Deputy Mortuary Services Manager Manchester, England
Job description
The post holder will support the Mortuary Services Manager and Adult Bereavement Lead across Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust (MFT).
The post holder will be responsible for the day to day operational running of all mortuaries across all sites at the Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust.
As the Deputy for the mortuaries services the post holder will work autonomously, liaising with all members of the multi-disciplinary team involved in care of the deceased.
The post holder is responsible for all aspects of after death care and will ensure that services promote dignified care of the deceased at all times.
The post holder will maintain standards according to relevant legislation, HTA and ISO guidance and will provide specialized training for relevant staff in after death care and post-mortem assistance.
The post holder will deputize for the Mortuary Services Manager and Adult Bereavement Lead acting as a role model and mentor to junior staff, ensuring that professional standards are maintained. The post holder will encourage close team working and foster cross site working links to ensure consistency in procedures and practice and assisting in developing a robust contingency and business continuity plan. In conjunction with the Mortuary Services Manager and Adult Bereavement Lead the post holder will represent mortuary services in Greater Manchester mass fatality planning.
In conjunction with the Mortuary Services Manager and Adult Bereavement Lead, Head of Service and Clinical Leads provide technical advice in the area of specialized anatomical pathology technology and care of the deceased person to the organization.
Supervise and perform investigations of varying complexity.
Ensure the highest scientific standards are maintained and to contribute to the improvement of technical and scientific standards within the department.
Demonstrate extensive use of personal judgement based on advanced experience and knowledge to ensure correct decisions are made by Anatomical Pathology Technicians and mortuary support staff on all aspects of care of the deceased.
Responsible for following departmental standard operating procedures.
Ensure that the Mortuary Services Manager and Adult Bereavement Lead is informed of any patient incident within the mortuary in a timely manner.
Advise and liaise with non-departmental staff (i.e. clinicians, ward staff, staff in other Trusts,
Advise and liaise with external agencies (i.e. Coroner, funeral directors, social services, police officers) re clinical aspects of care of the deceased.
Professionally accountable for ensuring patient safety within the mortuary environment.
MFT is England’s largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.5bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we’ve launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the ‘NHS England’ website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team [email protected].
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
