Job summary
- Main area
- Medical and Dental
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- 2 sessions per week (1 session available Monday and 1 session available Friday)
- Job ref
- 388-6401121-M&D
- Employer
- Torbay and South Devon NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Torbay Hospital
- Town
- Torquay
- Salary
- £99,532 - £131,964 pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
Medical Examiner
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Job overview
The Medical Examiner Service in Torbay and South Devon welcomes applications to join our well established team. We are looking for 2 General Practitioners or Consultants registered as a medical practitioner throughout the previous 5 years at the date of application. The ideal candidates will:
· Have extensive experience of working within Primary Care and Community Services settings
· Have experience and knowledge of the legal and ethical requirements of death reporting, MCCDs and Coroner referrals
· Have an interest and/or experience in service development
· Have registered to undertake or completed the Medical Examiner Core Modules
Main duties of the job
The post is part of a team of Medical Examiners who scrutinise deaths and support medical colleagues in determining accurate causes of deaths. Supported by Medical Examiner Officers you will review the clinical notes and liaise with next of kin to assess any points of learning and or feedback for improvement.
For full details please refer to the Job Description
Working for our organisation
The Torbay and South Devon Medical Examiner Service is hosted at Torbay Hospital and is responsible for scrutiny of all non coronial deaths within the Torbay and South Devon locality.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
In 2007, in response to the recommendations of the Shipman Inquiry, the Department of Health (DoH) called for reform of the current death certification process. Based upon the Inquiry’s findings, the DoH proposed that a new role of Medical Examiner be established within healthcare environments. Medical Examiners (MEs) are appropriately trained senior doctors who will verify clinical information on Medical Certificates of Cause of Death (MCCDs), to ensure appropriate referrals to the Coroner and accuracy and consistency of MCCD content. They will be responsible for the scrutiny of the documentation and circumstances arising from the majority of deaths in England and Wales.
Attached is a full Job Description and Person Specification for this vacancy.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- As per person specification
- ME training completed
Experience
Essential criteria
- as per person specification
Desirable criteria
- Current experience in community setting
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Cath Parnell
- Job title
- Chief Of Staff
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07793894501
- Additional information
Dr Nick Mathieu
Lead Medical Examiner
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