Mortuary Assistant Full Time Temporary

Mortuary Assistant needed in Walthamstow £13.39 per hr ref:494066

This role will involve:

• To assist in prioritising workloads when dealing with conflicting priorities eg. Forensic post-mortems required after murders and when dealing with deaths of religious persons.
• To assist the MSOM in the running of the mortuary by cleaning, receiving bodies into the mortuary, with the auditing and safe-keeping of personal effects, including cash.
• To audit arrangements for the supervised release of bodies to authorised funeral directors or other persons in accordance with current legislation and safety procedures, including the release of tissues or samples for further examination, all in accordance with Human Tissue Act.
• To assist the MSOM for the preparation of bodies for post-mortem examinations and thereafter work with pathologists. Assisting the pathologist, under their supervision with any requests during the post-mortem.
• To maintain an awareness of and expertise in current legislation i.e. Human Tissue Act pertaining to the mortuary and of developments in other related areas.

If you are interested in the role, please email your CV to beth@essentialemploy.co.uk quoting the reference number

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