About this role
Job summary
This post is offered as an Apprenticeship position. The successful candidate will be employed as an apprentice as Level 3 Mortuary Technician and will be required to comply with all apprenticeship rules, standards, and training requirements. As part of the apprenticeship programme, the postholder will be expected to work towards, and successfully complete, the RSPH Level 3 in Anatomical Pathology Technology, undertaking all required knowledge units, competency assessments, and workplace-based training necessary for progression.
The postholder will support the Clinical Mortuary Service Operations Manager, PMCT Manager, and Mortuary Administrative and Business Support Manager in the effective daily operation of the East London Forensic Centre, including the post-mortem CT (PMCT) scanning service.
Main duties of the job
This role involves undertaking delegated duties as required, including but not limited to: facilitating the PMCT service (including associated technical tasks), assisting pathologists during external and invasive post-mortem examinations under the supervision of a qualified Anatomical Pathology Technologist and/or following successful competency assessment, providing dignified care of the deceased and ensuring their release to authorised funeral directors, maintaining the mortuary database and records, and supporting mortuary logistics relating to the transfer of deceased persons received from external facilities.
The postholder must demonstrate flexibility in line with the pathologists schedules and service needs.
About us
Bursting with culture, energy, and opportunity, the London Borough of Waltham Forest is a fantastic and exciting place to work.
We are a highly ambitious borough. Driven by culture and the innate creativity of our residents, we have developed new and innovative ways to build our communities. Our Council is relentlessly resident-focused, insight-led, digitally driven and commercially minded; a Council focused on meeting the needs of our existing and future residents.
London Borough of Waltham Forest is one of the Mayor of Londons Good Work Standard employers. This accreditation is a proof of our commitment to creating a healthy, fair and inclusive workplace. This includes fair pay and conditions, workplace well-being, skills and progression and diversity and recruitment.
The Councils preference is for online application. However, if you have a disability and are unable to complete an online application, please email [email protected] so we can arrange an alternative application method.
Job description Job responsibilities
This post is offered as an Apprenticeship position. The successful candidate will be employed as an apprentice as Level 3 Trainee Anatomical Pathology Technologist and will be required to comply with all apprenticeship rules, standards, and training requirements. As part of the apprenticeship programme, the postholder will be expected to work towards, and successfully complete, the RSPH Level 3 in Anatomical Pathology Technology, undertaking all required knowledge units, competency assessments, and workplace-based training necessary for progression. The postholder will support the Clinical Mortuary Service Operations Manager, PMCT Manager, and Mortuary Administrative and Business Support Manager in the effective daily operation of the East London Forensic Centre, including the postmortem CT (PMCT) scanning service. This role involves undertaking delegated duties as required, including but not limited to: facilitating the PMCT service (including associated technical tasks), assisting pathologists during external and invasive postmortem examinations under the supervision of a qualified APT and/or following successful competency assessment, providing dignified care of the deceased and ensuring their release to authorised funeral directors, maintaining the mortuary database and records, and supporting mortuary logistics relating to the transfer of deceased persons received from external facilities. The postholder must demonstrate flexibility in line with the pathologists schedules and service needs. To maintain consistency with the Councils quality and equality perspectives.
Undertake and successfully complete the RSPH Level 3 Diploma in Anatomical Pathology Technology, which forms the core educational component for Apprentice Trainee Anatomical Pathology Technologist within the service. This involves completing all mandatory knowledge units and workplace competency assessments as outlined in the training and role profile documentation.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
Qualifications and Requirements: To be Considered for this position, you should meet the following requirements: * Knowledge or experience of working with deceased persons, human tissue, human remains, or within a relevant healthcare, funeral or mortuary environment. * Awareness of infection prevention and control principles, health and safety requirements, and safe working practices. * Understanding of the importance of dignity, respect and confidentiality when working with deceased persons and bereaved families. * Demonstrates professionalism, integrity, discretion and respect for the dignity of the deceased at all times. * Demonstrates emotional resilience and the ability to work effectively in a sensitive environment involving deceased persons, traumatic cases and potentially distressing situations. * Demonstrates a positive commitment to learning and successfully completing the apprenticeship programme. * Demonstrates reliability, accountability and flexibility in response to changing service needs. * Demonstrates emotional maturity, professionalism and the ability to maintain appropriate conduct and humour within a sensitive mortuary environment.
Terms & Conditions Essential
The below terms and conditions apply to this role: * Satisfactory employment references and CIFAS identity checks; * Satisfactory declaration of interest; * This role is subject to safer recruitment practices as it involves work with children and/ or vulnerable adults; * Satisfactory DBS check; * As a public authority, we must ensure that members of staff in public-facing roles are able to speak fluent English. This means that they must have a command of spoken English, with confidence and accuracy, sufficient for the effective performance of their role. This requirement does not refer to any particular English language qualifications, regional or international accents, dialects, speech impediments or the tone of conversations. It does not require staff to speak only in English
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.
Employer details Employer name London Borough of Waltham Forest
Address London Borough Of Waltham Forest
Forest Road
London
E17 4JF
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.walthamforest.gov.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)