Vidant Health - Greenville, NC
posted 7 days ago
ECU Health is a mission-driven, 1,708-bed academic health care system serving more than 1.4 million people in 29 eastern North Carolina counties. The not-for-profit system is comprised of 13,000 team members, nine hospitals and a physician group that encompasses over 1,100 academic and community providers practicing in over 180 primary and specialty clinics located in more than 130 locations. The flagship ECU Health Medical Center, a Level I Trauma Center, and ECU Health Maynard Childrens Hospital serve as the primary teaching hospitals for the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. ECU Health and the Brody School of Medicine share a combined academic mission to improve the health and well-being of eastern North Carolina through patient care, education and research. The position of Medical Examiner involves investigating the circumstances of a variety of deaths, including unexplained or violent deaths, that fall under the jurisdiction of the North Carolina Office of the Chief Medical Examiner. The death investigator gathers information about the case to assist the forensic pathologist in determining the cause and manner of death. Duties include examination of the deceased, examination of death scenes, collection and preservation of evidence, and ensuring that deaths are investigated according to established standards of practice. Death investigators are also required to participate in after-hours on-call on a rotational basis.