Mortuary Assistants

Sherwood Forest Hospitals are seeking Mortuary Assistants to join our friendly and supportive team. This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic individual who shares our commitment to delivering exceptional, compassionate and dignified care to the deceased and those important to them.
The Mortuary forms part of the Department of End of Life, Spiritual and Support Services at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. It is a busy and diverse service working closely with internal teams such as Spiritual and Pastoral Care, the Bereavement Centre, Histopathology, Hospital Wards (including Maternity) and the Emergency Department, as well as external organisations including HM Coroner's Office, Police and Funeral Directors., + Control the admission and release of deceased patients to and from the Mortuary, ensuring accurate identification, registration, weighing, measuring and labelling.
+ Prepare and organise deceased patients for viewing by relatives or Police, respecting cultural and religious beliefs and maintaining dignity at all times.
+ Facilitate viewings out of hours when required.
+ Undertake routine mortuary work to a high standard, ensuring compliance with standard operating procedures and hospital policies.
You'll be part of a dedicated team that values respect, dignity and compassion. We offer a supportive environment where your contribution is valued and makes a real difference to families and those important to the deceased.

Thank you for your interest in this role, we would be delighted to welcome you to Sherwood Forest Hospitals.
Sherwood is nationally recognised as being an excellent place to work and deliver care. We are rightly proud of the 5,500 colleagues who work here and know that happy colleagues deliver better care.
Our teams work in a supportive, inclusive environment, which nurtures wellbeing and has opportunities for development and progression. We do not just care for our patients, we also care for you.
At Sherwood Forest Hospitals, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. As such, we particularly welcome applications from people who identify as Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, or Disabled. We believe that a diverse team better represents the communities we serve and brings a wealth of perspectives and experiences to our work., We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust working alongside health and social care colleagues across the county to provide acute and community healthcare services to more than 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark and Sherwood, and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We put the patient at the heart of everything that we do and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time, we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically-led organisation.
We are proud that our Trust colleagues have voted us the best acute Trust to work for in the East Midlands for seven years running in the National NHS Staff Survey, while the Care Quality Commission has rated our Trust as 'outstanding' for care and our King's Mill Hospital as the only 'outstanding' NHS-run hospital in the East Midlands., Please note any genuine job offer letters will only be received if you have applied, interviewed, and received a verbal offer from the appointing manager for a vacancy within Sherwood Forest Hospitals. If you receive a job offer and you are not sure of its authenticity, please report it to the following email [email protected]

Please note if you are successful in obtaining this position and the post involves regulated activity you will be required to undertake a Disclosure & Barring Service check. The Trust will pay for the check initially and then the money will then be deducted from your first salary once you've commenced employment. The current price of a check is £26.40 for a standard check and £54.40 for an enhanced. If you are asked to complete a DBS check and have a previous identity that you do not wish to be disclosed to your employer and/or on your DBS certificate, you should call or email the dedicated sensitive applications team before submitting your application. The team is experienced in dealing with sensitive cases and will advise you of the process and what you need to do.