Lead Medical Examiner Officer (LMEO) | Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced and compassionate Medical Examiner Officer (MEO) to join our busy Medical Examiner Service, led by the Trust’s Lead Medical Examiner, as the Lead Medical Examiner Officer.

In this role you will be responsible for leading a small team of MEOs, who collectively support the Trust’s Medical Examiners (ME), in the provision of the Medical Examiner Service.

Our Medical Examiner Service ensures that all deaths within the Trust’s acute hospitals and community deaths in Lambeth and Southwark are scrutinised. The service is dedicated to working collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders, including Coroners’ Offices, in supporting bereaved people as they progress with death registration and funeral arrangements.

You will be based primarily at the Medical Examiner Office located at St Thomas’ Hospital, working alongside the Duty ME for that day, MEO’s and the existing team of Bereavement Administrators. There may be a requirement for occasional cross-site working with travel between the Guy’s and St Thomas’ sites (and any satellite inpatient units where the occasional need arises). There may also be an occasional requirement to represent the Trust Medical Examiner team at external training and networking events.

Interview Date -Wednesday 10thJune 2026

To provide day to day management, support and leadership of the Medical Examiner Officer Team and to be responsible for the day-to-day delivery of services in accordance with agreed objectives, targets, quality standards, controls and resource constraints.

The Lead Medical Examiner Officer will also be responsible for delivering delegated improvements within the service to meet patient expectations as well as ensure the required capacity to meet key performance targets.

To assist Medical Examiners in their role in scrutinising the circumstances and causes of death.

To be a point of contact and source of advice for relatives of deceased patients, healthcare professionals, Medical Examiners/Officers/Administrators, Bereavement Administrators, H.M Coroner and the registration services.

Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprise five of the UK’s best-known hospitals – Guy’s, St Thomas’, Evelina London Children’s Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield – as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high-quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.

We are among the UK’s busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.

We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and – as part of King’s Health Partners – we are one of England’s eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research’s biomedical research centres, established with King’s College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.

We strive to recruit and retain the best staff as the dedication and skills of our employees lie at the heart of our organisation and ensure that our services are of the highest quality, safe and focused on our patients.

Organisational Values

The post holder will be

Caring – we put patients first

Ambitious– we innovate and strive for excellence

Inclusive– we respect each other and work collaboratively

Please see JD and PS for the specific requirements of the post.

This advert closes on Monday 25 May 2026