Senior Lead Medical Examiner Officer
| Posting date: | 19 January 2026 |
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| Salary: | £47,810.00 to £54,710.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £47810.00 - £54710.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 30 January 2026 |
| Location: | Bedford, MK42 9DJ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9418-26-0056 |
Summary
To be responsible for the management and leadership of the Medical Examiner Officers across the Trust; including managing sickness and absence, appraisals, performance management, training, and development.To offer support and pastoral care to families and colleagues and to facilitate effective communication between families and health care professionals alongside Bereavement Office staff.Communicate by telephone, over email and face to face with families, carers, clinical teams, in relation to mortality case records reviews and associated quality improvement.Provide advice and support to families, carers and staff on the Learning from Deaths programme and related processes.To carry out the initial screening of medical notes of deceased patients to identify cases that clearly require referral to the Coroner.To work with the Medical Examiner to ensure proper and proportionate scrutiny of medical notes.To act autonomously in reporting cases to HM Coroner when medical staff/Medical Examiner are not available.To manage own workload ensuring project timescales are adhered to.To discuss content of medical certificate of cause of death (MCCD) with relatives of deceased and in all cases, collect additional information. This may include the need to communicate sensitive information and offer explanations.