Trainee Anatomical Pathology Technologist

Job summary

A fantastic opportunity for a motivated individual to work in a busy London Mortuary as a trainee APT. This person will work towards gaining qualifications which will lead to attaining the level 3 Diploma and then level 4 Diploma in Anatomical Pathology Technology awarded by Royal Institute of Public Health.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be required to work directly in most areas of the Mortuary. This will include assisting with post mortems, eviscerations, recording samples for laboratory analysis, release and receipt of deceased and organising viewings for relatives. The workload will include all aspects of Mortuary work including babies, children, adults, suspicious deaths, high risk and forensic cases.

About us

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provide services from two main hospitals, St George's Hospital and Queen Mary's Hospital, and two health centres, St Johns Therapy Centre, and The Nelson Centre.

With over 9,000 dedicated staff caring for patients around the clock, we are the largest healthcare provider in southwest London.

Our main site, St George's Hospital in Tooting - one of the country's principal teaching hospitals - is shared with St George's, University of London, which trains medical students and carries out advanced medical research. St George's Hospital also hosts the St George's, University of London and Kingston University Faculty of Health and Social Care Sciences, which is responsible for training a wide range of healthcare professionals from across the region.

As well as acute hospital services, we provide a wide variety of specialist care and a full range of community services to patients of all ages following integration with Community Services Wandsworth in 2010.

St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of 1.3 million across southwest London. Many services, such as cardiothoracic medicine and surgery, neurosciences, and renal transplantation, also cover significant populations from Surrey and Sussex, totalling around 3.5 million people.

The Trust has launched its values to patients and members of the public to demonstrate the standard of care and experience they should expect from any of our services.