Job summary
Patient Care with a difference!
Do you have excellent communication and customer care skills, a problem solver, calm and enthusiastic?
The Mortuary department at Frimley Park Hospital is looking for a mortuary assistant to help with the day to day operation of end of life care.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for someone who has great computer skills and is competent with data entry and able to prioritise requests coming into the department.
Good communication skills and knowledge of the Data Protection Act are essential.
This role is not entirely office based and will involve working in a clinical mortuary environment.
This is a demanding but rewarding role offering a vital service to the Trust.
Working hours: 37.5 per week
About us
Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust provides NHS hospital services for around 900,000 people across Berkshire, Hampshire, Surrey and south Buckinghamshire.
As well as delivering excellent general hospital services to local people, we provide specialist heart attack, vascular, stroke, spinal, cystic fibrosis and plastic surgery services across a much wider area.
We have three main hospitals - Frimley Park in Frimley near Camberley, Heatherwood in Ascot and Wexham Park near Slough.
Our three core values, and the behaviors that support them, guide everything we do and set out what we expect of our staff in the way they treat patients, visitors, service users and each other, Committed to Excellence, Working Together and Facing the Future.
We are also proud to host the Defence Medical Group South East at Frimley Park with military surgical, medical, and nursing personnel working alongside the hospital's NHS staff providing care to patients in all specialties.
Job description
Job responsibilities
KEY TASKS & RESPONSIBILITIES:
To assist pathologists in the performance of post-mortem examinations including the preparation, evisceration, and reconstruction of the deceased. To contribute to the management of the mortuary storage facility ensuring HTA guidelines and departmental protocols are followed.
- Financial & Management
1.1 To be aware of the financial constraints within the NHS and Pathology and ensure that there is no unnecessary wastage of supplies or resources.
- Personnel & Training
2.1 To work closely with fellow mortuary technicians and Pathologists
2.2 To host mortuary tours for working groups within the trust and visiting Funeral Directors, Hospital Clinicians, and retrieval teams
2.3 In conjunction with the Senior APT, to provide and certify training of porters and visiting Funeral Directors in use of mortuary equipment, mortuary process and handling of deceased within the mortuary environment.
- Service Delivery and Quality
3.1 To undertake the receipt and release of deceased in line with departmental protocols and HTA guidelines, ensuring all identification checks as per relevant legislation are completed, ensuring the dignity of the deceased and adherence to the needs of HM Coroners for Surrey and Hampshire.
3.2 To maintain the mortuary premises in terms of hygiene and infection control both for the storage of routine and verminous deceased and after invasive post-mortem procedures have been undertaken
3.3 To maintain all mortuary records as per HTA legislation and the needs of the Trust and HM Coroners for Surrey and Berkshire
3.4 To prepare deceased prior to post mortem examination, to assist de-robing/undressing and documenting effects and possession, overcoming the effects of rigor mortis in order to present the deceased ready for an autopsy, removal of surgical lines under the guidance and instruction of the Senior APT or supervising Pathologist
3.5 To partake in complex anatomical dissection as deemed appropriate by the supervising APT or Pathologist
Please refer to the attached JD and Person Specification for further information.
Job description
Job responsibilities
KEY TASKS & RESPONSIBILITIES:
To assist pathologists in the performance of post-mortem examinations including the preparation, evisceration, and reconstruction of the deceased. To contribute to the management of the mortuary storage facility ensuring HTA guidelines and departmental protocols are followed.
- Financial & Management
1.1 To be aware of the financial constraints within the NHS and Pathology and ensure that there is no unnecessary wastage of supplies or resources.
- Personnel & Training
2.1 To work closely with fellow mortuary technicians and Pathologists
2.2 To host mortuary tours for working groups within the trust and visiting Funeral Directors, Hospital Clinicians, and retrieval teams
2.3 In conjunction with the Senior APT, to provide and certify training of porters and visiting Funeral Directors in use of mortuary equipment, mortuary process and handling of deceased within the mortuary environment.
- Service Delivery and Quality
3.1 To undertake the receipt and release of deceased in line with departmental protocols and HTA guidelines, ensuring all identification checks as per relevant legislation are completed, ensuring the dignity of the deceased and adherence to the needs of HM Coroners for Surrey and Hampshire.
3.2 To maintain the mortuary premises in terms of hygiene and infection control both for the storage of routine and verminous deceased and after invasive post-mortem procedures have been undertaken
3.3 To maintain all mortuary records as per HTA legislation and the needs of the Trust and HM Coroners for Surrey and Berkshire
3.4 To prepare deceased prior to post mortem examination, to assist de-robing/undressing and documenting effects and possession, overcoming the effects of rigor mortis in order to present the deceased ready for an autopsy, removal of surgical lines under the guidance and instruction of the Senior APT or supervising Pathologist
3.5 To partake in complex anatomical dissection as deemed appropriate by the supervising APT or Pathologist
Please refer to the attached JD and Person Specification for further information.
Person Specification
Education
Essential
Desirable
- Knowledge of the role
- Experience of the role
- Qualifications i.e. Certificate/Diploma/ Level 3-4 in Anatomical Pathology Technology
Person Specification
Education
Essential
Desirable
- Knowledge of the role
- Experience of the role
- Qualifications i.e. Certificate/Diploma/ Level 3-4 in Anatomical Pathology Technology
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
