The Office of Chief Medical Examiner investigates cases of persons who die within New York City from criminal violence, by accident, by suicide, suddenly when in apparent health, when unattended by a physician, in a correctional facility or in any suspicious or unusual manner or where an application is made pursuant to law for a permit to cremate a body of a person.

Our core purpose is to protect public health and serve impartial justice through forensic science and medicine. We exist to provide answers in support of families and communities during times of profound need.

The core values of CARES guide our work for communities and inform our behavior toward each other and all those we serve.
- Commitment: Dedicated to the mission at all times
- Accountability: Responsible to each other and the community
- Resilience: Adapt in the face of adversity
- Excellence: Achieve and maintain the highest quality
- Service: Innovate to meet evolving needs

Duties will include but are not limited to:
- Assists in preparing deceased for autopsy by removing clothing from the body.
- Weighs deceased, lift body onto the autopsy table, removes skull cap, and assists Medical Examiners in all autopsy procedures as directed.
- After autopsy, replaces organs, packs cavities, sutures, washes, shrouds and places bodies in storage box. Cleans and disinfects autopsy table.
- At scene of death, prepares body for transport, attaches and completes toe tags, secures medications to body as per policy, places body in body bag.
- Accompanies drivers to designated locations to retrieve decedents and transport back to Mortuary.
- Reports all accidents and unusual incidents to management personnel.
- Checks death certificates and other documents relating to autopsies for the releasing of claimed bodies.
- Records receipt, storage box, transfer, and release of bodies and clothing, and all records of autopsies.
- Assists in loading and unloading bodies from City, EMS and funeral director hearses.
- Maintains premise, equipment and instruments in a clean and sanitary condition.
- Takes identification head shot photo(s).
- Boxes and loads City burial cases.
- Logs in deceased case information.
- Cleans and disinfects body transport vehicle, equipment, mortuary autopsy rooms and other mortuary associate locations.
- Takes fingerprints of decedents during or after autopsy as per developed procedures.
- Performs other duties as assigned.

There are no formal education or experience requirements for this position.

The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.