Anatomical Pathology Technologist

**About Us**:
**THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF SAFIA’S INCLUSIVE NATURE**

Public Protection & Licensing at Westminster City Council is a place of extraordinary stories. Where empathy drives collaboration and builds vibrant, inclusive communities.

Safia is an excellent example of someone who has brought real passion to her role. From her Environmental Health work with Chinatown’s restaurateurs, to time out volunteering with refugees in Jordan, she understands people and has always wanted to help them. It’s what inspired her to work in public health. She works with a fantastic team, tackling inequality across Westminster, supporting vulnerable people, and promoting mental health services. Safia’s natural people skills means she thrives when working with others. The work she does is focussed on bringing London’s diverse cultures together, building trust, improving mental health, and maintaining the highest of standards. And Westminster is vibrant with the positive impact she and the team has on its communities.

**The Role**:
As an Anatomical Pathology Technologist (APT) you can make your own powerful contribution to safeguarding public health across the communities of Westminster. Joining our Mortuary team you’ll have the flexibility of a zero-hours contract matched by all the training you need to become an accredited APT. The role combines practical pathology tasks with administrative duties. You will organise formal viewings and make arrangements for the release of bodies for burial or cremation. There are also opportunities to assist pathologists with post-mortem examinations. At every step, your focus will be on ensuring the dignity and care of deceased persons while engaging positively with the Coroner’s Service, the police, funeral directors and next of kin. This can be a fast-paced environment at times as we respond to the coroner’s variable caseload.

Please refer to the **Job Description** for more information

**About You**:
You’ll have a passion for pathology, some knowledge of anatomy, and good customer service skills. If you have experience of mortuary case work, so much the better, but we can provide full training. You’ll be familiar with office IT, and capable of both maintaining thorough records and writing reports. A commitment to health and safety is important. As this is a casual role, flexibility over out-of-hours work is vital.

**What We Offer**:
Westminster is an amazing place. We are home to more than 200,000 residents from all backgrounds, over 50,000 vibrant and vital businesses and three-quarters-of-a-million people work in Westminster.

Westminster City Council’s strategy is to work towards a Fairer Westminster. A Fairer Westminster is one in which our communities are at the heart of our decision-making and help to determine the city’s future. By working directly with our communities and other partners, we can build a more inclusive city that celebrates our diverse communities, and where residents, workers and visitors from all backgrounds will feel welcome and safe.

As a forward thinking Council we appreciate that people work in different ways, therefore our staff benefit from working a range of flexible working patterns as well as Agile working.