association with the Senior Medical Examiner Officer and Medical Examiners in scrutinising the circumstances and causes of death, reporting deaths to the District Coroner and liaising with the coroner's service on a daily basis. To act as an intermediary between the Bereaved families, Senior MEO and Medical Examiners in order to assess/establish if there are any concerns relating to death/hospital care. To give support in the integration and implementation of systems and processes relating to the ME role service and the national learning from death strategy. To work in liaison and communicative links between the Senior MEO, Medical Examiners, Consultants, Juniors doctors and bereavement officers. Will liaise with Consultants and junior doctors in relation to the circumstances of death and to assist in training, giving guidance to junior doctors in the death certification process. To work collaboratively with the Senior MEO, Medical Examiner's and Trust leads with internal and external stake holders for the purpose of ensuring statutory requirements are maintained. To ensure that the Medical Examiner Service and LFD processes, principles and standards are maintained, engaging and accessing information required for contributing to national and internal death reporting requirements. While also doing the Mandatory Scrutiny of Community Deaths, working with GPs, care homes and any other community providers. Our Organisation The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust (PAHT) provides a full range of general acute, outpatient and diagnostic services at The Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow, the Herts and Essex Hospital in Bishop’s Stortford, and St Margaret’s Hospital in Epping. We employ 3,500 staff and serve a local population of around 350,000 people living in west Essex and east Hertfordshire, centred on the M11 corridor and the towns of Harlow, Bishop’s Stortford and Epping. Our extended catchment area incorporates a population of up to 500,000 and includes the areas of Hoddesdon, Cheshunt and Broxbourne in Hertfordshire. Our Values The Princess Alexandra Promise To Our Patients As Identified By Our 3 Values Which Will Contribute To Improving Our Patient Experiences Patient at heart – Always holding the patient and their wellbeing at the centre of our thoughts and efforts Everyday excellence – Sharing and celebrating our successes, being honest when we get it wrong, giving us the ability to learn from both Creative collaboration – Knowing strength comes from diversity, we combine our experiences, skills and talents, working together to find new and better ways to care The Trust believes in investing in all our staff and rewarding high standards of care whilst building for excellence and in return we expect our staff to uphold the Trust values to the highest level. For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Cherie Vanlint-Hooper Job title: Senior Medical Examiner's Officer Email address: cherie.hoopernhs.net Telephone number: 01279 827433