Medicolegal Administrative Specialist - Western (MEX09)
About The Position
The Virginia Department of Health, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME), Western District, located in Roanoke, Virginia, is seeking a full time/wage Medicolegal Administrative Specialist. This position is responsible for receiving in-person, telephone or written inquiries regarding death investigations of the Virginia Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. Additionally, this position will support the district’s medicolegal administrator and the forensic pathologists with correspondence and other administrative/fiscal/personnel duties as needed. Duties include reception, greeting and screening visitors, correctly responding to requests for information/assistance for a wide variety of community partners to include grieving families/friends of the decedent, public safety, Commonwealth attorneys, public health officials, private attorneys, funeral industry partners, insurance companies and others. May also require occasional travel throughout the district and state, ability to respond to disaster events as requested, ability to traverse rocky, uphill or otherwise unstable geographic locations. Please note: This position works in a morgue/forensic death investigation environment. There may be occasions in which job expectations require the incumbent to conduct duties in the morgue while forensic examinations are ongoing. This is an hourly-wage position with no benefits and limited to 1500 hours a year. • Wage employees serve at the will and pleasure of the appointing authority. • Continuing employment is based on available funding and business need. • Wage employees are not covered by the provisions of the Virginia Personnel Act. Therefore, they are not eligible for benefits which are provided to salaried employees, such as leave credits, holiday pay, insurance, access to the grievance procedure, etc. • Wage employees are paid only for the hours they actually work. • Virginia state law currently requires that agencies not permit wage employees to work in excess of 29 hours per week on average over the course of a year. Wage employees may not work for VDH beyond 1,500 hours during the period of May 1 – April 30 of the following year (the Standard Measurement Period). • Once a wage employee works the maximum of 1,500 hours during the Standard Measurement Period, the employee may be rehired as a wage employee of VDH only after the next Standard Measurement Period has begun. • Wage employees are eligible to apply for all classified positions for which recruitment has been initiated, including those limited to State Employees Only. • If a wage employee becomes employed in a classified position, he/she will be eligible to purchase retirement credit for the time worked as a wage employee. • Continuing employment is based on available funding and business need.
Requirements
- Knowledge of administrative and office principles and practices
- Proficient in the use of automated systems, word-processing, importing data into spreadsheets, creating new spreadsheets, manipulating data in existing spreadsheets, presentation software, proofreading and editing correspondence and reports, and creating PowerPoint presentations
- Ability to successfully interact and communicate with all levels of agency staff, government officials to include law enforcement and Commonwealth’s attorneys, local/state/federal legislators, and the general public, orally and in writing
- Ability to work independently, be self-motivated, maintain confidentiality and deal with sensitive issues, requiring discretion and sound judgement
Nice To Haves
- Experience in administrative/office or medical/morgue setting
- Understanding of the operations of state government, such as relevant programs, policies, and Virginia Code.
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What This Job Offers
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
1-10 employees
