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The Office of the Coroner in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania is seeking a Full-time Board Certified Forensic Pathologist to examine traumatic, sudden and unexplained deaths involving cases in the public interest, including those affecting the criminal justice and public health systems. The Forensic Pathologist will perform postmortem examinations in compliance with the NAME Forensic Autopsy Standards, document findings in narrative reports, and offer objective consultation and/or court testimony to outside agencies, including criminal court officials and law enforcement. This position must also be available to receive and respond to telephone inquiries from home, while working on-call.

Essential duties and responsibilities include performing autopsies to determine the cause and manner of death and documenting written reports of findings supported by the medicolegal death investigation, examining the body structures and internal organs of human bodies in order to trace the cause of death, disease or illness, reviewing items related to autopsies such as hospital charts, deputy coroner reports, law enforcement agency reports, and postmortem results, directing the determination and certification of causes of death, directing the preservation of the chain of evidence, advising health departments, and government agencies involved in death investigations with relevant findings, serving as an expert witness in depositions, grand jury sessions, trials, and conferences with attorneys, providing expert witness capabilities for all forensic criminal and civil actions associated with cases investigated and any other forensic needs within Montgomery County jurisdiction, participating in conferences with family members, law enforcement, attorneys, and other individuals to provide information on investigations and autopsies, providing training to forensic technicians, investigators, photographers, interns, and other personnel assisting in the medicolegal death investigation, providing assistance and guidance to the organ donor centers, participating in regional disaster preparedness, presenting lectures for students, officers, and the general community, maintaining current knowledge of industry, regulatory and legislative developments affecting the operations of the Coroner's Office, writing policy and SOP's as it relates to the daily operation of the Coroner's office and staff, developing a fully-accredited post-graduate Forensic Pathologist Fellowship training program to include academic and hands-on instruction in the field of forensics, anthropology, odontology, criminalistics, toxicology and firearms, participating in weekly / monthly meetings and providing feedback for death review teams and social media content, assisting Program Director with the implementation of continuing education lectures, presentations and sourcing educators and topics, completing requirements for office accreditation to include IACME, NAME, conducting research for the purpose of publishing studies of new concepts and advances as it relates to the field of forensic sciences, searching and applying for grants specific to medicolegal investigations, office functions and personnel, and performing other related duties as assigned.

Qualification requirements include being a licensed physician to practice medicine in the State of Pennsylvania, being a pathologist board certified by the American Board of Pathology in anatomic, and forensic pathology, skilled in performing autopsies, external examinations, and medical records reviews of decedents, with three years of experience working in a Coroner or Medical Examiner's Office, knowledgeable of anatomy, pathology, anthropology and other related disciplines for identification and investigative purposes, knowledgeable of firearms and other instruments of death, knowledgeable of rules of evidence and court procedures, knowledgeable of vehicular crash analysis, adhere to NAME autopsy performance standards and requirements, knowledgeable of federal, state, and local laws related to the operation of the county coroner's function, and must have a valid PA driver's license.

Physical demands include frequently lifting, moving or carrying objects up to 50 pounds; ascending or descending ladders, stairs, scaffolding, ramps, poles; utilizing feet and legs or hands and arms; maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling when walking, standing, crouching, or navigating narrow, slippery, or erratically moving surfaces; bending body downward and forward by bending spine and legs; moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet; using hands to finger, handle or feel objects; and to reach with hands and arms. Occasionally incumbent may be required to push/pull objects in excess of 100 pounds.

Work environment includes being exposed to health and environmental hazards, standard work hours must be flexible, and may include days, evenings, overnights, weekends, and holidays. May be greater than 37.5 hours per week, and may be called to report to duty at any time. Work is performed inside and outside. Exposure to cold, heat and elements of weather and nature may be encountered. May be exposed to significant workplace pressure and irregular hours.