Medical Examiner | Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 04 Gorffennaf 2025 |
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| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | £105,504 - £139,882 per annum, pro rata |
| Oriau: | Rhan Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 03 Awst 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | Liverpool, L7 8YE |
| Cwmni: | Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7293925/287-LCL-50-25 |
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The post-holder will provide a minimum of 1PA per week as part of a team of Medical examiners with a pro-rata contribution to the out of hours rota (Saturday, Sunday & UK bank holidays). They will be based in the mortuary/bereavement offices at LUHFT (Aintree or Royal).
The post-holder will work closely with the medical examiner officers and bereavement staff in the acute sector and their equivalents in the community and other organisations.
Given the impact of the introductions of the Regulations on the network, there is an expectation that MEs may need to provide session at more than one site. Routine scrutiny is provided as a 5-day service, with a weekend service for urgent certification & release requests for religious reasons.
The post holder will be registered with a licence to practice in the UK by the GMC. As a pre-condition of practicing, an ME must have successfully completed the mandatory components of the national online medical examiner curriculum. Face-to-face training must be completed within the first three months of being in post.
Ensure compliance with legal and procedural requirements associated with current reformed processes of certification, investigation by coroners and registration of deaths.
Scrutinise the certified causes of death offered by attending doctors.
Discuss and explain the cause of death with next of kin/informants in a transparent, tactful and sympathetic manner.
Ensure that all users are treated with respect and are not discriminated against.
Maintain comprehensive records of all deaths scrutinised and undertake analysis to provide information to the National Medical Examiner’s office.
Participate in relevant clinical governance activities relating to death certification including audits, mortality review processes and investigations regarding formal complaints about patient care.
Support training of junior doctors in their understanding of death certification and promote good practice in accurate completion of MCCDs.
Adopt a collaborative working relationship with other MEs, MEOs and external stakeholders.
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women’s NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospitalis the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility.Broadgreen Hospitalis home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation.Liverpool Women’s Hospitalspecialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK’s largest single site maternity hospital each year. TheRoyal Liverpool University Hospitalis the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services
For roles at Liverpool Women’s, visit theircareers page.
Scrutinise the certified causes of death offered by attending doctors.
Discuss and explain the cause of death with next of kin/informants in a transparent, tactful and sympathetic manner.
Ensure that all users are treated with respect and are not discriminated against.
Maintain comprehensive records of all deaths scrutinised and undertake analysis to provide information to the National Medical Examiner’s office.
Participate in relevant clinical governance activities relating to death certification including audits, mortality review processes and investigations regarding formal complaints about patient care.
Support training of junior doctors in their understanding of death certification and promote good practice in accurate completion of MCCDs.
Adopt a collaborative working relationship with other MEs, MEOs and external stakeholders.
This advert closes on Friday 18 Jul 2025