Mortuary Admin Assistant
At a glance
- Band
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 16/09/2026
- Closes
- 30/09/2026
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Role summary
The Mortuary Admin Assistant will be responsible for admitting and releasing patients, cleaning and maintaining mortuary equipment, and managing stock in the fridge room. They will work closely with the Mortuary Manager and team to ensure respectful patient care. The role also involves assisting the mortuary team in the post-mortem room and helping to maintain the HTA licence.
Key responsibilities
- Responsible for the release and admitting patients into the mortuary.
- Cleaning and maintaining mortuary fridges and equipment.
- Managing stock in the fridge room.
- Working closely with the Mortuary Manager and team to ensure patients are maintained in a respectful and dignified manner.
- Assisting the mortuary team within the post-mortem room.
- Helping to maintain the HTA licence.
Essential criteria
- Evidence of a good standard of written English appropriate to the role
- A complete and accurate application
- Suitability for role evidenced in supporting statement
- Evidence of essential experience for role
- Evidence of the Trust values and behaviours
- Evidence of any other essential criteria outlined in the person specification
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 3 at £24,625 – £25,674 a year, across England.
This advert: £25,760 – £27,476 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust
Mortuary Admin Assistant
The closing date is 30 September 2026
Job summary
The post holder when trained will be responsible for the release and admitting patients in to the mortuary, cleaning and maintaining mortuary fridges and equipment, stock in the fridge room. They will work closely with the Mortuary Manager (Lead) and the mortuary team to ensure the patients are maintained in a respectful and dignified manner within the mortuary. Assist the mortuary team within the post-mortem room, helping to maintain the HTA licence.
Main duties of the job
For further information, please see the attached trust job description and person specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.
About us
Surrey and Sussex Healthcare NHS Trust is one of the region's busiest providers of healthcare. It was formed on 1 April 1998 following a merger between East Surrey Healthcare NHS and Crawley Horsham NHS Trusts. We are often referred to as 'SASH'.
We run East Surrey Hospital in Redhill, where we have more than 700 beds and provide acute and complex services. In addition, we provide a range of outpatient, diagnostic and less complex planned services at The Earlswood Centre, Caterham Dene Hospital, Crawley Hospital and Horsham Hospital.
Every year, over 120,000 people attend our Emergency Department, we deliver nearly 4,00
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