Morgue Attendant; Department of Public Health EXEMPT

Morgue Attendant (2520) - San Francisco Department of Public Health - (EXEMPT)

• Full-time
• Job Code and
  
  Title:
  
  2520-Morgue Attendant
• Fill Type:
  Temporary Exempt

The Department of Public Health prioritizes equitable and inclusive access to quality healthcare for its community and values the importance of diversity in its workforce. All employees at the Department of Public Health work to advance equity, inclusion, and diversity with a specific lens and focus on race, ethnicity, gender, sex, sexuality, disability, and immigration status.

Becoming a City employee means being a part of a team that cares about making a difference. Your work will shape both the present and future of San Francisco. When you work for the City, you’re choosing a job with purpose.

The Mission of the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) is to protect and promote the health of all San Franciscans. Fulfilling this mission requires employees working across our hospitals, clinics, programs, and offices to deliver services and support the communities we serve. Individuals interested in joining SFDPH should expect to work in person across these settings.

The San Francisco Health Network, Population Health, Behavioral Health Services, and Administration are the core divisions of SFDPH. The San Francisco Health Network is the City’s only complete system of care and has locations throughout the City, including Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, Laguna Honda Hospital and Rehabilitation Center, and over 15 primary care health centers. The Population Health Division (PHD) provides core public health services for the City and County of San Francisco: health protection, health promotion, disease and injury prevention, and disaster preparedness and response.

Behavioral Health Services operates in conjunction with SFHN and provides a range of mental health and substance use treatment services.

The applicant pool resulting from this recruitment may be utilized to fill future and current vacancies in this class at other locations within the DPH.

Under supervision, transfers remains of deceased persons and surgical specimens to autopsy room and prepares bodies for post-mortem examinations and assists with autopsy procedures; prepares and releases bodies to morticians; keeps morgue and autopsy room and equipment in clean and orderly condition; and performs related duties as required. Nature of work involves considerable physical effort and manual dexterity with considerable exposure to disagreeable working conditions.

Based on department and operational needs, may need to work weekends, sick days, holidays and vacation.

The essential duties include, but are not limited to the following:

• Brings bodies of deceased persons from ward, and patient roomsto morgue and refrigerated compartments,
• Wraps bodies in sheets and places in refrigerated compartment,
• Checks storage box for proper temperature,anatomical position, and proper identification of body,
• 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,
• Delivers soiled linen to laundry, returns clean linen to morgue and storage room, and performs disposal of chemical and biological waste,
• Logs information of deceased patients into hospital morgue database,
• Prepares deceased individuals for family viewing.

The 2520 Morgue Attendant may perform other duties as assigned/required.

Nature of Work:
Involves considerable physical effort and manual dexterity with considerable exposure to disagreeable working conditions.

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