Medicolegal Death Investigator II

Job description

Position Summary: Assists with the investigation of deaths reported to the Medical Examiner, particularly as regards the seeking, gathering, and documentation of pertinent circumstantial, historical, and other medicolegal data. Aids the Medical Examiner with identification of the decedent, determination of cause and manner of death, preservation of evidence, and anticipated future questions. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: - Receives and responds to the initial report of a death or request for cremation; - Creates an office record with the preliminary information; - Seeks and gathers facts and additional data necessary to establish the Medical Examiner's jurisdiction; - Communicates and coordinates with the Medical Examiner, family members, employers, witnesses, and personnel from law enforcement, hospital, medical, civil, mortuary, insurance, and other fields; - Responds as appropriate to the death or injury scene or body location; - Inspects and documents by means of notes, diagrams, sketches, and photography the appearance and condition of the locale, body, and other pertinent objects on or near or associated with the body; - Makes preliminary external examination of the...