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Position Information Are you detail-oriented, curious, and committed to helping bring clarity to challenging situations. The Department of the Medical Examiner is seeking to fill a Medicolegal Investigator I position in Honolulu. As a Medicolegal Investigator I, you will play a vital role in investigating deaths that are accidental, unexplained, or unattended, helping to uncover the facts and provide answers to families and the community.

This entry-level position is perfect for someone eager to learn and grow in a hands-on investigative environment. What You Will Do: Assist with medicolegal investigations of deaths by gathering evidence, obtaining records, interviewing witnesses, and documenting investigative findings. Assist with identifying decedents and notifying next of kin, while providing information and support to families and coordinating with funeral homes, hospitals, law enforcement, and other agencies.

Manage case information, reports, evidence, and decedent property, ensuring accurate documentation, proper safeguarding, and authorized disposition. Review death-related information and questionable causes or manners of death to assist in determining whether further investigation is warranted. Participate in emergency operations, disaster response, and mass-fatality incidents, while maintaining required training and professional relationships with families and community partners.

Special Working Conditions: Provides 24-hour coverage and may be required to work rotating shifts, nights, weekends, holidays, and respond to emergency call-outs. Works in environments that may involve exposure to contagious diseases, bloodborne pathogens, bodily fluids, and hazardous chemicals while using appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE). Regularly encounters deceased individuals in various stages of decomposition and may be exposed to unpleasant odors, insects, and other conditions associated with medicolegal investigations.

Responds to death scenes in a variety of locations, including homes, hospitals, highways, industrial sites, fire scenes, and remote or difficult-to-access terrain, where hazardous conditions may exist. Performs physically demanding work, including prolonged standing, walking over uneven terrain, climbing, bending, and lifting or moving items weighing up to 50 pounds. Career Progression The expectation for any Medicolegal Investigator I in the Department of the Medical Examiner is to learn and progress upward to higher Medicolegal Investigator levels.

A Medicolegal Investigator may progress up the career ladder and/or qualify for other higher level positions with satisfactory work experience and demonstration of applicable knowledge and skills. The career progression is as follows: Class Title Current Pay Medicolegal Investigator I (SR-18) $4,725 Medicolegal Investigator II (SR-20) $5,107 Medicolegal Investigator III (SR-22) $5,527 Enjoy excellent employment benefits including generous time off (up to 21 vacation days, 21 sick leave days, and holidays), comprehensive health coverage, retirement plan, career development, and much more. View details about all our available benefits by clicking on the "Benefits" tab at the top of this posting or visitinghttps://www.honolulu.gov/dhr/benefits/

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Minimum Qualification Requirements At time of application, you must be a citizen, national or permanent resident alien of the United States or a non-citizen eligible under federal law for unrestricted employment. EDUCATION REQUIREMENT: Equivalent to graduation from a regionally-accredited four year college or university with a bachelor's degree in forensic science, biological science, nursing, allied health, criminal justice, or a directly related field. Education Verification: Education information must be listed clearly on your application.

If available, please attach a legible electronic copy of your diploma, official transcripts, and/or applicable foreign credential evaluation to your application. As part of the hiring process, you may be asked to furnish documentation to verify your education to move forward for further consideration. Substitution: Work experience may be substituted for a bachelor's degree on a year-for-year basis.

Such experience must have provided the knowledge, skills, and analytical ability normally gained from attainment of a bachelor's degree in forensic science, biological science, nursing, allied health, criminal justice, or a directly related field. LICENSE REQUIREMENT: Current, valid appropriate driver's license (Type 3/automobile), prior to appointment. Examination Process If you qualify for the position, your name will be eligible for consideration for the current vacancy/vacancies and future job openings with this job title.

Screening will be based on the education, experience, and other job-related information provided in your application. Failure to provide sufficient information may result in your application being rejected or your receiving a lower rating. All information provided on an application is subject to verification.

As applicable, false or misleading statements or omissions of material facts are grounds for disqualification and/or termination of employment with the City and County of Honolulu.