Bank Mortuary Assistant - Scunthorpe

Path Links is an NHS Pathology Network and is responsible for delivering Mortuary services for both NHS Trusts in Lincolnshire that have facilities at Grimsby, Scunthorpe, Lincoln, Grantham, and Boston.

We are looking to recruit Bank Mortuary Assistant to support the service based at Scunthorpe District General Hospital by taking part in the rota to attend the mortuary outside of the routine weekday working hours and at weekends.

Education

This job will include dealing with funeral directors and relatives, and direct care of the deceased. Therefore, ideal candidates will have a caring and compassionate nature and will preferably have previous experience of dealing with the deceased and bereaved families. Candidates will have had a good standard of education up to GCSE level. Normal working hours:

Successful candidates will participate on a rota to provide out of hours cover across all seven days of the week. Previous experience of dealing with the deceased would be advantageous.

Based at the mortuary on the Scunthorpe Hospital site, you would need live in the local vicinity or have your own transport and have the ability to be at the mortuary within 30 minutes of any on call request. As part of a rota, you would be required to attend the mortuary within an ‘on-call’ arrangement mainly to facilitate the admission, viewing and release of the deceased.

On Call Sessions

Weekdays Mon to Fri: 16:30 to 09:00 . Weekends & Bank Holidays: 09:00 to 16:30 and 16:30 to 09: 00

Key duties include

• To supervise the receipt of bodies ensuring that they are accurately identified, registered, weighed, measured and labelled prior to storage.
• To keep accurate records of property/valuables/cash that may accompany the deceased, their removal when appropriate and subsequent safe keeping, in line with Trust Policy.
• Entry of deceased patient data onto the mortuary registration system
• To attend to the disinfection, cleaning and general maintenance of the mortuary and equipment.
• Preparation of the deceased for viewing by relatives observing cultural and religious beliefs and applying courtesy and consideration at all times.
• To facilitate the release of bodies to funeral directors in line with Mortuary SOP’s.
• Dealing with telephone enquiries from all service users
• Maintain a secure environment and monitor access
  
  

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Andrew Milner Job title: Mortuary Manager Email address: [email protected] Telephone number: 01522 573711