Mortuary Assistant

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Search PUBLIC SECTOR is currently recruiting for a Mortuary Assistant based in Croydon ?CR7.

This role will be working within a Hospital, dealing with patients, staff, suppliers and grieving family members.

Your role would be to provide direct supervision and organisation of the team. To arrange cover for absences and unforeseen instances and facilitate any adjustment of work schedules in light of daily requirements to meet service needs to obtain acceptable standards of cleaning.

Main duties of the job

• To run a safe, secure, effective and comprehensive mortuary and post mortem service.
• Ensure all deceased are treated with respect and dignity at all times.
• To participate in regular manual handling procedures.
• The transfer of deceased across the hospital site.
• To input data in to the Cerner computer system and mortuary database.
• To help maintain accurate records.
• To prepare the deceased for formal identification and viewing by relatives.
• To dispose of clinical waste.
• To engage in general mortuary cleaning, maintaining scrupulous cleanliness, and good hygiene in the mortuary and refrigeration areas.
• To work as part of the team
• To participate in the on-call rota

Skills and Experience required;

• Background in similar role within a hospital or funeral directors environment
• Full UK Driving licence
• DBS on updated service (ideal but not essential as Search will assist in this)
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively with diverse teams.
• A commitment to maintaining confidentiality and adhering to all hospital policies and procedures.
• Flexibility to work various shifts, including evenings, weekends, and holidays.
• Worked with cleaning machines, i.e. scrubber dryer this would be a benefit, but not essential as training will be given.

Search is an equal opportunities recruiter and we welcome applications from all suitably skilled or qualified applicants, regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/beliefs, sexual orientation or age