Applications are invited from suitably qualified persons to fill the vacant post of Forensic Pathologist (MDG/MO4) in the Legal Medicine Unit, Ministry of National Security, with salary range J$2,388,350 – J$2,838,998 and any other allowances.
Under the direction of the Director, Legal Medicine, the incumbent will be required to carry out the following duties:
• Autopsies
• On the spot post mortem examinations on decomposed bodies
• Exhumations
• Attend court to give evidence
• Visit crime scenes and collect samples for trace evidence
• Supervise the work of district medical officers
• Assist the Director in the investigation of medico-legal problems to ensure that adequate solutions are obtained
• Communicate with the police and the Director of Public Prosecutions and offer consultations
• Examine skeletal remains and give opinion
• Conduct lecture demonstrations at the morgue to police trainers, nursing students, law students and medical students. Deliver lectures to police on medico-legal investigation of death
Required Qualifications and Experience
• M.D. with specialized training in Forensic Pathology
• At least five (5) years related work experience
• Excellent communication skills. The successful candidate must be fluent (oral and written) in the English Language.
Applications accompanied by resumes should be sent to:
Senior Director,
Human Resource Management & Administration
Ministry of National Security
NCB Towers – Floor North Tower
2 Oxford Road,
Kingston 5
No later than February 27, 2009
