Medico Legal Officer

Company description:

As an organisation we have a clear focus on how we service and partner with our community, including our strategy of helping the community stay well when at home. Our reputation of community minded, inclusive and progressive is matched to none.

Job description:

Northern Health is seeking applications from motivated and suitably experienced clinical professionals to join the Legal Services team as Medico Legal Officer.

Northern Health is the major provider of acute, maternity, sub-acute, mental health, specialist, community and home-based services in Melbourne's rapidly growing outer north.

Services are provided through our six main campuses:

Northern Hospital Epping, Broadmeadows Hospital, Bundoora Centre, Craigieburn and Mernda Community Hospitals Centres and Kilmore District Hospital. In addition, Mental Health Services are provided at Epping, Broadmeadows, Jacana, Preston, Mill Park, Mernda and Coburg.

About the Role:

The Medico Legal Officer supports Northern Health and its staff participate in procedures undertaken by the Coroner's Court, within the broader Quality and Medico Legal frameworks.

This role requires an individual with a clinical background, who can review and digest medical information and develop it into appropriate statements for medico legal purposes.

This non-legal role works within the Legal team and is responsible for preparing and delivering responses to all Coroner's Court requests in accordance with legislation, and under guidance of the Northern Health Legal team and clinicians.

To be successful in this role you will have:

• Clinical experience in an acute patient care setting with the ability to understand and interpret medical records (including mental health records)
• Experience liaising with medical staff across the clinical practice areas of a major public health service
• Demonstrated experience preparing and submitting statements for coronial, medicol legal or other quality and safety processes
• Excellent writing and analytical skills to identify and organise information into a format appropriate for the purpose and audience
• A good understanding of the Victorian health quality and safety regulatory framework

Next Steps . . .

If this opportunity sounds like the next step in your career, then we would love to hear from you. Please click on the 'Apply' button and follow the prompts.

For further details, please refer to the Position Description. Alternatively, you can contact Carolyn Baker, Chief Legal Officer at ••••@nh.org.au.

Applications close 13 August 2026.

We offer:

We offer a range of benefits to support and reward staff both personally and professionally, which includes:

• Health and Wellbeing programs, including our ‘Thrive' program
• Flexibility in the workplace and extra leave options and support
• An inclusive and culturally safe space
• State of the art facilities and campus partnerships
• A commitment to ongoing professional development through our ‘Learning Labs'
• Access to salary packaging, EAP and our online library

For a glimpse of life at NH, click here.

Work with us! Northern Health is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to attracting and retaining a diverse workforce which reflects the community we serve. Applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, as well as applicants who are LGBTIQ+, who have different abilities, or are from culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds are encouraged.

 All employees of Northern Health must comply with the health service's Staff Health / Workforce Immunisation procedure (as amended from time to time) together with any relevant State Government and Departmental directives. This requires all employees to be vaccinated for various diseases such as, but not limited to influenza.