Mortuary Assistant

4 weeks ago

Nottingham, United Kingdom Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust Full time

Band 2

**Main area**
- Mortuary Assistant

**Grade**
- Band 2

**Contract**
- Permanent: Flexible working to cover opening hours of the Mortuary.

**Hours**
- Full time
- Flexible working

37.5 hours per week (Full time 37.5 hours per week)

**Job ref**
- 164-5526193

**Site**
- Queen's Medical Centre

**Town**
- Nottingham

**Salary**
- £22,383 per annum

**Salary period**
- Yearly

**Closing**
- 20/08/2023 23:59

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our existing team to support Mortuary and Pathology Services for the Trust and surrounding Coronial jurisdictions. Nottingham University Hospital Bereavement Service manages approximately 6,000 deaths a year and performs 2,400 post-mortems including CT Scans. Established departmental specialties include neuropathology, paediatric and perinatal pathology and forensic pathology. The department also has specialist expertise in dealing with patients considered to be at high risk for infective processes including Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

Main duties of the job

As a Mortuary Assistant, the post holder will be a member of the Mortuary team in the delivery of a quality driven, cost effective, patient focused service consistent with the Trust's objectives and provide that service in a manner commensurate with the profession. The post holders’ main role is to participate in the daily work carried out in the various areas of the Mortuary. Other duties will include the receipt and release of deceased patients from the Trust and surrounding community. You will also be expected to assist with the transfer and viewings of deceased patients, and support their relatives.

Ideally, you will be of a caring disposition and it is essential that the post-holder sets and maintains high standards of personal presentation, as well as communication etiquette.

The post holder will be based at QMC & City Campuses. You will be required to learn all aspects of basic Mortuary duties and require computer and keyboard skills.

The Mortuary is open from 730am to 6pm Monday to Friday. The post holder will be expected to work 7.5hrs per day, during this period and be flexible with their hours.

After a period of training and once their competencies are approved, the post holder’s hours of work will cover up to 530pm or 6pm Monday to Friday. You may also be required to work weekends, should the service permit this.

Working for our organisation

The post holder will not be training to perform post-mortems. Ideally, you will be of a caring disposition and it is essential that the post-holder sets and maintains high standards of personal presentation, as well as communication etiquette.

The post holder will be based at QMC & City Campuses. You will be required to learn all aspects of basic Mortuary duties and require computer and keyboard skills.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our existing team to support Mortuary and Pathology Services for the Trust and surrounding Coronial jurisdictions. Nottingham University Hospital Bereavement Service manages approximately 6,000 deaths a year and performs 2,400 post-mortems including CT Scans. Established departmental specialties include neuropathology, paediatric and perinatal pathology and forensic pathology. The department also has specialist expertise in dealing with patients considered to be at high risk for infective processes including Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

As a Mortuary Assistant, the post holder will be a member of the Mortuary team in the delivery of a quality driven, cost effective, patient focused service consistent with the Trust's objectives and provide that service in a manner commensurate with the profession. The post holders’ main role is to participate in the daily work carried out in the various areas of the Mortuary. Other duties will include the receipt and release of deceased patients from the Trust and surrounding community. You will also be expected to assist with the transfer and viewings of deceased patients, and support their relatives.

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria
- Must have experience dealing with deceased patients.
- Must have computer skills.

Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of hospital management systems and Microsoft Office.

Physical Skills

Essential criteria
- Physically demanding role requiring to be stood for long periods and manual patient handling.
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Come and join our wonderful team at NUH. We are big believers in diversity and welcome new ideas to help develop our team in order to deliver world class healthcare to the vast patient populations we serve. With endless personal development opportunities available, at the NUH we will endeavour to turn your job into a career

**Salary**: The quoted salary will be on a pro rata basis for part time workers.

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