Senior APT & Bereavement Support Officer

at  Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Responsible for organising own workload, work is managed rather than supervised. Liaise with Consultant, mortuary and BMS staff regarding investigations to be performed.Liaise with hospital staff, the Bereavement Officer, Police and Coroners Officers, funeral companies. Communicate with bereaved families.Supervises junior Anatomical Pathology Technicians.Maintains computer and written records relating to the deceaseds admission and discharge, property, valuables, post-mortem consent forms and cremation forms.Assist in the completion of Cremation forms.Implements policies and procedures within Mortuary, comments on existing and proposed policies and procedures which affect other departments and areas.Responsible for maintaining supplies in Mortuary.Responsible for the safe use of equipment within the Mortuary.Attends departmental meetings as/when applicable or required.Daily receipt and release of bodies ensuring that they meet quality standards of identification and documentation as defined in Standard Operating Procedures. Assisting the Pathologists at Post-mortem, including the preliminary dissection of bodies, the correct labelling, weighing and treatment of specimens taken for laboratory examination, tissue sampling collection and data collection.
Frequent physical and cosmetic reconstruction of bodies after post-mortem for subsequent viewing by relatives, including bodies suffering trauma after accidents. Maintain high standards of hygiene, safety and best practice within the post mortem suite and associated areas. Undertake daily computer data entry and ensure that accurate records of patient information are maintained at all times. Take part in any mortuary on-call service.Participates in internal quality control and external quality assurance.
Maintains Mortuary equipment, benches and storage space in a clean and tidy state. Occasionally participates in equipment testing and new techniques. Report any instance or event which may cause a service delivery failur

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