Medical Examiner

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This is a unique opportunity for General Practitioners to participate in the national implementation and development of a new Medical Examiner (ME) service. Medical Examiners scrutinise all deaths that are not under investigation by a coroner.Hereford implemented a Medical Examiner system in its acute hospitals in 2019. This has proved successful and popular with staff and relatives alike. In June 2021 NHS England issued an instruction to roll out a similar system to cover deaths in all settings. NHS England, following ministerial recommendation, have written to all NHS organisations to prepare for the statutory ME system to commence from April 2023. Funding has been identified, enabling the creation of additional posts, which will cover a weekly session for 42 weeks. With the new involvement of primary care in the system we are keen to recruit enthusiastic General Practitioners to join the current team of medical examiners, who have so far been recruited only from hospital consultants.General Information About Medical Examiner Training And The Nature Of The Job Is Available From The Royal College Of Pathologists Athttps://www.rcpath.org/profession/medical-examiners/medical-examiner-training.html.The statutory communication is availableNHS England Statutory medical examiner systemMain duties of the jobTaking information from the attending doctors, the medical records and from the family of the deceased they advise on death certification and referral (or not) to the Coroner. They also review the quality of care given and feedback compliments, questions and suggestions to relevant members of the team, with the aim of improving care quality.About UsWye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT and the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust.Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care we’d want for our family and friends.More than 3,000 people work for the Trust - they tell us it’s a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff; a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your potential.Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time...all the time.Job DescriptionJob responsibilitiesJob description and personal spec attached gives full details of this Nationally recognised role which becomes a statutory requirement in April 2023Person SpecificationKnowledge of governance systemsEssential

• Identify governance pathways

Previous ExperienceEssential

• Number of years

CommunicationEssential

• Cross organisational working

BMJ Ref: BMJ-109431/229-PH-4913909