Tissue Retention Administrator

Band: 3 (£21,730-£23,177)

Are you looking for a new challenge? Do you want to become a valued member of a vital health care team?

An exciting and unique opportunity has arisen for a permanent post based in the department of Cellular Pathology at the Leicester Royal Infirmary which will provide support to the senior mortuary management team. We need an enthusiastic and committed individual to join us in providing a quality driven, patient focused service.

We are looking for a team player who can contribute effectively and provide a wide variety of clerical and administrative support to the Mortuary and Deputy Service Manager with a particular emphasis on the management and administration of archival tissue samples. We can offer an exciting and varied role and duties will range from taking minutes and basic administration to archival management, audit and individual case management.

The successful candidate will have a good basic education to A Level standard or equivalent and will be fully computer literate. They will have evidence of the ability to prioritise work to meet deadlines. They will have excellent communication skills with an empathetic and sensitive approach to the requirements of this particular role and area of the hospital.

You will be expected to work flexibly as part of the team and become an integral member of staff within the department.

If you are highly motivated and caring individual with a strong background in administration and communication we would love to hear from you.

We are one of the biggest and busiest NHS trusts in the country, incorporating the General, Glenfield and Royal Infirmary hospitals. We have our very own Children’s Hospital and run one of the country’s leading heart centres.

Our team is made up of more than 17,000 staff providing a range of services primarily for the one million residents of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

We work with partners at the University of Leicester and De Montfort University providing world-class teaching to nurture and develop the next generation of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals, many of whom go on to spend their working lives with us.

Our purpose is to provide ‘Caring at its best’ and our staff have helped us create a set of values that embody who we are and what we’re here to do. They are:

• We focus on what matters most
• We treat others how we would like to be treated
• We are passionate and creative in our work
• We do what we say we are going to do
• We are one team and we are best when we work together

Our patients are at the heart of all we do and we believe that ‘Caring at its best’ is not just about the treatments and services we provide, but about giving our patients the best possible experience.

About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust: (leicestershospitals.nhs.uk)

• To participate in the provision of a comprehensive, high quality mortuary service ensuring the timely delivery of care to neonate, infant, child and adult patients.
• To perform various administrative and archiving duties in relation to tissue samples retained at post mortem.
• To be the departments primary contact for all enquiries relating to retained tissue samples and will be responsible for day-to-day co-ordination of a dedicated mailbox for this purpose.
• To undertake other administrative duties related to the management of the mortuary service and required by local and national legal guidelines

Please refer to the attached Job Description for more details