Medical Examiner
Core
Direct medicolegal death investigations, perform postmortem examinations, and provide expert testimony to determine cause and manner of death for public health and criminal justice systems.
Role type
Senior IC forensic pathologist (medical examiner)
Builds
medicolegal death investigation reports and court testimony
Domain
Forensic medicine / Public health / Criminal justice
Deliverable
physical/clinical work
Required skills
postmortem examination, medicolegal death investigation, expert testimony, report writing, on-call response, mass fatality incident response, staff training
Preferred skills
bilingual English/Spanish, forensic investigative experience, medical student/resident education
Technologies
none stated
Responsibilities
Perform postmortem examinations to determine cause and manner of death; Review jurisdictional cases including medical and law enforcement reports; Provide overnight on-call coverage and approve body disposition decisions; Provide expert testimony in depositions and court trials; Participate in conferences with family members and law enforcement; Provide education and training to internal personnel and medical students
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities