Mortician II (Morgue Attendant)

Requirements for Appointment

For appointment to this grade, a candidate must have:

• Certificate in Mortuary Science lasting not less than six (6) months from a recognized institution
  
• A registration certificate from the Kenya Health Professions Oversight Authority
  
• A valid practicing licence from the Kenya Health Professions Oversight Authority
  
• Certificate in computer application will be an added advantage
  

• Picking bodies from wards
  
• Admission of bodies to mortuary
  
• Recording and documenting data
  
• Identifying medico-legal cases
  
• Preparing bodies for burial including embalming
  
• Body reconstruction, body cleaning and dressing
  
• Beautification-shaving, cosmetic/make-ups and plaiting
  
• Assisting pathologist in Autopsy/post-mortems
  
• Cleaning of mortuary and equipment and instruments used in the mortuary
  
• Assisting relatives in the identification of unknown bodies