Mortuary Assistant
The closing date is 26 May 2026
Responsible for day‑to‑day mortuary duties under the guidance of the Mortuary team, ensuring a safe and efficient service for patients and families.
Department working hours are Monday‑Friday 07:30 – 16:00.
Main duties of the job
* Receive patients, including paediatric, from the Hospital, community and other hospitals, ensuring wristband identification and all legal documents are accurately completed. Measure and list all patients, recording any valuables or personal effects and ensuring they are stored securely.
* Record all patient storage and post‑mortem data on Epic, actioning requests from Funeral Directors and liaise with Bereavement Care, Medical Examiners Team, Chaplaincy, HM Coroner, Brain Banks as required.
* Suitably prepare and place deceased adults, children, infants or foetuses for viewing in the Woodland Suite, with special attention given to individual and cultural religious beliefs and accompany bereaved relatives and friends into the Woodland Suite. Sensitively support, answering queries or concerns. Obtain appropriate contact details if required.
* Release and accurately document all movements of patients in and out of the department, obtaining appropriate paperwork and signatures as required. Under guidance from the APT team, ensure all tissue and/or organs have been reunited with the deceased as instructed by the next of kin and consent provided.
* Prepare bodies for post‑mortem examination, including undressing patients, checking identification and recording property.
* Prepare post‑mortem tables and dissection areas as required by the APT team and Pathologists and assist with general cleaning and disinfection of the post‑mortem room and equipment, restocking consumables when required.
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we aim to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on‑site leisure facilities, a shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme includes reduced‑cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from the hospital site. Park and ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. We recently launched staff pod break spaces located in the Deakin Centre, providing free tea and coffee, a break space and a private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work‑life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include part‑time working, job‑share, term‑time working and flexible start and finish times.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
We are an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all positions in the organisation, irrespective of age, disability, ethnicity, race, nationality, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity status or socioeconomic background.
Qualifications
* GCSE Maths and English or equivalent
* Level 3 diploma in Anatomical Pathology Technology
Experience
* Health care experience with patient contact
* Previous mortuary experience
* Previous laboratory experience
* Previous experience with bereavement and/or counselling
Knowledge
* Clear understanding of the practical aspects of the job
* Clear understanding of Health and Safety Procedures
* Understanding of the Coronial System
* Understanding of consent procedures
* Understanding of HTA requirements
Skills
* High level of manual dexterity
* High level of accuracy with good attention to detail
* Effective verbal and written communication
* Ability to follow complex instructions
* Good interpersonal skills
Additional Requirements
* The ability to understand and behave at all times towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent
* Self‑motivated, dependable and enthusiastic
* Ability to prioritise
* Good timekeeping and attendance record
* Ability to cope under pressure
* Flexible
* Able to undertake ongoing moving and handling requirements
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.
£25,760 to £27,476 a year per annum pro rata
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