Medical Examiner

Overview

We are looking for a passionate medic with critical thinking skills. If you are looking for stimulating work outside of your clinical role, this may be the post for you. Being a Medical Examiner is interesting, involving and actively engages new learning every day. It also gives you the opportunity and time to explain to the bereaved the cause of death of their loved one, but also what occurred, why, what led to it.

This offers them great relief often. We are in a good position to identify excellence in care as well as areas that need improvement, and are able to raise these issues to the Trust. There’s never been a more exciting time to join TeamQEH, with plans to build a new state-of-the-art hospital due to open in 2031/32 and a major digital transformation program.

Our new electronic patient record (EPR) will replace paper-based patient records from 2026 and will lead to better, safer, joined-up care at The Queen Elizabeth Hospital and beyond. At The QEH we provide a comprehensive range of specialist, acute, obstetrics and community-based services to around 331,000 people across west and north Norfolk, North Cambs and South Lincs. We are an ambitious organisation that upholds our values of kindness, wellness and fairness, with a focus on continuous quality improvement.

We recognise and reward our 4,000 staff and volunteers, priding ourselves on a community atmosphere and positive team spirit. We have approx. 530 beds across 33 wards and have newly built education and training facilities, a range of modern award-winning centres alongside a talented team ready to give you a warm welcome. We love working here and think you will too.

• Scrutinise hospital and community deaths that are referred in and conclude the cause of death and formulate an MCCD with the Qualified Attending Practitioner.
• Communicate with the bereaved – a role shared with the Medical Examiner Officers.
• Identify areas for improvement and raise these issues to the relevant departments and the Trust.

• Medical qualification with appropriate licensing to practice as a Medical Examiner (or equivalent).
• Critical thinking, clear communication, and ability to explain causes of death to bereaved families with sensitivity.
• Ability to work 4 hours a week in this role.

For further details / informal visits contact:
Name:
Dr Shona Lidgey, Lead Medical Examiner
Email:
Telephone: