Lead Anatomical Pathology Technician & Deputy Mortuary Manager

Essential

• Royal Society of Public Health Diploma in Anatomical Pathology Technology (equivalent level 4).
• Royal Society of Public Health Certificate in Anatomical Pathology Technology.
• Knowledge and experience at post-Diploma level, equivalent to degree level or higher.
• Knowledge of current national guidelines for mortuary practice.
• Extensive knowledge of the law relating to deceased patients, relevant legal authorities and legal documentation.
• Extensive knowledge of the Human Tissue Act and Codes of Practice.
• Knowledge of mortuary service administration.
• Knowledge of supervisory and management policies and procedures.
• Evidence of training in retrieval of tissues for transplant, for example an eye-retrieval course.
• Extensive knowledge of cultural and religious practices relating to deceased patients and how to accommodate these while meeting legal requirements.

Essential

• Experience of working within and leading a mortuary team.
• Experience of teaching and training staff to Diploma level and beyond, academically and practically.
• Experience of Major Incident Plan implementation.
• Experience of contingency planning and implementation.
• Experience of capacity management.
• Experience of transplant tissue recovery.
• Experience of forensic post mortems.
• Experience of working in and for an ethnically diverse community and responding to differing cultural and religious requirements relating to deceased patients.
• Experience of performing audit and interpreting findings.

Essential

• Keenness to undertake further study in Anatomical Pathology Technology.
• Excellent time-management and organisational skills.
• High level of computer literacy, including Access databases and patient-management systems.
• Ability to exercise initiative and judgement.
• High level of personal integrity and respect for patient property.
• Ability to train and support staff, including specialist registrars, in departmental techniques, practices and operating procedures.
• Ability to produce clear procedural documentation.
• Understanding of clinical governance.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Ability to treat deceased patients and their representatives with dignity and respect.
• Tact and diplomacy in sensitive and emotive situations.
• Ability to manage aggressive or abusive representatives calmly and professionally.
• Ability to respect ethnic diversity and differing cultural and religious requirements and behave sensitively.

Essential

• Ability to work well under pressure with attention to detail.
• Good understanding of departmental health and safety requirements.
• Awareness of data-protection and confidentiality requirements.
• Understanding of risk management.
• Experience of implementing changes in policy or practice.
• Ability to maintain accurate data-entry and retrieval systems in line with current legislation.
• Willingness to act as a Person Designate under the Human Tissue Act.