Forensic Pathology Officer Grade 1-2 (x2 posts)

📝 About the role

Two forensic pathology officer posts serving Worcester and Ceres. The work involves recovering, storing and processing the deceased and assisting during autopsies. Grade 1 needs no experience but a driver's licence and matric with Maths and Life Science are required.

✅ Key duties

• Effective and efficient recovery, storage and processing of deceased
• An effective forensic autopsy process rendered in accordance with set standards and guidelines. -Optimal control of reports and statements during and after the Forensic Mortuary process
• An effective and efficient Management of Unknown corpses
• An efficient support service to the Manager with regard to Corporate and Clinical Governance functions of the Forensic Pathology Laboratory

🎓 Requirements

• Minimum educational qualification: Senior Certificate with having achieved mathematics and Life Science and/or Biology as passed subjects
• Experience: Grade 1: None
• Grade 2: 10 year’s appropriate experience
• Inherent requirement of the job: Valid Code B/EB driver’s license
• Ability to work under pressure
• Willingness to be trained in Forensic Investigation and Dissection
• Ability to work with and lift corpses, (mutilated, decomposed, infectious viruses, obese)