Mortuary Manager
At a glance
- Band
- Band 7
- Contract
- Permanent
- Pattern
- Full-time
- Posted
- 15/09/2026
- Closes
- 29/09/2026
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Role summary
This role involves managing and controlling mortuary services across three sites: Sunderland Royal Hospital, South Tyneside District Hospital, and Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead. The post holder will provide a professional service for Consultant Pathologists, perform routine and advanced post-mortem procedures, and handle administrative duties. Key responsibilities include preparing the deceased for viewing, autopsy, and police identification, as well as offering specialist advice to service users. The role requires advanced knowledge and experience in specialised anatomical pathology techniques.
Essential criteria
- L4 Diploma APT
Desirable criteria
- Managerial qualification
- All aspects of mortuary functions
- managerial experience
- L4 Diploma APT
- Managerial qualification
- All aspects of mortuary functions
- managerial experience
Useful to know
Agenda for Change 2024/25 pays Band 7 at £46,148 – £52,809 a year, across England.
This advert: £49,387 – £56,515 — outside the standard scale; check for HCAS/London weighting.
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Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust
Mortuary Manager
The closing date is 29 September 2026
Job summary
The Mortuary team provides a high quality Anatomical Pathology Service to the deceased and bereaved people of South of Tyne and Wear.
The post holder is responsible for the control and management of the mortuary services at Sunderland Royal Hospital, South Tyneside District Hospital and Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead and providing both a professional service for the Consultant Pathologists and relative administration duties.
As part of the team the post holder will have developed advanced knowledge, experience and competency in specialised anatomical pathology techniques. It is a primary role of the post to carry out both routine and advanced post mortem procedures including the preparation of the deceased for viewing, autopsy and police identification. The post holder will provide specialist advice to users of the service within and out with the Trust in a manner commensurate with the sensitive nature of the work.
Main duties of the job
Manage and control the mortuary service services at Sunderland Royal Hospital, South Tyneside District Hospital and Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Gateshead
Responsible for producing and updating Standard Operating Procedures for the mortuary including those involving mortuary support staff eg portering staff and domestic
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