Mortuary Assistant

Mortuary Assistant: (Company Name - Subscribers only)

Sherwood Forest Hospitals are seeking a Mortuary Assistant 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 (Company Name - Subscribers only) 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.

Key Responsibilities

• 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 makes a real difference to families during difficult times.

Main duties of the job

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

About us

We are an award-winning (Company Name - Subscribers only) 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 (Company Name - Subscribers only) 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’ (Company Name - Subscribers only)-run hospital in the East Midlands.

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Details

Date posted

20 November 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,937 to £26,598 a year per annum pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

214-CSTO-7457224

Job locations

King’s Mill Hospital

Mansfield Road

Sutton in Ashfield

NG17 4JL

Job description

Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification. Job description

Job responsibilities

To understand the role in more detail, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Person Specification

Knowledge Requirements

Essential

• Understands the functions and environment of a mortuary
• Substantial knowledge of forensic, technical and infection procedures

Desirable

• Experience of working with the recently bereaved or in the mortuary setting/ funeral industry

Qualifications

Essential

• Good standard of education including literacy and numeracy skills up to GCSE leve
• Equivalent level of knowledge acquired through experience to certificate in Anatomical Pathology Technology
• Excellent Computer Skills and keyboard skills, including Microsoft Office

Desirable

• Enhanced IT Skills – able to use Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access and Outlook)
• Moving and handling skills
• Level 1 communication training qualification
• 4 GSCE’s including English and Maths

Further Training

Essential

• Competency programme
• Minor Technical Procedures Training and Competency
• Level 1 communication training

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in a busy environment
• Equivalent level of knowledge acquired through experience to Certificate in Anatomical Pathology Technology
• Able to work as part of a team
• Willingness to learn
• Sympathetic, caring attitude and able to cope with distressing circumstances
• Able to work alone
• Excellent communicator and high level of interpersonal skills, including dealing with the bereaved

Desirable

• Previous mortuary or relevant experience

Contractual Requirements

Essential

• Rostered on any of the 5 out of 7 days of the week
• Participate in the mortuary out of hours rota
• Work in a flexible manner

Person Specification

Knowledge Requirements

Essential

• Understands the functions and environment of a mortuary
• Substantial knowledge of forensic, technical and infection procedures

Desirable

• Experience of working with the recently bereaved or in the mortuary setting/ funeral industry

Qualifications

Essential

• Good standard of education including literacy and numeracy skills up to GCSE leve
• Equivalent level of knowledge acquired through experience to certificate in Anatomical Pathology Technology
• Excellent Computer Skills and keyboard skills, including Microsoft Office

Desirable

• Enhanced IT Skills – able to use Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access and Outlook)
• Moving and handling skills
• Level 1 communication training qualification
• 4 GSCE’s including English and Maths

Further Training

Essential

• Competency programme
• Minor Technical Procedures Training and Competency
• Level 1 communication training

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working in a busy environment
• Equivalent level of knowledge acquired through experience to Certificate in Anatomical Pathology Technology
• Able to work as part of a team
• Willingness to learn
• Sympathetic, caring attitude and able to cope with distressing circumstances
• Able to work alone
• Excellent communicator and high level of interpersonal skills, including dealing with the bereaved

Desirable

• Previous mortuary or relevant experience

Contractual Requirements

Essential

• Rostered on any of the 5 out of 7 days of the week
• Participate in the mortuary out of hours rota
• Work in a flexible manner