Mortuary Operational Manager

Job summary

Applications are invited for the post of Mortuary Manager for the Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, looking for an experienced individual with proven technical and mortuary management skills to lead our enthusiastic team in maintaining and developing service quality.

Applicants must have excellent communication skills, display meticulous attention to detail and have extensive knowledge of Mortuary function and end-of-life care. Our service is comprised of a dual site mortuary service under a single hub and satellite HTA-license, with Basingstoke & North Hampshire Hospital Mortuary currently providing hospital and Coronial services, and The Royal Hampshire County Hospital Mortuary providing hospital, Coronial and forensic mortuary services. In total, more than 1200 Coronial Postmortems are carried out annually over both sites. Applicants should have a detailed awareness of HTA standards and licensing requirements through previous involvement as a Person Designate.

The successful candidate will have experience of working across agencies with an innate empathic approach towards the bereaved and a supportive attitude to colleagues in an emotionally and physically demanding workplace. The role will include participating in the 24/7 on-call service and as a dual site mortuary service, the successful candidate will arrange their time and work base to best fit demand and to ensure consistent leadership of the overall service. Permanent position: 37.5 hours + on call

Main duties of the job

The Mortuary Manager will:

Manage Mortuary provision and development of a comprehensive mortuary service at Basingstoke & North Hampshire Hospital and Royal Hampshire County Hospital at Winchester mortuaries.

Organise staff in the day to day operational rota, overseeing and supporting Site Lead APTs to train junior staff when conducting post mortem examinations, receiving / releasing and ensuring that confidentiality and dignity of the deceased are maintained at all times

Apply specialist knowledge and skills for forensic, high risk cases and reconstruction.

Apply excellent general management skills to assist the Cellular Pathology Department Manager to create and implement developmental work, policies and procedures

Apply a detailed knowledge of the Human Tissue Authority (HTA) Standards to assist the Designated Individual with compliance and assurance, and be responsible for departmental quality management and accreditation compliance.

About us

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites: Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire.

Our cultural ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer.

The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over £500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors. The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.