Starting Pay: $28.4245 Hourly ($59,123)
Step A: $29.2942 Hourly ($60,932)
Step B: $30.2005 Hourly ($62,817)
Step C: $31.1413 Hourly ($64,774)
Step D: $32.1563 Hourly ($66,885)
Step E: $33.2077 Hourly ($69,072)

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

High school diploma or GED;

AND ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:

Currently employed as an autopsy assistant with two (2) years' minimum experience conducting autopsies and handling personal effects

-OR-

One (1) year of full-time experience (or the equivalent) within the last three (3) years working as an autopsy assistant in a medical examiner's/forensic pathology office performing autopsies and handling evidence

-OR-

Completion of a school-affiliated morgue internship in the Genesee County Medical Examiner's Office and a letter of recommendation from the internship site director

-OR-

Completion of the autopsy assistant certification program through Mott Community College and a letter of recommendation from the autopsy practicum supervisor..

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS:

The selected applicant may be required to work weekends, holidays, irregular hours, night shifts and/or be on call.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

Must be able to perform Essential Job Duties and Functions with or without reasonable accommodations.

JOB SUMMARY: Assists the pathologists in conducting each day's autopsies; oversees the release and intake of bodies for autopsy along with their personal effects; prepares the bodies and the morgue for each day's autopsies; ensures the morgue remains adequately stocked with autopsy supplies; packages and prepares specimens that are submitted to other laboratories for analysis; fills out the necessary paperwork for each day's autopsies; manages the short term and long term storage of tissue; performs other related duties as necessary.

ESSENTIAL JOB DUTIES AND FUNCTIONS:

• Checks morgue cooler each morning to determine body inventory and determine which bodies are to be autopsied;
• Transfers bodies from the morgue cooler to the autopsy suite and transfers them to the autopsy tables; photographs the bodies as they are received and prepares the autopsy stations for the day's work;
• Undresses the bodies and draws the necessary body fluids for laboratory analysis;
• Opens the body and performs the evisceration, weighs the organs and gives them to the pathologist for further dissection;
• Assists with additional autopsy photography and evidence collection during each autopsy as needed;
• Closes the body and prepares it for release to the funeral home along with the personal effects;
• Packages and releases evidence to the appropriate agencies following chain of custody procedures;
• Cleans the autopsy stations and instruments and prepares each station for the next autopsy;
• Completes paperwork for each case which includes working with a computer database;
• Works with security personnel to ensure proper body release to funeral homes;
• Orders and re-stocks the morgue with the supplies necessary for the autopsy workload;
• Packages specimens for shipment to outside laboratories for analysis or storage;
• Transports specimens to laboratories inside the facility and places tissue in storage.

Please see the attached job description for more details.