Anatomy Support Technician - NYS Licensed Funeral Director

Anatomy Support Technician

• NYS Licensed Funeral Director Albany Medical Center
• 3.5 Albany, NY Job Details Full-time $50,639
• $75,959 a year 21 hours ago Qualifications Funeral service technology Deceased body embalming Donor relations Working with families Associate's degree

Embalming License Funeral Director License Full Job Description Department/Unit:

Anatomy Work Shift:

Day (United States of America)

Salary Range:

$50,639.00

• $75,959.

00 Searching for a NYS Licensed Funeral Director to support the mission of AMC's Anatomical Gift Program. Essential Duties and Responsibilities Perform anatomical embalming of donors for long-term educational study and surgical workshops. Maintain the cleanliness of the dissection laboratory and bioskills center, including removing medical waste. Ensure adequate PPE and dissection instruments are available for all dissection laboratory activities and bioskills center sessions. Be present at the start of all dissection and bioskills sessions to ensure faculty, students, and other participants have all relevant equipment as outlined by the faculty or coordinator of the Anatomical Gift Program. Assist with the day-to-day administrative activities in the Anatomical Gift Program office, including but not limited to: processing donor registrations, intake processes once donors have become deceased, answer the phones and be prepared to assist donor families, prospective donors, hospital staff, and social workers throughout the donation life cycle. Assist with the coordination of inter-institutional donor transfers with partner funeral homes and academic institutions, including ensuring donors are properly prepared for transport and have all required transfer documents. Transport donors from the Anatomical Gift Program morgue to the laboratories and vice-versa. Manage inventory and supplies and communicate with the coordinator of the Anatomical Gift Program, as needed, to replenish supplies. Maintain the donors in the dissection lab by checking on them daily and ensuring that they are adequately covered, moist, and lack mold. Qualifications Associate's Degree in mortuary science.

• required 0-3 years' experience in mortuary science, anatomy or surgical care
• required Embalming, interacting with grieving families
• excellent communication skills required Ability to interact professionally and compassionately with grieving families of our donors New York State Funeral Directors License Upon Hire
• required Equivalent combination of relevant education and experience may be substituted as appropriate. Physical Demands Standing
• Constantly Walking
• Constantly Sitting
• Rarely Lifting
• Frequently (20-75lbs) Carrying
• Frequently (20-75lbs) Pushing
• Occasionally Pulling
• Occasionally Climbing
• Occasionally Balancing
• Occasionally Stooping
• Frequently Kneeling
• Frequently Crouching
• Frequently Crawling
• Occasionally Reaching
• Frequently Handling
• Frequently Grasping
• Frequently Feeling
• Constantly Talking
• Constantly Hearing
• Constantly Repetitive Motions
• Constantly Eye/Hand/Foot Coordination
• Constantly Working Conditions Extreme cold
• Rarely Extreme heat
• Rarely Humidity
• Rarely Wet
• Rarely Noise
• Constantly Hazards
• Frequently Temperature Change
• Rarely Atmospheric Conditions
• Rarely Vibration
• Rarely Thank you for your interest in Albany Med Health System!

Albany Med Health System is an equal opportunity employer. This role may require access to information considered sensitive to Albany Med Health System, its patients, affiliates, and partners, including but not limited to HIPAA Protected Health Information and other information regulated by Federal and New York State statutes. Workforce members are expected to ensure that: Access to information is based on a "need to know" and is the minimum necessary to properly perform assigned duties. Use or disclosure shall not exceed the minimum amount of information needed to accomplish an intended purpose. Reasonable efforts, consistent with Albany Med Health System policies and standards, shall be made to ensure that information is adequately protected from unauthorized access and modification.