Senior Morgue Clerk

The Office of the Medical Examiner (OME) is seeking a Senior Morgue Clerk with a passion for forensic pathology and hands-on morgue experience to join our 24/7 team. In this pivotal role, you will manage the intake and release of decedents, maintain meticulous case records, train incoming staff, and work directly alongside Medical Examiner Assistants in the autopsy suite. Because this is an essential public service, candidates must be highly resilient and completely comfortable handling the physical realities, including the distinct sights and smells, inherent to a medical examiner's environment. To support our round-the-clock operations, flexibility is required to work at least two to three 12-hour shifts per week in the morgue, in addition to alternating one weekday, Saturday's and federally observed holidays in the autopsy suite. Please Read Before Applying: Effective July 1, 2021, in-state work rules require all work to be performed while physically within the state’s borders. This position may be eligible to work a hybrid schedule of both in-office and telework days. Please note, a position’s eligibility for hybrid work is established by agency management and is subject to change at their discretion at any time and for any reason. The State of Utah requires all employees to physically work inside the State of Utah Boundaries. Managing the secure intake and release of decedents, executing precise check-in protocols that include detailed photography and documentation, chain of custody and verifying all required legal paperwork prior to authorizing custody transfers to funeral homes. Creating case folders for incoming bodies. Entering all information into a computer database (UMED). Maintaining inventory of decedents. Coordinating indigent cremation for qualifying decedents. Taking phone calls from outside agencies (investigative agencies, police, funeral homes, Intermountain Donor Services, etc). Performing maintenance duties (laundry, sweep and mop floors, empty trash, clean working stations, etc). Assisting in autopsy on weekends and holidays (perform photography, transcribe notes, take fingerprints, following sanitary cleaning procedures after each case, transferring bodies from autopsy cart to clean table, wrapping and preparing bodies for funeral home pickup after autopsy, managing personal effects and evidence). Performing evisceration under direction of the pathologist. Approving change of shift requests for morgue clerks with access to the morgue clerk google calendar. Be a go-to person for questions/concerns from other morgue clerks or other morgue staff. Helping with hiring new morgue clerks, including interviews, training, and sign offs. Assisting in developing Standard Operating Procedures. Working independently without supervision. Sending out reminder emails to part-time morgue clerks. Other duties as assigned by the supervisor.