Mortuary Manager

at  Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust

Do you enjoy a challenge and are flexible in your approach to work and have experience of working as a senior APT ?
Do you have the drive and determination to develop your leadership skills further?
We are looking for a Mortuary Manager to lead the Mortuary and Bereavement services in Hull. This is a busy, friendly department.
The service consists of two mortuaries, Hull Royal Infirmary (HRI) and Castle Hill Hospital (CHH.) HRI is a designated Regional Forensic Centre.
The Mortuary manager is responsible for the professional leadership, development, control and maintenance of an efficient and effective Mortuary service. They will operate on behalf of the Pathology Network Group on wider Trust issues working with other managers to develop strategic and operational pathways for the service.
In addition to strategic and managerial responsibilities the post holder will perform and oversee a wide range of technical/scientific duties to aid pathologists/clinicians in establishing a cause of death.
The nature of the work is variable and unpredictable and the post holder must be prepared to work flexibly and under pressure.
With the formation of the Humber Health Partnership there may be the future opportunity for wider service development to a group-wide mortuary service but this is not yet defined. This may present an exciting career prospect to lead a very large service operating across multiple sites.
In this interesting and varied role, you will have responsibility for the line management and supervision of site-based Mortuary and Bereavement Service, providing strong leadership to all staff and budget and financial management within defined budget allocation.
You will act as a professional role model engaging all staff in trust values, maintaining patient/relative privacy, dignity and respect at all times ensuring positive relative experience in all aspects of after life care, sharing good practice within the Mortuary and Bereavement service and ensuring staff/deceased and bereaved relatives’ safety at all times.
You will have overarching responsibility for the designation and storage of the deceased and be responsible for ordering and purchasing equipment, recording and overseeing lawful disposal of human tissue, products of conception and Police Forensic exhibits and logging, upholding the Human Tissue Authority License safe storage and return of deceased patients’ property.
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.
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
Enjoy being part of working with engaged leadership at all levels, and be assured we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and are proud to welcome applicants under the “Disability Confident Employer” scheme

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