Mortuary Support Personnel

Organisation: London Borough of Waltham Forest

Salary: Scale 4 £ 31,290 - £ 33,129

Contract Type: Part-time Fixed-term 12 Months

Working hours per week: 18 hours per week

Application Deadline:

Reference: 2364

About Us:

Bursting with culture, energy, and opportunity, the London Borough of Waltham Forest is a fantastic and exciting place to work.

We are a highly ambitious borough. Driven by culture and the innate creativity of our residents, we have developed new and innovative ways to build our communities. Our Council is relentlessly resident-focused, insight-led, digitally driven and commercially minded; a Council focused on meeting the needs of our existing and future residents.

London Borough of Waltham Forest is one of the Mayor of London’s Good Work Standard employers. This accreditation is a proof of our commitment to creating a healthy, fair and inclusive workplace. This includes fair pay and conditions, workplace well-being, skills and progression and diversity and recruitment.

The Council’s preference is for online application. However, if you have a disability and are unable to complete an online application, please email [email protected] so we can arrange an alternative application method.

About the role:

To contribute to the logistics processes within the London Borough of Waltham Forest, Essex and the wider London area, supporting the safe and effective running of the Mortuary Logistics Service.

The post-holder will normally be based at the Mortuary Office but will be dispatched to collect, deliver and transfer deceased persons between East London Forensic Centre, Essex mortuary facilities and other authorised locations.

To undertake driving, deceased-person transfer, manual handling, traceability and associated mortuary support duties in accordance with approved Standard Operating Procedures, risk assessments and service instructions.

To assist the mortuary managers and wider mortuary team with the effective operation of the service and to maintain consistency with the Council’s quality and equality requirements.

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