Care After Death Assistant

An exciting opportunity has arisen to become part of a new Care After Death Service across Aneurin Bevan university health board. This permanent band 3 position is well suited to an individual that is passionate about care after death and keen to work within a new team.

The Care After Death Service is across Aneurin Bevan university health board and supports the after death processes for patients.

The post holder will provide an efficient, reliable, responsive and holistic service in care after death in Aneurin Bevan university health board sites.

The post-holder will be responsible for ensuring that bereaved relatives and carers are enabled to receive the necessary documentation, personal effects and relevant information in a suitable format, in a timely and compassionate way. To sign post relatives to appropriate services and gain feedback from relatives regarding their experiences.

The post holder will also undertake tasks within the mortuary and support bereaved families when visiting within the mortuary.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.

You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click “Apply now” to view in Trac