Morgue Attendant (2520) - San Francisco Department of Public Health - (EXEMPT)
About The Position
The San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) is seeking a Morgue Attendant to join their team. This role is crucial in supporting the department's mission to protect and promote the health of all San Franciscans by ensuring the respectful and efficient handling of deceased individuals. The position involves transferring remains, preparing bodies for examination, assisting with autopsies, and maintaining the cleanliness and order of the morgue and autopsy facilities. This is an onsite, temporary exempt position with the possibility of filling future vacancies. The department emphasizes equitable and inclusive access to quality healthcare and values diversity in its workforce, with all employees working to advance equity and inclusion.
Requirements
- Possession of an associate’s degree (AA) or equivalent courses with concentration in Biological Sciences and Anatomy from an accredited college or university.
- Six (6) months of experience conducting autopsies or surgical grossing in a hospital or medical examiner setting.
- Applicants must meet the minimum qualification requirement by the final filing date.
- One-year full-time employment is equivalent to 2,000 hours (2,000 hours of qualifying work experience is based on a 40-hour work week).
Responsibilities
- Transfers remains of deceased persons and surgical specimens to the autopsy room.
- Prepares bodies for post-mortem examinations.
- Assists with autopsy procedures.
- Prepares and releases bodies to morticians.
- Keeps the morgue and autopsy room and equipment in clean and orderly condition.
- Brings bodies of deceased persons from wards and patient rooms to the morgue and refrigerated compartments.
- Wraps bodies in sheets and places them in refrigerated compartments.
- Checks storage boxes for proper temperature, anatomical position, and proper identification of bodies.
- Prepares bodies for release to authorized parties after post-mortem examination by aspirating fluids and cleaning bodies according to facility procedures.
- Receives animal specimens and prepares them for examination.
- Performs specimen dissection and prepares tissue for testing at a reference laboratory.
- Cleans the autopsy room.
- Delivers soiled linen to laundry and returns clean linen to the morgue and storage room.
- Performs disposal of chemical and biological waste.
- Logs information of deceased patients into the hospital morgue database.
- Prepares deceased individuals for family viewing.
Benefits
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
Associate degree
