Senior Anatomical Pathology Technician / Trainee Senior APT

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire; Coventry; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust in the UK is seeking a Mortuary Technician to manage day-to-day mortuary operations on multiple sites, ensuring compliance with Trust policies while providing compassionate support to families. This role requires effective communication skills and the ability to work under pressure in a sensitive environment.

Qualifications

• Ability to work flexibly across multiple sites
• Experience with mortuary procedures and policies
• Skills in liaising with families and next of kin in a compassionate manner

Responsibilities

• Keep mortuary registers accurate and complete
• Supervise daily mortuary activities
• Ensure deceased are admitted and released according to Trust policy

Job description

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• To keep accurate and complete records and ensure that the mortuary registers are kept up to date.
• To supervise the daily mortuary activities as part of the team.
• To work alone when necessary to facilitate the Coroners work and the routine mortuary duties.
• To be responsible for the day-to-day running of the mortuary on multiple sites following Trust policies.
• To ensure that all deceased are admitted and registered following Trust policy.
• To ensure that all deceased are released from the mortuary following Trust policy.
• To attend meetings and training sessions as directed by the manager.
• To participate in training sessions for service users, internal and external.
• To arrange and prepare viewings/Ids in the viewing room.
• To accompany families to the viewing room as needed.
• To liaise with next of kin in a professional, sympathetic but practical manner.
• To arrange official identifications on behalf of Her Majesties Coroner and when necessary act as Identifying Officer.
• To follow the guidelines set out by the HTA when handling specimens.
• To ensure secure postage of any specimens leaving the department, preparing specimens for transport appropriately.
• To have an ability to work flexibly across multiple sites within our network

For further details of the job role please see attached job description.

Person specification

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To ensure that we provide world-class patient care, UHCW recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust's Values and Behaviours in their everyday life. Therefore, if you are invited to interview, you will be undertaking a Values Based Interview/Assessment, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.

Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trust's Values and Behaviours which can be accessed on the right side of this page under the job description.

The Trust is committed to Equal Opportunities within the workplace. All vacancies will be considered for Job Share unless otherwise stated. All applicants who have a disability and who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be interviewed. Where a post has an overwhelming response, this Trust may use random selection in order to reduce numbers to interview, any disabled applicants will automatically be guaranteed an interview and will be exempt from this process.

In submitting an application form, you authorise University Hospital Coventry & Warwickshire NHS Trust to confirm from your previous or current NHS employer and other prior employers; previous NHS service details and personal data held about you, including Occupational Health data (inoculations and screening tests). This data will be transferred using NHS Electronic Staff Record and third-party systems via an automated process and only used for the purposes of obtaining and maintaining accurate employment records, should you be appointed to the post.

If you are successful at interview you will receive a conditional offer of employment and we'll ask you for information so that we can carry out pre-employment checks. You must successfully complete all pre-employment checks to progress to a final unconditional offer.

We must confirm the identity of our staff and their right to work in the United Kingdom. We will ask you to submit proof of your identity and right to work documents via a secure digital platform approved by the Home Office, named TrustID. Alternatively, you may be asked to attend our office with original documents.

Depending on you level of exposure with patients you may be required to undertake a Standard or Enhanced DBS. The cost of this check will be charged to you and will be deducted from your salary over the first 3 months of employment at the current rate.

All correspondence will be sent by email; please check your account regularly including your Junk/SPAM folders

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Please be advised that this job advert will close as soon as sufficient applications have been received. Please apply for this job as soon as you can, if interested.

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