Senior Medical Examiner Officer
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 18/09/2026
- Closes
- 30/09/2026
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Role summary
This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic Medical Examiner Officer (MEO) to join a busy Medical Examiner Service. The role involves supporting Medical Examiners in scrutinising deaths within the Trust's hospitals and community. You will manage cases, delegate tasks to Band 5 MEOs, and assist in data collection and policy development. The service works collaboratively with stakeholders, including Coroners' Offices, and supports bereaved people.
Essential criteria
- A commitment to life-long learning and undertaking personal development opportunities.
- The ability to communicate effectively with a wide range of stakeholders, including the recently bereaved
- Educated to Bachelor's degree level or significant equivalent practical experience at an advanced level working in a related field.
- Further training and/or experience as a Medical Examiner Officer equivalent to post-graduate diploma level
- Completed e-learning MEO core training modules prior to starting in the post
Desirable criteria
- Degree in a relevant discipline e.g. Nursing, Paramedic Science.
- Professional/ Statutory Registration
- Registration with a relevant regulatory body e.g. NMC, HCPC.
- Previous Experience
- Experience of working with people in sensitive and emotional situations.
- Experience of working in a healthcare setting with multi-disciplinary teams across organisational boundaries.
- Demonstrable previous experience as a Medical Examiner Officer.
- Skills/Knowledge/ Ability
- General knowledge of clinical/medical terminology
- Strong interpersonal skills demonstrating the ability to communicate in difficult and emotional situations with empathy and professionalism with all stakeholders.
- Ability to work as part of a team and organise fluctuating workload around competing priorities.
- IT competent and an ability to quickly become competent in the use of new and potentially unfamiliar IT software systems. Competent in handling sensitive personal identifiable data.
- Knowledge of the special requirements of various faith groups and respect for equality and diversity of issues around formalities following a death.
- Knowledge of the Coroners & Justice Act 2009 and Notifications of Death Regulations 2019 in respect of the Medical Examiner system
- Full understanding of the Medical Examiner system operational remit when incorporated within Bereavement Services or as a stand-alone office
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £47,951 – £56,863 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
Posted 1d ago · Closes in 12d
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Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust
Senior Medical Examiner Officer
The closing date is 30 September 2026
Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic Medical Examiner Officer (MEO) to join our busy Medical Examiner Service, led by the Trust's Lead Medical Examiner.
In this role you will be part of a small team of MEOs, led by the Lead Medical Examiner Officer, who collectively support the Trust's Medical Examiners (ME), in the provision of the Medical Examiner Service.
Our Medical Examiner Service ensures that all deaths within the Trust's acute hospitals and community deaths in Lambeth and Southwark are scrutinised. The service is dedicated to working collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders, including Coroners' Offices, in supporting bereaved people as they progress with death registration and funeral arrangements.
You will be based primarily at the Medical Examiner Office located at St Thomas' Hospital, working alongside the Duty ME for that day, the Lead MEO and the other MEO's and the existing team of Bereavement Administrators. There may be a requirement for occasional cross-site working with travel between the Guy's and St Thomas' sites (and any satellite inpatient units where the occasional need arises).
Main duties of the job
- To assist and support Medical Examiners in their role in scrutinising the circumsta
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