Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Mortuary Administration Assistant

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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 is committed to being an inclusive and disability confident employer and has been awarded the Gold for the Armed Forces Employment Recognition Scheme. We provide first class development opportunities for all staff and have a wide range of professional, management and leadership, and clinical skills training available.

Here at Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust, we know how important it is to have a healthy work life balance; this benefits not only individuals but the patients we care for too.

We encourage applications from people who wish to work on a flexible basis, recognising that flexibility may mean a range of different working patterns and hours, we do our utmost to work with our staff to meet their needs and the needs of our service and its users.

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Date posted

17 January 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£25,329 to £26,958 a year per annum iclu HCAS

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

151-SL

Job locations

Frimley Park Hospital

Portsmouth Road

Frimley

GU16 7UJ

Job description

Job responsibilities

KEY TASKS & RESPONSIBILITIES:

To contribute to the management of the mortuary storage facility ensuring HTA guidelines and departmental protocols are followed.

1. 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.

2. Personnel & Training

2.1 To work closely with fellow Mortuary Technicians.

2.2 To host mortuary tours for working groups within the Trust and visiting FDs, 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.

3. Service Delivery and Quality

3.1 To undertake the receipt and release of deceased in line with departmental protocols and Human Tissue Authority (HTA) guidelines, ensuring all identity (ID) checks as per relevant legislation are completed, ensuring the dignity of deceased and the adherence to the needs of His Majestys (HM) Coroners for Surrey, Berkshire 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.

3.3 To maintain all mortuary records as per HTA legislation and the needs of the Trust and HM Coroners for Surrey, Berkshire and Hampshire.

3.4 To possibly participate in the on-call rota (with appropriate remuneration) and to make autonomous decisions regarding releases, acceptance of community deaths, contingency arrangements and access to retrieval teams.

3.5 Work with other mortuary staff, partner BSPS mortuaries, Porters, Funeral Directors and Coroners in the pro-active management of refrigerated space on the FPH premises

Job description

Job responsibilities

KEY TASKS & RESPONSIBILITIES:

To contribute to the management of the mortuary storage facility ensuring HTA guidelines and departmental protocols are followed.

1. 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.

2. Personnel & Training

2.1 To work closely with fellow Mortuary Technicians.

2.2 To host mortuary tours for working groups within the Trust and visiting FDs, Clinicians and Retrieval Teams

3. Service Delivery and Quality

3.2 To maintain the mortuary premises in terms of hygiene and infection control both for the storage of routine and verminous deceased.

3.3 To maintain all mortuary records as per HTA legislation and the needs of the Trust and HM Coroners for Surrey, Berkshire and Hampshire.

3.5 Work with other mortuary staff, partner BSPS mortuaries, Porters, Funeral Directors and Coroners in the pro-active management of refrigerated space on the FPH premises

Person Specification

Education

Essential

2 GCSE's (or equivalent)

Knowledge

Essential

knowledge of the role

Experience

Essential

experience of role/ working in NHS

Person Specification

Education

Essential

2 GCSE's (or equivalent)

Knowledge

Essential

knowledge of the role

Experience

Essential

experience of role/ working in NHS

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Frimley Park Hospital

Portsmouth Road

Frimley

GU16 7UJ

Employer's website

https://www.fhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Frimley Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Frimley Park Hospital

Portsmouth Road

Frimley

GU16 7UJ

Employer's website

https://www.fhft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)