Mortuary Support Worker

Job Introduction

Royal Borough of Greenwich

Bereavement Services Mortuary Support Worker Sc 6

We’re looking for professional, experienced, suitably qualified, and compassionate individual to join our very busy, highly skilled Public Mortuary Team within our Bereavement Services.

The Greenwich Public Mortuary (GPM) provides mortuary provision and supports the Inner London South Coroner’s Consortium consisting of Lewisham, Lambeth, RBG and Southwark Local Authorities.

At Greenwich Public Mortuary we operate to high standards, in accordance with the HTA requirements, codes of practice and departmental standards and protocols. We regularly prepare for our HTA inspections by maintaining high standards of quality by conducting audits, formulating risk assessments/ SOPs and investigating incidents.

If you’re passionate about delivering high-quality Mortuary services, have the essential knowledge and experience, and want to work in an innovative, supportive learning environment, we’d love to hear from you. 

The Role 

As a Mortuary Support Worker, you will assist with delivering a sensitive and caring service for bereaved people, partners, visitors and stakeholders on behalf of Royal Borough of Greenwich and neighbouring authorities.  You will support the Mortuary Manager and colleagues in accordance with HTA requirements and with relevant legislation, guiding principles and codes of practice.

On a daily basis you will assist with coordinating service delivery to ensure mortuary provision is maintained during any refurbishment and upgrades to the facility. Assist with the admission and release of patients and update all the relevant electronic and paper-based systems to meet the HTA regulations and guiding principles.  

If you have the knowledge and experience for this vital role, and the drive and passion to support colleagues to maintain our very high standards we want to hear from you.

For all roles within our Mortuary Services, you will need to be highly motivated, compassionate, understand the importance of maintaining confidentiality, have excellent communication/interpersonal skills, be well organised, be able to take direction from the Mortuary Manager, remain professional during post-mortems and present to clinical staff.

RBG offer a generous employee benefits package including:

• Innovative and supportive working culture with emphasis on professional development and staff wellbeing
• Generous annual leave allowance (starting at 29 days + bank holidays)
• Excellent pension scheme (Local Government Pension Scheme)
• Vibrant Staff Networks
• Employee Assistance Programme

If you care about making a difference and believe in the work you do, then we want to hear from you. As the leading employer in the district, we care about creating a great place to work. 

For an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact Nicola Morse;    Nicola.Morse@royalgreenwich.gov.uk  020 8691 8831  

If you require any assistance in viewing or accessing this opportunity, please contact recruitment@royalgreenwich.gov.uk or call 020-8921-8977

Safer recruitment: Royal Borough of Greenwich is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment. Any roles which involve working with children, young people or vulnerable adults, or roles in which the duties will involve access to sensitive information relating to children, young people or vulnerable adults, the Royal Borough will take up references prior to interview. You should provide details of referees including your current and previous employers, covering the last 5 years. Candidates can request for us not to send a reference request to their current employer prior to interview by emailing us at recruitment@royalgreenwich.gov.uk.

Diversity Statement: Royal Borough of Greenwich values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this. We therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community.

Advert Close: All vacancies close at midnight unless otherwise stated. 

Early Advert Close: Royal Borough of Greenwich reserves the right to close any job advert earlier than the advertised closing date where there is reason to do so (for example high volume of applications).

Full Employment History: A full employment history is required for this role. Please provide a full employment history, together with a satisfactory written explanation of any gaps in employment.

How Applications are Scored: Each application is scored according to how well the supporting statements addresses each point on the Person Specification for the role. Candidates will be short-listed for interview on the extent to which they meet the specific points within the Person Specification. The Person Specification is supplied with the job advert. When completing your application, please use the supporting statements section to tell us how you meet each of the points on the Person Specification. We need to have this information in order to consider your application.

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