Main area: Mortuary Department
Grade Band: 3
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday - Friday 08:00 - 16:00)
Job ref: 205-6854766
Employer: University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Royal Stoke Hospital
Town: Stoke on Trent
Salary: £24,071 - £25,674 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 25/12/2024 23:59
Mortuary Support Worker
Band 3
Job overview
The University Hospital of North Midlands, Mid Cheshire and East Cheshire NHS Trusts are working collaboratively to form a Pathology network in line with an NHSI directive.
We have an excellent opportunity for a Mortuary Support Worker to join our friendly team at Royal Stoke Hospital. Working with the Mortuary Manager, you will have responsibility for delivering a full range of administration activities and support of the undertaking of all duties related to admission, identification and safe storage of deceased bodies for post mortem examination in accordance with the service procedures.
Main duties of the job
* Your role as a Mortuary Support Worker (MSW) is to work alongside trainee and qualified Mortuary Technologists as part of the mortuary department team to provide care to deceased patients.
* The types of duties include: admitting and discharging deceased, viewing deceased to relatives, weighing and recording organ weights, washing and dressing deceased patients, cleaning the post mortem rooms, monitoring deceased’s condition.
* Acting with compassion you will put deceased patients at the centre of all you do.
* You will communicate effectively with the mortuary team.
* This role will require you to work variable hours between 6am – 6pm Mon-Fri and some Saturdays.
* You will show courage by embracing new ways of working and doing the right thing by the people you care for, including speaking up when you have concerns.
* The post holder will be required to perform a range of routine and non-routine tasks within the mortuary, following Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) including the Pathology Quality Policy to provide support to the mortuary manager in order to ensure a high quality service.
* To plan, organise and carry out own routine work in all sections of the Mortuary as required by the mortuary manager and the senior mortuary technologists.
Working for our organisation
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.
All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.
UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description and personal specification for further information.
The post has a primary site of Royal Stoke Hospital and requires travel to other sites in the NMCPS mortuary network.
Person specification
Education and qualifications
* Basic standard of education including Maths and English
* Experience of working in a patient care setting or customer-facing environment
Experience
* Experience of working in a healthcare setting
* Familiar with all forms of office equipment
* Experience of working as part of a team
* Broad range of IT skills including proficiency in use of Word, Excel and Outlook
* Previous patient or customer relations experience
* Familiarity with Pathology IT systems
* Knowledge of medical terminology
* Familiarity with NHS and Trust policies and procedures
Skills and Knowledge
* Ability to communicate effectively, and demonstrate excellent communication skills: verbal, listening & written
* Be able to demonstrate an understanding of the concept of confidentiality
* Excellent communication and interpersonal skills (both written and oral)
* A high level of confidentiality, diplomacy and an empathetic manner when dealing with distressed relatives
* Able to use own initiative and work effectively as part of a small team and independently
* Must pay high attention to detail and accuracy
* Able to prioritise workload
Important information about your application
* All correspondence will be sent to you via the email address you applied from. Please ensure you check your emails regularly.
* References - please ensure you provide email addresses for all referees for the last three years of employment.
* We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from everyone regardless of ethnicity, disability, gender, age, faith or sexual orientation. Appointment will be based on merit alone.
* Flexible working will be considered in line with Trust policies.
* New recruits are required to pay for their Disclosure and Barring Service check (and admin fee) prior to starting if the role requires a DBS check.
University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust (UHNM) has been awarded the Gold Award for proudly supporting those who serve. We actively encourage applications from the Armed Forces community.
We will communicate with you regarding your job application via email. Please be aware that we cannot guarantee the security of any emails sent/received via non-encrypted format.
If you would like support completing an application form, please contact the recruitment department on 01782 675533 where one of our trained assistants will be able to help.
At UHNM we are fortunate to receive a high volume of applications for many of our roles, on this occasion we would reserve the right to close any advert early, therefore please apply without delay!
Employer certification / accreditation badges
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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