Mortuary Manager

North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced Mortuary Manager to lead Mortuary Services across North Tees, Hartlepool and affiliated sites. You will be responsible for day-to-day operational management, ensuring dignified after-death care, compliance with HTA and UKAS standards, and staff training.

The role requires significant post-L4 diploma experience in a hospital mortuary service, including forensic post mortems, and a postgraduate Level 7 qualification or

Qualifications

• Significant post L4 diploma experience working in a hospital mortuary service, including forensic post mortems.
• Postgraduate Level 7 qualification or evidence of equivalence.

Responsibilities

• Lead Mortuary Services across North Tees and Hartlepool NHSFT and South Tees Hospitals NHSFT across multiple sites.
• Oversee day-to-day operational management and ensure dignified after-death care, staff training and HTA/UKAS compliance.
• Provide specialised training for relevant staff in after death care and post‑mortem assistance.
• Develop contingency and business continuity plans and ensure cross-site consistency.

Skills

Leadership

Mortuary management

HTA compliance

Postmortem experience

Education

Postgraduate Level 7 / MSC or equivalent

Post L4 Diploma in Mortuary Services

Job description

Please note: This vacancy may close early once sufficient applications have been receivedWe are seeking a highly skilled, knowledgeable and experienced APT for the leadership role of Mortuary Manager. As the professional lead for the service, you will be responsible for day-to-day operational management, ensuring the highest standards of care, professionalism and compliance and promote dignified care of the deceased at all times.

You will have strong leadership skills, a passion for delivering high quality, compassionate services and significant post L4 diploma experience working in a hospital mortuary service, which includes forensic post mortems. A post graduate level qualification equivalent to Level 7/MSC or evidenced equivalent competence and experience are required.

Although not expected to routinely participate in the out of hour’s roster, the post holder is expected to be available for on call advice and emergency cover if needed.

The Post Holder Will

• Be the professional lead for the Mortuary Services across North Tees and Hartlepool NHSFT and South Tees Hospitals NHSFT liaising with all members of the multi-disciplinary team involved in care of the deceased. Duties will be undertaken across multiple sites associated with both hospitals.
• Be responsible for the day-to-day operational management of the Mortuary Services across North Tees and Hartlepool NHSFT and South Tees Hospitals NHSFT and Bereavement Services at North Tees and Hartlepool NHSFT.
• Be responsible for all aspects of after death care and ensure that services promote dignified care of the deceased at all times.
• Undertake the role of Persons Designate, across all mortuary sites, assisting the DI(s) in ensuring compliance with HTA standards
• Maintain standards according to relevant legislation, HTA and UKAS standards keeping up to date with changes and implementing these accordingly.
• Provide specialised training for relevant staff in after death care and post‑mortem assistance.
• Encourage close team working and foster cross-site working links to ensure consistency in procedures, practice, and develop a robust contingency and business continuity plans.

South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust have come together to form University Hospitals Tees. As a result, post holders may be required to work across sites within both organisations.

Across University Hospitals Tees, our ambition is to be the best place to work, ensuring we have the right staff in the right roles at the right time to deliver outstanding patient care and experience.

We are committed to supporting our staff through an inclusive and supportive working environment, offering health and wellbeing initiatives, staff benefits, and opportunities for personal and professional development.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive recruitment process and welcome applications from suitably qualified candidates, including those who first language is not English.

We support the "Making Every Contact Count" approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Sharron Pooley Job title: Cellular Science Service Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 07771960974