Mortuary Attendant

$22

Amergis Healthcare Staffing is seeking a Mortuary Attendant responsible for the care of deceased persons from transportation at time of death, to the preparation and burial, or cremation of the deceased, depending on state laws.

• Weekly pay
• Evening shift (3p-11:30p)
• MUST have 1 year of experience

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Cares for deceased persons
• Stores and retrieves bodies from storage
• Properly admits the body to the hospital
• Picks up bodies of deceased persons from hospital wards, medical facilities, private homes, etc.
• Drives mortuary vehicle to pick up deceased persons
• Identifies deceased persons with correct identification
• Prepares inventories of personal effects accompanying bodies of deceased
• Prepares and maintains mortuary records
• Makes body of deceased presentable for viewing by relatives and friends
• Releases remains to mortuaries and to Chief Medical Examiner Coroner’s Department
• Releases body for autopsies and embalming, organ or tissue donation,
• Sanitizes and cleans mortuary vehicle and equipment
• Assists in enforcing rulers pertaining to privacy, decorum, and cleanliness in the mortuary
• Performs other duties as assigned/necessary

  Minimum Requirements:

• High school diploma or GED preferred
• Valid driver’s license in the state of assignment
• Knowledge of procedure for properly admitting the body to the hospital
• Prior experience working in a morgue or coroner’s office preferred