Job Summary
The Deputy Mortuary Manager is a key part of the Cellular Pathology management team and is responsible for delivering high quality, efficient mortuary services to the Trust across the four main hospital sites. Trust mortuaries are open 24 hours per day and seven days per week to receive and ensure the dignified care of deceased patients. The Deputy Mortuary Manager will help lead and manage the dedicated UHB mortuary team in delivering care in this important clinical area within Pathology. The core working hours are Monday- Friday between 7am and 4pm. The post holder is expected to participate in out of hours cover.
Main duties of the job
The role requires efficient mortuary management and participation in routine and specialist mortuary procedures. Management of key documentation and audit trails is a daily requirement, together with updating policies, procedures, and managing mortuary assets. The role oversees the dignified reception, care and release of adult and baby deceased patients. Specialist technical skills and knowledge are a requirement for this post. For example, the successful candidate will advise, support and oversee with complex post-mortem examinations, with sympathetic reconstructions, remove medical devices and facilitate viewings of deceased patients. The post holder will ensure effective training, competency assessments and communications with the team and will link with other key professionals. This includes Medical Examiner’s Office, Bereavement and End of Life specialists, HM Coroner, Funeral Directors and service engineers.
About us
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.
Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.
UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their ‘whole self’ to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.
University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Education to GCSE (or equivalent)
- including English, mathematics and a
- science (ideally biology).
- * NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent).
- * RSPH Level 3 Diploma in Healthcare
- Science, Anatomical Pathology
- Technology
Desirable
- RSPH Level 4 Diploma in Healthcare Science,
- Anatomical Pathology Technology.
- * Membership of a professional body or
- association (e.g. AAPT, RIPH).
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working in a clinical
- environment.
- * Highly developed knowledge of routine
- and specialised techniques currently used
- in Hospital Mortuaries.
- * Extensive experience and underpinning
- knowledge of advanced post mortem and
- mortuary techniques
- * Ability and experience to train and
- organise staff of all
- * grades with demonstrable experience of
- teaching.
- * Professional experience to be able to
- manage a Mortuary facility.
- * Ability to prepare and work accurately
- from written protocols.
- * Knowledge of safety, including infectious
- diseases and dangerous chemicals/gases.
- * Awareness of the National Health Service.
- * Awareness of the role of Mortuary
- Services.
- * Awareness of the role of Bereavement
- Services.
- * Awareness of Health and Safety issues.
- * A good understanding of cultural beliefs
- and practices in relation to death.
Desirable
- Knowledge of hospital and laboratory computer
- systems.
- * Awareness on accreditation requirements and
- quality management systems.
Additional Criteria
Essential
- Honest.
- * Compassionate and empathetic.
- * Ability to work alone or in a team.
- * Calm and logical under pressure and able
- to meet deadlines.
- * Flexible and able to change priorities at
- short notice.
- * Progressive and self-motivated.
- * Good interpersonal skills (e.g.
- professional, pleasant manner,
- approachable).
- * Able to manage workload and demand
- for urgent action.
- * Ability to work cross-site as required.
- * Ability to participate in the Mortuary oncall system.
- * Good manual dexterity.
- * Able to move small loads.
- * Able to undertake silting / standing /
- repetitive tasks for prolonged periods.
- * Able to work at night and alone.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
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.
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 UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
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. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Closing Date: 30 September 2024
