Mortuary Assistant
JIM - Jobs In Manchester
Date: 23 hours ago
City: Salford
Contract type: Full time
Job Summary
The Royal Oldham Hospital Mortuary Department is a newly built and innovatively designed mortuary providing comprehensive Mortuary, Post-mortem Services to the four hospitals of the Trust, Community deaths for the Manchester North Coroner, Forensic service for the Greater Manchester Coroners and the Home Office.
The Salford Royal Hospital Mortuary Department is a newly built innovatively designed mortuary providing comprehensive Mortuary, Post-mortem Services for the Salford Royal Hospital and the Salford community deaths for the Bolton Coroner, Neurology postmortem service for the Greater Manchester Coroners and the Home Office.
Both departmens are HTA licensed; and are UKAS accredited.
Main duties of the job
You will act as a Mortuary Assistant to provide a continuous and comprehensive Mortuary Service within the Trust Mortuaries.
You will assist in the day to day provision of a high quality, cost effective Mortuary Service and will assist in the development of the service in line with service objectives.
You will be required to work under the indirect supervision of the Mortuary Manager and as a Mortuary Assistant, you are expected to work as part of a team within all specialities of the Mortuary and to rotate between sites.
You will be responsible for the delegated tasks and performing the work to the required standards. You will be cover a range of duties which includes receipt and release, dealing with bereaved relatives, facilitating viewings, general cleaning duties and stock control (this list is not exhaustive).
Unfortunately, this role does not meet the criteria required to qualify for sponsorship.
About Us
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values – care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
Job Description
Job responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading.
You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careerswebsite: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Essential
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement.
The Royal Oldham Hospital Mortuary Department is a newly built and innovatively designed mortuary providing comprehensive Mortuary, Post-mortem Services to the four hospitals of the Trust, Community deaths for the Manchester North Coroner, Forensic service for the Greater Manchester Coroners and the Home Office.
The Salford Royal Hospital Mortuary Department is a newly built innovatively designed mortuary providing comprehensive Mortuary, Post-mortem Services for the Salford Royal Hospital and the Salford community deaths for the Bolton Coroner, Neurology postmortem service for the Greater Manchester Coroners and the Home Office.
Both departmens are HTA licensed; and are UKAS accredited.
Main duties of the job
You will act as a Mortuary Assistant to provide a continuous and comprehensive Mortuary Service within the Trust Mortuaries.
You will assist in the day to day provision of a high quality, cost effective Mortuary Service and will assist in the development of the service in line with service objectives.
You will be required to work under the indirect supervision of the Mortuary Manager and as a Mortuary Assistant, you are expected to work as part of a team within all specialities of the Mortuary and to rotate between sites.
You will be responsible for the delegated tasks and performing the work to the required standards. You will be cover a range of duties which includes receipt and release, dealing with bereaved relatives, facilitating viewings, general cleaning duties and stock control (this list is not exhaustive).
Unfortunately, this role does not meet the criteria required to qualify for sponsorship.
About Us
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we’re always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values – care, appreciate and inspire – to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
Job Description
Job responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading.
You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careerswebsite: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- 3 GCSE’s in maths, English and one other. Or equivalent
- Commitment to continuing professional development
- Clean Driving license
Essential
- Awareness of confidentiality issues.
- Awareness of health and safety issues.
- Computer literacy
- Ability to adopt an empathetic approach towards patients and families
- Experience of working in a team
- Experience in a Pathology/health care setting
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement.
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