Mortuary Assistant

**Full training will be provided for you to perform the following in your role.**

**Responsibilities for this role include**:

- Perform body preparation procedures such as maneuvering, lifting, washing, dressing, suturing, and setting facial features for all cases to InvoCare standards and follow workplace procedures for hygiene and infection control
- Encoffin and present the deceased to InvoCare standards and according to any special family requests
- Handle deceased with dignity, care and respect at all times
- Accurately complete mortuary registration and checking procedures
- Maintain, clean and sterilise mortuary facilities and equipment
- Perform coffin/casket trimming and engraving
- Organise time efficiently and monitor daily workflow
- Monitor stock levels and order as directed
- Participate in day-to-day operational tasks such as attending funerals, transfers, viewings, driving vehicles, and keeping work areas clean and tidy

**Skills and experience required for this role include**:

- Be at ease working within a funeral, cemetery and crematoria environment
- Sensitivity, along with comfort to circumstances involving grieving people, and their values and beliefs.
- An understanding of the funeral service industry and its operations, or ability to rapidly acquire industry knowledge
- Experience in a mortuary or similar environment desirable
- An ability to be customer-focused, and to communicate and respond effectively to all levels of the public.
- Have strong attention to detail and the ability to follow direction
- Have the ability to work as part of a team and on own initiative as well as carry out duties in a safe manner and in accordance with Manual Handling, WHS/OHS guidelines
- An unrestricted Driver’s License is essential
- Current First Aid certificate is desirable
- As this is a varied role, your flexibility to complete a range of tasks is essential