Job summary
The Lead Medical Examiner will provide senior clinical leadership and professional oversight of the Medical Examiner service delivered by London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust. The service includes the scrutiny of deaths occurring within LNWH hospitals, deaths referred from primary care and community settings, and deaths scrutinised on behalf of partner organisations under agreed service arrangements.

The postholder will ensure that Medical Examiners deliver a consistent, independent, proportionate, high-quality and compassionate service in accordance with statutory requirements, national guidance and professional standards. They will support accurate death certification, appropriate referral to the coroner, sensitive engagement with bereaved people and the effective identification and escalation of concerns arising from the scrutiny of deaths.

The Lead Medical Examiner must remain an active Medical Examiner within the LNWH service and undertake a minimum of 1 PA per week of Medical Examiner scrutiny, in addition to the 1 PA Lead Medical Examiner commitment.

The postholder will work in close partnership with the Lead Medical Examiner Officer and operational management, but will not hold line-management responsibility for Medical Examiner Officers. Formal employment line management of Medical Examiners will remain within the relevant employing arrangements unless explicitly agreed otherwise.

Main duties of the job

• Provide senior clinical and professional leadership to the LNWH Medical Examiner service.
• Oversee the quality, consistency and independence of Medical Examiner scrutiny across hospital, primary care, community and partner-provider settings.
• Provide professional support, advice and peer leadership to Medical Examiners working within the service.
• Work in partnership with the Lead Medical Examiner Officer and operational management team to support effective service delivery, capacity planning and development.
• Maintain effective relationships with organisations whose deaths are scrutinised by the LNWH Medical Examiner Office.
• Represent the LNWH Medical Examiner service within the Trust and at relevant local, regional and national forums.
• Contribute to the identification of concerns, themes, patterns and opportunities for learning arising from the scrutiny of deaths.

About us
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

• Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country's top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
• St Mark's Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
• Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
• Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

Details
Date posted: 15 October 2026
Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade: Consultant
Salary: Depending on experience 1 PA
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 337-MS-2070-OK
Closing date: 01 November 2026

Person Specification
Qualifications

• Essential: Must have successfully completed the mandatory components of the national online medical examiner curriculum
• Essential: Primary medical qualification

Experience

• Essential: Registered medical practitioner with a licence to practise from the General Medical Council (GMC) and a minimum of five years' experience as a fully registered medical practitioner.
• Desirable: Experience working as a medical examiner
• Desirable: Experience working in bereavement/ end of life

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
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.

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 on the criminal records checks for overseas applicants page.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see the NHS Careers website.

Employer details
Employer name: London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
Address: Cross-site role, Harrow, HA1 3UJ, United Kingdom
Employer's website: https://www.lnwh.nhs.uk

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact: Lead Medical Examiner Officer, Summer Tallulah, summer.tallulah@nhs.net, 02032999000

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