Regional Medical Examiner - North West
| Posting date: | 08 January 2026 |
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| Salary: | £100,000.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £100000.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 25 January 2026 |
| Location: | Flexible across the NW Region, L3 4BL |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | M9990-26-0018 |
Summary
To provide professional leadership and guidance to medical examiners within the specified region. To act as the representative of the National Medical Examiner within the specified region, including formally deputising on their behalf whererequired. Toadvisethe National Medical Examiner on the operation of the medical examiner system withintheNorth Westregionand to highlight any issues that require national attention. To provide support and guidance where necessary to resolve any local issues that may arise in relation to the running of medical examiner systems. To ensure that all medical examiners and medical examiner officers within the regioncomply withthe legal and procedural requirements of the statutory processes of death certification, investigation by coroners and registration of deaths. To ensure that all medical examiner offices in the regionmaintaincomprehensive records of all deaths scrutinised and that they undertake the required collection and analysis of information as specified by the National Medical Examiner. To provide an independent line of professional accountability for all medical examiners in the region. Toprovideprofessional advice in complex cases whichare not able tobe handled at local level in terms of relevant clinical governance activities relating to death certification processes. This may include requesting audits, studying mortality review processes and investigationsregardingformal complaints about patient care. To support local and regional analysis of Medical Certificate Cause of Death information toidentifytrends,patternsand unusual features of deaths, ensuring that this information is shared across the medical examiner offices with the NHS England region and reported, asrequired, to the National Medical Examiners office. To provide information and reports on mortality related issues to the NHS England Regional Medical Director and their team and toparticipatein regional mortality governance arrangements. To link with other programmes that review and investigate deaths (e.g. Child Death Overview Panels, mental health, Learning Disabilities Mortality Reviews, maternal deaths) to ensureappropriate governanceand that learning is shared. To work with the National Medical Examiner to ensure that best practice and learning themes are shared and embedded between and across regions. To link with the National Medical Examiner to share any trends or patterns of concernregardinga locality or an organisationin order tofacilitateprompt consideration,investigationand action. To adopt a collaborative working relationship with the other regional lead medical examiners and the lead medical examiner for Wales, by sharing experiences andexpertiseto support peer learning. To support and to work effectively with the regional medical examiner officer, delegating duties asappropriate. To support the training of junior doctors across the region in their understanding of death certification and promote good practice inaccuratecompletion of Medical CertificateofCause of Death. To undertake site visits to medical examiner offices in their region and to support them to share learning and best practice You can find further details about the role, including key responsibilities and accountabilities, alongside the organisational structure and person specification in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents. Secondments Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only, agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application.