Anatomical Pathology Technician

Job description

Are you a Haringey Resident and live in the Borough around (N22, N15, N17, N8, N10, N6 N13) postcodes?

Haringey Works Temporary Recruitment Service (Part of Haringey Council) We are looking to recruit Anatomy Pathological Technician to work on Temporary contracts in the Council.

Role Purpose

To provide a comprehensive postmortem service to the mortuary and the coroner service as required including complying with secure and safe systems for the reception, identification, storage and release of bodies and their clothing, personal effects, and other property.

To efficiently maintain and co-ordinate the administrative processes within the mortuary to ensure Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) are followed.

Key Skills:

Main Responsibilities

1. To perform and assist the Pathologist with postmortems. Evisceration and reconstruction of deceased.

2. Manage bodies for postmortem examination, exercising judgement on the extent of such preparation so as not to jeopardise subsequent forensic investigations and/or criminal proceedings, record findings for the pathologist.

3. Manage the needs and availability of pathologists which includes different start time or finish times.

4. Organisation of collection, transport, storage and packaging of samples taken under the HTA, PACE or Toxicology requests including relevant paperwork.

5. Ensure personal property of the deceased is recorded and stored securely including clothing money and jewellery.

6. To assist in the release and delivery of deceased patients from the community and hospitals.

7. To help provide a viewing service for the local community.

8. Ensures effective and appropriate consultation and communication with professional users of the service and shareholders (Police, families, funeral directors, laboratories, hospitals, mortuaries).

9. Updating and auditing of the mortuary database for accuracy of data and record keeping.

10. To conduct postmortems on deceased who are a possible or known high risk (HIV, HEP B, C etc.) including the collection of specimens, safe storage, and distribution to specialist centres.

11. Support the delivery of the forensic postmortem service.

12. Accommodate Police identifications, assisted by a Family Liaison Officer (FLO).

13. To assist the Designated Individual under the licence from the Human Tissues Authority as the Person Designated (PD).

14. To help ensure compliance with the Human Tissue Act 2004 ensuring dignity of the deceased and their tissue.

15. To follow Human Tissue Authority (HTA) & Haringey Councils Codes of Practice and Guidance to ensure the mortuary department complies with relevant standards.

16. To manage the mortuary shared mail inbox and answer telephone enquiries and designate information or emails accordingly.

17. Haringey Public Mortuary is a dynamic organisation, therefore changes to the core duties and responsibilities of the role may be required from time to time. This is a guideline and not a term or condition of contract.

18. Partake in Continuing Professional Development (CPD) activity.

Essential Knowledge, Qualifications, Skills and Experience

• Certificate and/or Diploma Anatomical Pathology Technology and/or
• Level 3 in Health Science
• Excellent verbal, written and inter-personal communication skills.
• To be able to deal with bereaved families of all religions/cultures in a sensitive manner.
• To work in a team environment.
• To be able to work independently and on own initiative to meet deadlines.
• To be able to prioritise workload and meet performance targets.
• To be able to organise workloads and maintain satisfactory work records.
• To be able to implement change and assist in developing policies and procedures.
• To be able to deal with bereaved families of all religions/cultures in a sensitive manner.

BENEFITS

There are so many benefits for residents working in temporary roles for the Council, these include:

• Earning London Living Wage and above
• Reduced work travel costs
• Career development and opportunities to apply for permanent roles within the council
• Giving back to local communities.

Job Types: Full-time, Temporary

Pay £29.64 equivalent to £55k per annum

Welcome to call me on 07870 831 731 if any questions - Aarti (Agencies - do not contact me for this role as I am recruiting candidates directly for the Haringey Council)

Job Types: Full-time, Temporary contract
Contract length: 3 months

Salary: £26.64-£29.64 per hour

Expected hours: 36 per week

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

Experience:

• Anatomy Pathological Technician: 2 years (required)

Licence/Certification:

• DBS (required)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: RT/APT