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Job Description

The Office of Chief Medical Examiner investigates cases of persons who die within New York City from criminal violence, by accident, by suicide, suddenly when in apparent health, when unattended by a physician, in a correctional facility or in any suspicious or unusual manner or where an application is made pursuant to law for a permit to cremate a body of a person.

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• Commitment: Dedicated to the mission at all times
• Accountability: Responsible to each other and the community
• Resilience: Adapt in the face of adversity
• Excellence: Achieve and maintain the highest quality
• Service: Innovate to meet evolving needs
  
  

Job Description

Typical tasks include but are not limited to the following:

• Assists the FASU Supervisor and Autopsy Room Lead in the day-to-day operations.
• Assists medical examiners with all aspects of the postmortem examination including evisceration, dissection and restoration of the body
• Weighs remains, lifts remains onto autopsy table, and assists Medical Examiners in all autopsy procedures.
• Works with medical examiners and pathology coordinators to arrange and assist with specialized examinations (i.e., neuropathology & cardio-pathology)
• Ensures that all health and safety procedures are followed, inspects autopsy equipment, and reports faulty equipment.
• Ensures records and FASU logs are reconciled and correct.
• Prepares Incident Reports, Schedules and Statistics as needed.
• Ensures that the autopsy equipment is properly cleaned and sanitized daily.
• Ensures the autopsy suites are properly stocked and are operationally prepared at all times.
• Performs inventory count and reports items that are low in stock to the ARL or FASU Supervisor, as assigned
• Reports all complaints, accidents, and any incidents within the morgue to the proper personnel.
• Takes fingerprints of remains before, during, or after autopsy.
• Performs advanced fingerprint and identification techniques
• Verifies recorded information in CMS (i.e. personal property)
• Supervise City Mortuary Technicians and autopsy operations as needed.
• Required to operate a motor vehicle.
• Performs all City Morgue Technician duties as needed.
• Performs other duties as assigned.
  
  

FORENSIC MORTUARY TECHNICIAN - 52040

Qualifications

• A four year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a State's Department of Education or a recognized accrediting organization and one year of full-time satisfactory experience in mortuary and/or autopsy work.
  
  

For Assignment to Level II

In addition to meeting the "Qualification Requirements" described above, to be assigned

to Assignment Level II candidates must have one additional year of the experience described above, for a total of two years of experience.

For Assignment to Assignment Level III

In addition to meeting the "Qualification Requirements" described above, to be assigned to Assignment Level III candidates must have three additional years of experience as described above, for a total of four years of experience; two years of the experience must have been in a supervisory capacity.

Additional Information

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.

Salary Min: $ 48,481.00

Salary Max: $ 48,481.00

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Job Tags

Full time, Work at office,

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