Medical Examiner Officer
At a glance
- Band
- Band 5
- Contract
- Fixed-term
- Pattern
- Part-time
- Posted
- 22/09/2026
- Closes
- 04/10/2026
Sponsorship verdict
This contract type is not eligible for Skilled Worker sponsorship.
NHS Trusts cannot issue a Certificate of Sponsorship for part-time, bank, locum, zero-hours, job-share or short fixed-term (under 12 months) contracts under current Home Office rules. This applies even when the wider Trust holds a Skilled Worker licence.
Role summary
The University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust is seeking a Medical Examiner Officer for a 3-year fixed-term, part-time position. This role involves supporting Medical Examiners in scrutinising causes of death and ensuring appropriate referrals to the coroner. The successful candidate will be a key point of contact for bereaved relatives, healthcare professionals, and HM Coroner, requiring excellent communication skills in sensitive situations. The role requires flexible working across three sites and completion of online MEO training.
Essential criteria
- Educated to Batchelor's degree level or equivalent working knowledge in related field
- A commitment to life-long learning and undertaking personal development opportunities
- Completed e-learning MEO core training modules prior to starting in the post
Desirable criteria
- Degree (BA/BSc) in Business or Clinical related studies
- Professional Registration (Clinical)
- Communication and relationship skills
- Ability to communicate effectively and build good relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, including the recently bereaved, face to face, by telephone and email
- Strong interpersonal skills demonstrating the ability to communicate in difficult and emotional situations with empathy and professionalism
- Excellent written & verbal communication skills to produce accurate correspondence
- Able to work as part of a team, co-operating to work together and in conjunction with others and willing to help and assist wherever possible and appropriate
- Experience of working effectively with key administrative and senior clinical staff
- Experience of working in a bereavement setting or equivalent environment (i.e. safeguarding, end of life care)
- Analytical and Judgement skills
- Ability to apply good problem-solving skills, e.g., in balancing multiple complex work streams Ability to apply good problem-solving skills, e.g., in balancing multiple complex work streams
- Ability to work without direct supervision, prioritising work and acting on own initiative where appropriate; pre- empting problems and working to solve them in an appropriate manner and escalating as applicable
- Experience of review, collation and synthesis of information
- Critical Analysis and Report Writing
- Strong interpersonal skills demonstrating the ability to communicate in difficult and emotional situations with empathy and professionalism with all stakeholders
- Competent user of MS Office packages, specifically Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
- High level of accuracy and attention to detail
- The ability to work in a highly pressurised, unpredictable environment where bereavement care is central to the service delivery
- Positive attitude to dealing with change; flexible and adaptable, willing to change and accept change and to explore new ways of doing things and approaches
- Ability to work as part of a team and organise fluctuating workload around competing priorities
- Knowledge of various faith groups' funeral wishes/practices to enable respectful compliance with tight and specific timescales and procedures
- Advanced level in Word, Excel, PowerPoint
- Expertise in inputting and interrogating spreadsheets and databases to extract and analyse data
- Planning and organisation skills
- Ability to work in a demanding environment involving complex and multiple processes against time related targets
- Ability to respond to sudden unexpected demands and to adapt quickly to changing priorities Ability to be proactive and plan ahead, to allow for fluctuations in demand
- Ability to cope with interruptions from others or need to change tasks at short notice
- Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
- Able to demonstrate a commitment to and understanding of the importance of treating all individuals with dignity and respect appropriate to their individual needs
- All staff are expected to engage in compassionate and inclusive leadership in the provision of high-quality care and interactions with others
- Other requirements specific to the role: Physical skills
- Cross site working
- Walking between offices
- Able to undertake light physical duties i.e., retrieve and carry patient medical records
- Ability and willingness to adopt a flexible approach to work on the occasions it may be required
- Commitment to Trust Values and Behaviours
- Must be able to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Trust's Values and Behaviours
- Experience of working independently within own area of specialism with minimal supervision
- Proven experience of working in a busy office/administration environment
- Experience of working with people in sensitive and emotional situations
- Experience of working in a service. where users may have unpredictable and emotionally charged need or day to day contact with people in sensitive and emotiona
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Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 5 at £29,970 – £36,483 a year, across England.
This advert: £32,073 – £39,043 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust
Medical Examiner Officer
The closing date is 04 October 2026
Job summary
UHL are looking to recruit a Medical Examiner Officer to join the team on a 3 year fixed term basis. Due to working from a monthly rolling rota, the ideal candidate will be open to flexible working within the core hours of the service, between 07:00-18:00, and be able to work from all three UHL sites. Occasional weekend work will also come into place in the future.
Medical Examiner Officers are at the heart of the success of the Medical Examiner Office. They support the Medical Examiners with the accuracy and consistency of MCCD content and ensure appropriate referrals to the coroner.
If shortlisted for an interview, avisit to the ME office will be an expectation. If offered the role, there will be online ME Officer training to complete prior to starting in post.
We also recommend that you look at the National ME website in order to gain a better understanding of the process as a whole.
Vacancy will close : 4 October 2026
Interviews will take place : 13 October 2026
Main duties of the job
Medical Examiner Officers are at the heart of the success of the Medical Examiner Office. They support the Medical Examiners with the accuracy and consistency of MCCD content and ensure appropriate referrals to the coroner.
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