Are you a qualified Anatomical Pathologist Technician looking for a new opportunity to care for the deceased and bereaved across Sussex? Do you have a positive outlook with high levels of personal resilience and emotional intelligence to deal with challenging situations?
If so, this is an exciting opportunity to join the excellent team at Brighton & Hove’s City Mortuary as we invest in and grow the service delivered to HM Coroner’s across the region.
You’ll join a small, dedicated and supportive team of mortuary professionals working with Pathologists, HM Coroners and emergency services to deliver a best practice service.
Alongside your work in the mortuary, you will attend scenes of death with colleagues - delivering HM Coroner’s body collection provision in the City by removing bodies from the scene.
Interviews to be held: To be confirmed
For an informal discussion, please contact Sean Didcott - Mortuary and Coroner Support Manager on
[email protected]
About the role
As an Anatomical Pathology Technologist at Brighton & Hove City Council, you will be responsible for the safe custody and release of deceased persons retained at the mortuary, assisting Pathologists in completing autopsy examinations and supporting the operation of the HM Coroner’s body collection provision in the city.
You will work alongside the Lead Anatomical Pathology Technologist and Mortuary and Coroner Support Manager to ensure Brighton and Hove’s mortuary provisions are provided to the highest possible standards - and in compliance with requirements of the HTA’s licensing systems.
The post-holder will have obtained RSPH Certificate and Diploma in Anatomical Pathology Technology or the Level 3 Diploma in Anatomical Pathology Technology.
You will deliver a full range of mortuary activities and be responsible for undertaking of all duties related to admission, identification and safe storage of deceased bodies for post-mortem examination in accordance with service procedures and legislation, as well as arrange, prepare, and facilitate viewing of the deceased.
You will also be operational in HM Coroner’s body collection provision within the City, attending scenes of death to transport the deceased to the Brighton & Hove City Mortuary.
This role requires frequent exposure to highly distressing and emotive situations, periods of intense physical activity and will require the postholder to work out of hours on a rota basis.
Encouraging a diverse workforce
Our city is known and loved for its diversity. Not only is the mixture of people, culture and skills vital to the economic and social development of the city, it's what makes Brighton & Hove such a great place to live, work and visit. We are committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse communities we serve so we welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds. In order to achieve our aims of proportionate representation, we particularly encourage applicants from a BME or White Other background as well as those who identify as disabled, male or trans.
Find out more about our commitment to being a fair and inclusive place to work where everyone can achieve their potential by reading about our fair and inclusive actions, our anti-racism strategy and the work we are doing to encourage a diverse workforce (brighton-hove.gov.uk).
Why work for us?
As a council, we want to:
- be connected
- be confident
- be innovative and creative
- be diverse and inclusive
- be healthy and psychologically safe
For more information about our values and the benefits of working at the council, visit Why work for us which gives details of our wellbeing support, our benefits including leave and pensions as well as details of our training and development.
How to apply
Please read our Apply for a job at the council pages carefully. They give you all the guidance you need to complete your application as well as information on what will happen after you’ve submitted your application and at interview.
As part of your application, you will need to provide your education and career history and answer some application/shortlisting questions. Your answers to the application/shortlisting questions are the most important part of your application as they will be used in the shortlisting process to assess whether you meet the essential requirements for the role that are set out in the person specification and to decide whether you should be offered an interview. Before you start your application, please read our Shortlisting questions guidance (brighton-hove.gov.uk) as this gives important advice which will increase your chance of success in the shortlisting process.
AI advice for candidates
We are interested in hearing about your experience and skills in your own words. While we value people who know how to use AI, we ask that you minimise using it in your application.
We are keen to hear how your experience and skills align to our values and the skills and experience needed to perform well in our roles with clear real examples from you. To support you in this, we have guidance on using the STAR model which can help you ensure you are telling us your whole story. We also provide clarity on the skills we are looking for in our adverts and in the job description/person specification attached to each job advert.
All the applications we receive are read by at least two hiring managers and we do not use AI in this process. Our experience of reading applications is that those that have heavily used AI contain generic paragraphs that are strikingly similar to other applicants’ responses. This makes it extremely difficult to differentiate between applications, and doesn't give us enough evidence of your individual skills. There is a risk that we will therefore not be able to shortlist you. Instead, we recommend you ensure your application stands out by presenting clear examples of your actual skills and experiences in your own words.
Additional information
Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is less than 37 hours or term-time only.
Please note that this post is subject to a Basic Disclosure Criminal Records Check.
We are a workplace that supports flexibility and employee wellbeing in the way we work whilst providing the best service for our customers. Team and service working arrangements are designed to support both employee work life balance and team collaboration. These would be part of your individual working arrangements alongside any personal preference agreed with your manager in advance of joining. Your contractual location will be the designated council office for your team and travel to and from your contractual location would be at your own expense.
