Medical Examiner Officer
At a glance
- Band
- Band 6
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 17/09/2026
- Closes
- 01/10/2026
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Role summary
This role involves joining the Trust as a Medical Examiner Officer to support the national implementation of the Medical Examiner system. You will scrutinise deaths, act as a point of contact for relatives and healthcare professionals, and ensure key performance indicators are met. The role requires working closely with bereavement, mortality, Coroner's, and registrar services to provide support for bereaved families. You will also serve as an expert within the Trust for mortality processes.
Essential criteria
- Educated to degree level or equivalent working knowledge in related field
- Knowledge of the Coroner & Justice Act 2009 reference to the medical examiner system. Full understanding of the medical examiner system operational remit when incorporated within Bereavement Services or as a stand-alone office.
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of the special requirements of various faith groups and respect for equality and diversity of issues around formalities following a death.
- MEO core learning modules
- Competent in the use of IT software systems and handling sensitive personal identifiable data
- Experience of working with people in sensitive and emotional situations.
- Experience of working in a healthcare setting with multi-disciplinary teams across organisational boundaries
- Ability to work as part of a team and organise fluctuating workload around competing priorities
- Strong interpersonal skills demonstrating the ability to communicate in difficult and emotional situations with empathy and professionalism with all stakeholders
- Education and Qualifications
- Educated to degree level or equivalent working knowledge in related field
- Knowledge of the Coroner & Justice Act 2009 reference to the medical examiner system. Full understanding of the medical examiner system operational remit when incorporated within Bereavement Services or as a stand-alone office.
- Knowledge of the special requirements of various faith groups and respect for equality and diversity of issues around formalities following a death.
- MEO core learning modules
- Competent in the use of IT software systems and handling sensitive personal identifiable data
- Experience of working with people in sensitive and emotional situations.
- Experience of working in a healthcare setting with multi-disciplinary teams across organisational boundaries
- Ability to work as part of a team and organise fluctuating workload around competing priorities
- Strong interpersonal skills demonstrating the ability to communicate in difficult and emotional situations with empathy and professionalism with all stakeholders
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 6 at £37,338 – £44,962 a year, across England.
This advert: £45,953 – £54,254 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Croydon Health Services NHS Trust
Medical Examiner Officer
The closing date is 01 October 2026
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for Medical Examiner Officer to join the Trust as part of the national implementation of the Medical Examiner system in England and Wales. The aim of this service is to be able to scrutinise deaths within acute hospitals and also the circumstances of all community deaths in the corresponding areas.You will be a point of contact and source of advice for relatives of deceased patients, healthcare professionals and coroner and registration services.You will be part of the Medical Examiner's office ensuring internal and external qualitative and quantitative key performance indicators are managed and achieved and work closely with the bereavement team, mortality team, Coroner's Office and registrar services to provide the best experience for bereaved families. You will also act as an expert within the Trust for mortality processes and systems and ensure all staff are appropriately supported to fulfil their responsibilities relating to the Medical Examiner's Office.
Interview - TBC
Main duties of the job
To act as an intermediary between the bereaved and clinicians which will often be very complex and sensitive to establish and resolve any concerns relating to a patient's death. Work with medical examiners to aid them in thei
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