Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
Medical Examiner Officer
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About the Role
The candidate we are seeking will be a highly motivated, dedicated and innovative individual, working alongside the Medical Examiners to scrutinise all deaths at Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust.
You will demonstrate excellent knowledge of medical terminology as you review patient notes, along with previous experience of working with bereaved relatives in any setting. You will be working collaboratively with a wide range of staff, in addition to being confident in working under your own initiative to prioritise your workload accordingly.
Join us and you will have the opportunity to further support bereaved families and improve patient safety in a responsive and fluid service which is adaptable to the needs of our hospitals, our communities and our workforce. Demonstrating natural curiosity and empathy you will support the Medical Examiners in their role of scrutinising the circumstances and causes of death for our patients.
To succeed, you'll need to be committed to delivering high quality care, with compassion and respect, have excellent interpersonal skills and be able to provide evidence of personal and professional development. You'll also be part of a fantastic and dedicated team that supports each other and operates with consideration and dignity at all times.
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About the Medical Examiner Service
The Medical Examiner Service has been designed to oversee and support many aspects of the death certification process, providing an independent layer of scrutiny, improving the quality of certification and explaining the cause of death to the bereaved, allowing them to raise any concerns.
The MEO will work with medical examiners to aid them in their responsibility for overseeing the death certification process for deceased patients in Calderdale and Greater Huddersfield.
They will establish the circumstances of individual patient deaths by performing a preliminary review of medical records to identify clinical and circumstantial information, sourcing additional details where required, for scrutiny by the medical examiner. This role is essential to allow efficient functioning of the Medical Examiner service.
The MEO will assist in highlighting cases for assessment by the Mortality Faculty, Structured Judgement Reviews (SJR), Child Death Overview Panel (CDOP), Clinical Governance teams and the Learning Disability Review Teams (LeDeR).
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They will assist in referral of patients to the coroner for further investigation on approval by the medical examiner.
About Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
CHFT is an integrated Trust of 6,500+ colleagues providing hospital and community services to patients and communities across Calderdale and Kirklees. We are rated as ‘Good’ by the Care Quality Commission, are a top performing Trust for Elective Recovery, Emergency and Cancer Care and widely acknowledged as a national digital lead when it comes to caring for people across our local and regional systems.
Our people are at the core of everything we do, hence our commitment to One Culture of Care. Our focus is to care for and support each other in order to provide outstanding compassionate care to our patients. That is why we are looking for an inclusive collaborative, creative, innovative and compassionate leader to join us in this role.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Liz Pepper
- Job title: Medical Examiner Service Manager
- Email address: liz.pepper@cht.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 01484 343473
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