Anatomical Pathology Technologist

Job description

Salary: £36,141

Contract: Permanent, Full-time + Call Out weekdays/weekends

Location: 5 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG

Closing: Sunday 19th May 2024 23:59

Interviews to be held: TBC

About Camden

In Camden we are committed to working together to make our borough the best place to live, work, study, and visit. Partnership with our communities is central to the way we work, so that everyone can access opportunities, and nobody gets left behind. Here's where you can help decide a better future for us all. This position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to a vital aspect of forensic and coronial services while working within a supportive and collaborative team environment. If you are ready to embrace the challenges of this role and make a meaningful impact in a crucial field, we invite you to apply.

What You'll Be Doing

An exciting opportunity is available for an Anatomical Pathology Technologist, to join the well established and friendly mortuary team at Camden Council. You will be taking responsibility for delivering a full range of mortuary activities and take personal responsibility for the undertaking of duties related to admission, identification, and safe storage of deceased bodies for post-mortem in accordance with the services procedures.

This is a varied role blending high standards of post mortem care, supporting clinicians and other professionals along with maintaining all requirements to ensure the HTA regulations are upheld. You will assist pathologists with post-mortem examinations, including high-risk and forensic cases as and when required.

Additionally, you will work with other teams such as the community safety and emergency management to assist with the development and testing of emergency response plans and facilitate viewings and police identifications in conjunction with the Coroner's Office.

All About you

You must have a Diploma in Anatomical Pathology Technician or equivalent APT qualification and have demonstrable experience of working in a mortuary setting. Experience in high risk and forensic post-mortems would be welcomed.

You will have good technical knowledge of mortuary policy, procedure, and human anatomy. As well as a good understanding of health and safety legislation and working in compliance with SOP and HTA guidelines.

You will be a resilient individual, you will have the ability to deal with difficult situations and manage sensitive information securely. You will have the ability to take an organised approach to your own workload, working individually and as part of a team, whilst dealing with conflicting priorities and ensure a customer service focussed approach.

This role is subject to an enhanced DBS check

To view the Job Profile, please click HERE or http://camdocs.camden.gov.uk/HPRMWebDrawer/Record/10495411/file/document?inline

What We Offer

At Camden, you'll receive a host of benefits:

• 27 days annual leave for new starters, rising to 31 days after 5 years
• Local Government Pension Scheme
• Flexible working opportunities;
• Interest free loans
• Access to our incredible staff networks
• Career development and training
• Wellbeing support and activities

Visit 'www.camdenjobs.co.uk/staff-benefits' for more details.

We're ready to welcome your ideas, your views, and your rebellious spirit. Help us redefine how we're supporting communities, and we'll redefine what a career can be. If that sounds good to you, we'd love to talk.

Inclusion and Diversity

We want Camden Council to be a great place to work and to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and those of Other Ethnicities, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that equalities and justice remains at the heart of everything we do.

To discover more about Camden and our commitment towards diversity, equality and safeguarding, please visit https://www.camdenjobs.co.uk/inclusion-and-diversity

Asking for Adjustments

Camden is committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and as accessible as possible for everyone. This includes making adjustments or changes for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the application, interview or assessment process, including providing information in an alternative format, please contact us on 020 7974 6655, at [email protected] or post to 5 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG,

Alternative flexible working options available / open to discussion

Anonymised Application - in keeping with Camden's commitment to inclusion the recruitment to this role is anonymised and supports the objective of reducing the impact of unconscious bias.