Job summary
Barts Health NHS Trust is seeking an experienced Medical Examiner to become our Lead Medical Examiner, providing leadership for the Trust's Medical Examiner's service

This is a three-year appointment, offering 1.0 programmed activity per week in addition to the existing 1 PA Medical Examiner role. Reporting to the Deputy Chief Medical Officer, and accountable to the Chief Medical Officer and Regional Medical Examiner for London, you will be the main contact for Medical Examiners across Barts Health.

Main duties of the job
You will work closely with the Senior Medical Examiner Officer and multidisciplinary team, strengthen quality assurance, and oversee implementation of national changes. The lead medical examiner will be required to maintain and build on the current relationships with learning from death leads, medical directors and teams, faith representatives and coroners in the Northeast London region. The lead medical examiner will be required to report to quality and safety groups within Barts Health including but not limited to Mortality Review Group, Quality Safety Group and the Quality Assurance Committee.

Applicants must be current Medical Examiners, hold the Royal College of Pathologists Medical Examiner qualification, have at least five years' experience as a fully registered medical practitioner, and hold a licence to practice. Strong leadership, strategic thinking, communication, collaboration, and relationship-building skills are essential. You must be able to demonstrate IT proficiency and an understanding of death certification reforms, legislation and regulations.

About us
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Job responsibilities
You will work closely with the Senior Medical Examiner Officer and multidisciplinary team, strengthen quality assurance, and oversee implementation of national changes. The lead medical examiner will be required to maintain and build on the current relationships with learning from death leads, medical directors and teams, faith representatives and coroners in the Northeast London region. The lead medical examiner will be required to report to quality and safety groups within Barts Health including but not limited to Mortality Review Group, Quality Safety Group and the Quality Assurance Committee.

Applicants must be current Medical Examiners, hold the Royal College of Pathologists Medical Examiner qualification, have at least five years experience as a fully registered medical practitioner, and hold a licence to practice. Strong leadership, strategic thinking, communication, collaboration, and relationship-building skills are essential. You must be able to demonstrate IT proficiency and an understanding of death certification reforms, legislation and regulations.

Person Specification
Qualifications

• Medical Examiner training - RCPath and e-learning mandatory modules
• Hold a licence to practise with the GMC and have been fully registered for at least five years

Experience

• Be a current working Medical Examiner within the Barts Health Medical Examiners Service
• Demonstrate achievements in service improvements
• Experience of working with statutory bodies/NHS England
• Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team

Knowledge

• Knowledge of relevant legislation of the Coroners and Justice Act 2009
• Knowledge of the Medical Examiners (England) regulations 2024
• Knowledge of local and national clinical governance systems
• Understanding of various faith groups and respect for equality and diversity
• Understanding of death certification reforms

Skills

• Problem solver approach with creative solutions and an ability to communicate ideas to a range of different types of people
• Ability to build and leverage support across stakeholders and to plan and execute strategies
• Ability to respond flexibly and iteratively, using evidence and learning to shape ensuing work plans and strategy
• Strong leadership skills with excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Excellent group facilitation and presentation skills
• Proactive and self-motivated with a flexible working approach
• Able to always sustain professional integrity and independence, particularly where there is a potential for a conflict of interest
• Ability to identify and support the detection and analysis of concerns and to recognise gaps in available knowledge, in self and others
• Able to manage and comply with processes under tight timescales with a proportionate approach

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).