Office of the Chief Medical Examiner seeks Supply Technician - $42k to $55k

This position is located in the District of Columbia, Office of the Chief Medical Examiner (OCME), Office of the Deputy Chief Medical Examiner, Emergency Management and Response Unit. The position provides administrative and logistical support for the purchase, maintenance, deployment, and training on the use of resources, supplies, and equipment utilized in local and regional fatality management exercises and incidents.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Assists the Supervisor in the selection and purchase of resources, supplies, and equipment for utilization by agency personnel in fatality management training exercises or incidents. This includes assisting in the determination of and provision to the appropriate entities documentation requirements and the development and maintenance of a cache inventory and equipment tracking methodologies, including manual, database, and barcode systems. 

Assists Medico-Legal Investigators (MLI), Forensic Investigators (FI), or Medical Examiners (ME) at death scenes in performing initial examination of remains. Responds to notifications by the Forensic Investigations Unit for routine transport of decedents from hospital and nursing home facilities, and scenes of unusual circumstances. Transports remains to and from the OCME for the purpose of public disposition and as needed at the direction of the Chief Medical Examiner or designee. Complies with chain of custody policies for the transport of remains. Drives agency's transport vehicles for body recovery and staff transport to and from the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

Performs the intake of remains processes including automated and manual documentation of body transport, height/weight measurements, personal property, and placement of remains in refrigerated storage; verification of decedent's tentative identification and placement of identification bands/tags on remains; properly labeling body bag; arranging paperwork such as the anatomical diagrams, autopsy report protocols, requisition and consultation forms; assembling scales, case labels, DNA blood cards, fingerprint cards, toxicology bags; and preparing specimen containers, etc. Maintains decedent log books for intake and storage of remains.

Responsible for assisting in ensuring that the agency fatality management equipment cache is in an appropriate state of readiness for immediate deployment and the packaging, transporting, distributing, and maintenance of the fatality management equipment cache before and during deployments. Responsible for the security and accountability of all components of the equipment cache and response vehicles. Responsible for procuring all items, including shelter, sanitation, security, food and water, needed to sustain OCME field operators during prolonged deployments or training exercises.