Medical examiner job description
This post includes 3 parts: duties list, job qualification and job description writing tips for Medical examiner in details A complete job d...
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This post includes 3 parts: duties list, job qualification and job description writing tips for Medical examiner in details A complete job description concludes Medical examiner key duties/responsibilities, Medical examiner job qualifications (knowledge, education, skills, abilities, experience…KSA model) and other ones such as daily tasks, key activities, key/core competencies, job functions/purpose…
I List of Medical examiner duties:
1. Directs, plans, organizes, and evaluates the activities of the Medical Examiner’s Office, establishes the overall goals for the office, develops long range and short term planning objectives, and oversees the development of policies, procedures, guidelines, and standards to ensure compliance with local, state, and federal directives and regulations
2. Establishes standards for conducting forensic autopsies and other forensic work, responds to homicide and other death scenes as necessary, confers with medical and investigative personnel to make determinations as to the cause and manner of death, and performs postmortem examinations according to established division protocol to determine the cause and manner of death
3. Collaborates with law enforcement and attorneys including defense council when preparing court cases and gives testimony regarding postmortem findings and expert opinions in trials and other legal forums
4. Acts as a liaison to the public and the media, issues official public statements, and meets with families of deceased persons to discuss autopsy findings and the results of the investigation
5. Prepares staffing plans and submits requests to higher level managers to meet organizational, functional, and/or operational requirements
6. Manages and directs subordinate staff, sets priorities, provides general guidance and instruction on expected outcomes, and delegates and reviews work
7. Responds to personnel issues and confers with higher-level managers/executives, city human resources staff, and/or legal advisors to determine appropriate decisions/actions
8. Participates in department-wide activities including community public health policies and initiatives
9. Serves as a subject matter expert in a wide variety of community activities at the local, regional and state level, including fatality review boards, legislative proposals, and other boards and committees
II List of Medical examiner qualifications
1. 8-10 years of medical malpractice claims experience
2. College degree and/or professional designation preferred
3. Sound comprehension of coverage provided by medical malpractice and general liability covers
4. Excellent written and oral communication skills
5. Strong computer skills including a high degree of proficiency within Microsoft Office with ability to multitask efficiently across multiple systems and operations platforms
6. Familiar with all applicable reporting requirements - MMSEA, NPDB, and applicable state requirements ICD-9 experience a plus
7. Experience in determining contractual obligations, coverage analyses, and investigations
8. Ability to proactively manage complex litigation, accurately set loss and expense reserves, independently evaluate both liability and case valuation, and aggressively negotiate matters to resolution with minimal oversight and direction
9. Ability to proactively self-manage a high caseload
10. Ability to analyze and convey summations of complex issues; recognize alternative approaches and develop action plans, both orally and in written form
11. Travel required as necessary (approximately 20%)
III. Tips to write job description
1. Too-long job description:
Looking at a too-long job description can frighten the candidates off and drive the away. A job description, no matter how important the job is, should not be included in more than 3 pages. If one focuses on too many things at a time, he shall definitely lose focus on the main items and get overwhelmed by the remaining; So, keep it concisely.
2. Too-short job description:
While too-long can be a problem, too-short is more a problem. It will ruin the meaning of the job description. A too-short one means it lacks necessary details and therefore, the candidate will not be able to understand while reading it.
3. Listing unnecessary functions or job duties:
Just classifying these into the “others” category will save you a lot of effort and space. On the other hand, the job description will become more dilute and easy to be neglected.
4. Key functions
Not listing key functions as required for the job can be a fatal mistake to a job description.
5. Grammar and spelling
Poor grammar and having spelling errors can ruin the job description, too. Never think that as you are the employer, you may have the right to make grammar or spelling errors while requires other not to. A job description with such errors is easily to be mistaken as a fake or ghost ads; as a result, the candidate will turn away from it.
6. Not specific enough:
Be specific and concise; if you don’t address the specific, then what the job description is for. It is for the candidate to understand just exactly what he needs to do or needs to have. Lacking details can confuse the candidates very well.
7. Not having the job description reviewed by others:
This is also a common mistake. One may be subject to bias, but more than one, especially with the help of those external advisor, the job description can be more perfect.
8. Using buzzwords or abbreviations:
In fact, it is not necessary at all to use such in a job description.
9. Using slang or legal words:
Just use common wording to communicate with others and don’t do anything extraordinarily.
10. Not updating the job description:
The same job may require different duties and responsibilities in different times, so, you cannot use the same job description for 2 different times.
