Mortuary Support/Biomedical Support Worker

Transformation Unit; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Mortuary/Biomedical Support Worker (Band 2) to join the mortuary team. The role covers receipt and release of the deceased, data entry, and general mortuary duties across sites, with training for on-call rotas.

The post is full-time (37.5 hours per week) with a permanent contract. John Radcliffe Hospital and allied sites in Oxford form the workplace, and applicants should be prepared for occasional weekend on-call duties and

Responsibilities

• receipt and release of the deceased across three sites - John Radcliffe and Churchill hospitals in Oxford and the Horton Hospital in 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 )
• assisting

Job description

Main area Mortuary Grade Band 2 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Participation in on call rota once trained.) Job ref 321-CSS-8059762-B2-Pub

Employer Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site John Radcliffe Hospital Town Oxford Salary £25,272 Per annum pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 19/10/2026 23:59

Mortuary Support/Biomedical Support Worker

Band 2

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country.

The Trust comprises of 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 thisDelivering Compassionate Excellenceand its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence.

Many of our recruitment programmes useValue Based Interviewingto identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significant difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families. For more information about our Values and Value Based Interviewing please visit www.ouh.nhs.uk/about/vision-and-values

Job overview

We are looking for an enthusiastic, adaptable person, keen to work as part of the mortuary team to assist in the provision of an efficient and smooth-running mortuary service. The mortuary provides a post mortem service to the Trust and HM Coroner. The work will be based mainly in the mortuary but may also involve limited work in the histology laboratory.

You will participate in receipt and release of the deceased, storage or personal effects, data entry for recording 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.

This role is not suitable for Sponsorship.

Main duties of the job

Mortuary and laboratory tasks:

• receipt and release of the deceased across three sites - John Radcliffe and Churchill hospitals in Oxford and the Horton Hospital in 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 )
• assisting