Mortuary Assistant - Thornton Heath, United Kingdom - Croydon Health Services NHS Trust

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust

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Thornton Heath, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Mortuary Assistant Band 3

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Mortuary Assistant to join the Mortuary Department of Croydon Health Services

The purpose of this post is to assist the Anatomical Pathology Technicians in the running of a safe, secure, effective and comprehensive mortuary service.

The post holder's main functions will be in the Mortuary. The post holder will also need to carry out transfers between different sites, therefore needs a full driving license

The department works 5 days a week, though the successful applicant may need to participate in the out of hours Mortuary on-call rota.

Interview Date:

TBC
Management of deceased transfers internally and to other establishments outside the trust

Keeping up to date Mortuary records

Cleaning of equipment, and helping maintain department services

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provide hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon.

The Trust was formed on 1st August 2010 through the integration of Croydon Community Health Services and Mayday Healthcare NHS Trust.

Around 4,100 staff provide services for a population of over 360,000 people who are relatively young with a high level of ethnic diversity.

Our main hospital site, Croydon University Hospital is one of the busiest in London. We're also leading the way in providing more healthcare outside hospitals at clinics, specialist centres and in people's homes.

Our experienced district nursing teams, Allied Health Professionals and community matrons look after people of all ages across Croydon and our Children's Hospital at Home cares for children with long-term conditions without them having to come to hospital.

Across the NHS everyone is working hard to meet growing demand and we're no exception.

But with the right people on board, we are rising to this challenge, putting our people in the driving seat, encouraging innovation and transforming our services to give local people the quality of care they deserve.

Croydon Health Services puts a great deal of importance on education and training throughout the careers of all of our staff.

As well as offering access to a range of core skills training and professional development.

**Please see the attached supporting document which contains more information about the role in the job description and person specification