Deputy Mortuary service manager
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 19/08/2026
- Closes
- 01/09/2026
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Role summary
This role is for a highly motivated Deputy Mortuary Service Manager to lead Mortuary and Bereavement Services across Stockport NHS FT and Tameside & Glossop ICFT. You will ensure quality standards and regulatory compliance, support autopsies, and act as a role model for dignified care of the deceased. The position involves day-to-day management, supervision of staff, and contributing to strategic vision and service improvement. The successful candidate will hold a Diploma in Anatomical Pathology Technology and have proven supervisory experience.
Key responsibilities
- Work in unison with the Mortuary Service Manager, and deputising as required, take full responsibility for the day-to-day management and leadership of Mortuary and Bereavement Services across Stockport and Tameside hospitals.
- Perform, supervise and teach evisceration, reconstruction and post-mortem examinations (autopsies) in the same capacity as the lead, providing practical assistance to the Pathologist and ensuring safe practices and SOPs are followed throughout.
- Lead the day-to-day management, supervision and development of APT and Bereavement staff, including appraisals, recruitment, attendance, conflict resolution and workforce planning.
- Act as Named Individual under HTA regulations and ensure compliance with UKAS ISO 15189:2022 and HTA standards, including SOPs, risk and COSHH assessments, quality control, audit and investigation of non-conformances.
- Plan and co-ordinate the mortuary workload, rostering and on-call rota, escalating capacity issues and undertaking capacity and demand analysis to support service delivery.
- Communicate sensitively with bereaved relatives, undertakers, the Coroner's Office and Trust Bereavement Team, and conduct viewings with dignity and compassion.
Essential criteria
- RSPH Diploma in Anatomical Pathology Technology (Level 4 equivalent).
- Certificate in Anatomical Pathology Technology.
- Management qualification or equivalent demonstrable experience).
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of CPD
- Health & Safety qualification
- Thorough understanding of HTA legislation and the Named Individual / Designated Individual role
- legislation for Coroner's and forensic post-mortems, death registration and statutory duties.
- In-depth knowledge of both theoretical and practical aspects of post-mortem examination, evisceration, tissue retrieval and body reconstruction
- Understanding of funeral customs and practices associated with different religious, non-religious and cultural traditions.
- Extensive post-Diploma experience in a mortuary environment equivalent to a Senior APT.
- Experience of specialised evisceration techniques and of performing autopsies / post-mortem examinations in the same capacity as the lead, including high-risk and bariatric examinations.
- Leadership and management experience, including a range of HR processes.
- Experience of major incident planning and / or mass fatalities.
- Skills and Abilities
- Strong professional communications skills
- Compassionate care and communication
- Strong analytical skills
- Education and Qualifications
- RSPH Diploma in Anatomical Pathology Technology (Level 4 equivalent).
- Certificate in Anatomical Pathology Technology.
- Management qualification or equivalent demonstrable experience).
- Evidence of CPD
- Health & Safety qualification
- Thorough understanding of HTA legislation and the Named Individual / Designated Individual role
- legislation for Coroner's and forensic post-mortems, death registration and statutory duties.
- In-depth knowledge of both theoretical and practical aspects of post-mortem examination, evisceration, tissue retrieval and body reconstruction
- Understanding of funeral customs and practices associated with different religious, non-religious and cultural traditions.
- Extensive post-Diploma experience in a mortuary environment equivalent to a Senior APT.
- Experience of specialised evisceration techniques and of performing autopsies / post-mortem examinations in the same capacity as the lead, including high-risk and bariatric examinations.
- Leadership and management experience, including a range of HR processes.
- Experience of major incident planning and / or mass fatalities.
- Skills and Abilities
- Strong professional communications skills
- Compassionate care and communication
- Strong analytical skills
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Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
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Job summary
Stockport NHS FT and Tameside & Glossop ICFT are working collaboratively together and therefore this post will support the delivery of Mortuary services across both Trusts, which may involve undertaking responsibilities at both Stepping Hill and Tameside General Hospital.
We are seeking a highly motivated individual with strong governance and leadership qualities for the role of Deputy Mortuary Service Manager,
In conjunction with the Mortuary Service Manager, you will lead Mortuary and Bereavement Services and in ensuring that quality standards and regulatory compliance are met, including UKAS ISO 15189:2022 and HTA requirements. You will support autopsies and act as a role model in the dignified care of the deceased.
Working closely with the operational team ensure the effective delivery of services to patients in accordance with agreed objectives, targets, quality standards, controls and resource constraints. You will support the Mortuary Service Manager and Designated Individual in the delivery of Trust objectives and dignified care of the deceased.
Support of the development and delivery of strategic vision, helping ensure service changes meet internal and external expectations and standards. You will need to understand business requirements and support plans for service improvement using modernisation techniques.
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