We are looking for an enthusiastic, adaptable person keen to work as part of the mortuary team toassist in the provision of an efficient and smooth-running mortuary and post mortem service to the Trust and HM Coroner. The work will be based mainly in the mortuary but may may also involved limited work in the histology laboratory.
You will participate in receipt and release of the deceased, storage of personal effects, data entry for recording all deceased, administration tasks associated with receipt, release and post-mortems, telephone communication with a wide range of service users, sample handling, waste disposal, cleaning and other general mortuary duties.
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Mortuary and laboratory tasks:
• Receipt and release of the deceased across three sites – John Radcliffe and Churchill hospitals in Oxford, and the Horton Hospital, Banbury
• Liaising with funeral directors, bereavement officers, coroner’s officers, pathologists and laboratory staff by telephone and email
• Participating in an on call service at the weekends to assist tissue services - identification of deceased with tissue services, moving deceased to post-mortem room for organ retrieval by tissue services
• Dispatch of biological samples to testing laboratories
• Scanning of paperwork (archival storage of patient request forms and for digital pathology)
• Filing of departmental slides, blocks and specimens to ensure regulatory compliance
• scanning of slides for digital pathology (histology slides converted to digital image for pathologists to make a diagnosis instead of using a microscope)
The successful candidates will work as part of a multidisciplinary team and have a positive professional approach to the work. The ability to use computers is critical for daily work to ensure correct mortuary and laboratory records are maintained
Essential requirements: GCSE grade A-C / 4-9 in English and Maths and similar grades in science highly desirable.
Desirable requirements: Car and clean driving licence, previous relevant experience is desirable but not essential, as all necessary training will be provided.
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trustis one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. Find out more here
The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury.
Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.
PRINCIPLE RESPONSBILITIES
The post holder, under supervision, will be expected to carry out the following duties according to the appropriate Standard Operating Procedures and ensuring Health and Safety guidance is followed.
Kindly refer to attached job description and person specification
This advert closes on Tuesday 3 Dec 2024
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