Pool staff are required to work four (4) twelve hour shifts per pay period (A pay period is two weeks).

1-shift in the office.

-Hours of work in the office are either 6:00am-6:00pm or 6:00pm-6:00am.

3-shifts are on call

-Pool Medicolegal Investigators are required to work two on call weeknight shifts per pay period. On-call weeknight coverage hours are designated as Monday through Thursday, starting at 6:00 p.m. and ending at 6:00 a.m. the following day.
-Pool Medicolegal Investigators are required to work one on call weekend shift per pay period. On-call weekend coverage hours are designated as Friday starting at 6:00 p.m. through Monday ending at 6:00 a.m.
-On-call hour duties include coverage of simultaneous calls, last minute shift vacancies, and other duties as assigned by the Director of Operations or Rock County Administration. Pool Medicolegal Investigators are required to respond to the office when on-call in less than 60 minutes from the initial call.

Compensation for on-call hours will be paid at a rate of $3.50 per hour while on call. If the pool Medicolegal Investigator is required to report to work while being on-call, the employee will be paid their regular rate of pay for time worked.

Additional hours may be available based on the staffing of the office.



Investigates and reports on the cause and manner of deaths; determines if a case falls under the Rock County Medical Examiner Department jurisdiction; and performs related work as required.

60% - Investigate death scenes to determine cause and manner of death in accordance with Wisconsin State Statutes.

-Investigate death scenes, take telephone reports of deaths where appropriate and reports findings to the pathologist to assist the determination of the cause and manner of death in accordance with Wisconsin State statues.
-Examines evidence at the scene to establish an initial assessment of the cause and manner of death as natural, suicidal, accidental, homicidal or undetermined.
-Assists in the identification of the decedent by examining the body , the scene of the death, and gathers additional information as needed.
-Collects and preserves physical evidence in accordance with the established chain of custody procedures.
-Notifies the next of kin personally or in conjunction with law enforcement, judicial agencies or chaplain service.
-Manages the removal of the body from the scene of death and the transport and accession to the morgue.35% - Obtains personal data and medical history on cases from hospital personnel, health care personnel, interviews with family, neighbors, friends and others, autopsies, etc. and issues appropriate documentation.

35% Obtains personal data and medical history on cases from health care personnel, interviews with family, neighbors, friends, others, autopsies, etc. and issues appropriate documentation.

-Testifies in civil and criminal court cases on the results of investigations and other expert information.
-Prepares and issues death certificates, disinterment permits, subpoenas, and other legally binding documents for embalming and cremation.
-Assists at autopsies and subsequent cleaning, stocking and preparation of the morgue.
-Assists at autopsy with photographic duties, collection and documentation of evidence recovered at postmortem examination.
-Establishes and maintains effective working and public relations with various local and state law enforcement agencies, federal officers, county departments, and the public.

5% - Performs other duties as required.· Considerable knowledge of Chapter 979 of the Wisconsin State Statutes concerning the investigation of death.
· Considerable knowledge of causes and manners of death and their manifestations with regard to the body, scene and history.
· Considerable knowledge of investigative techniques, principles, and practices used in the research of cause and manner of death.
· Considerable knowledge of the morphological aspects of the causes of death with special attention to necropsy.
· Working knowledge of medical terminology and medicine as it pertains to death and varying forms of trauma.
· Ability to communicate with survivors of the decedent.
· Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with other public agencies and the general public.
· Ability to interpret a death scene, identify items of evidence and assess the condition of the body.
· Ability to take proper photographs of scene, body and evidence for documentation.
· Ability to physically remove a body from the scene of death and supervise the transport of the body to the morgue insuring the preservation of any trace evidence.
· Ability to secure facts through investigation and inspections and to analyze and interpret these facts effectively.
· Ability to prepare and present accurate, objective, and thorough reports.
· Ability to work varies hours as needed in order to provide services to this 24/7 operation. -An associate degree in medicolegal death investigation, criminal justice, crime scene investigation, police science, anthropology, biology, anatomy, or pharmacology by the time of hire. The preferred candidate will have two (2) years of experience performing medicolegal death investigations. Candidates in possession of a Law Enforcement Certificate will be required to surrender the certificate to maintain employment.

-A equivalent combination of training and experience may be considered.

-Possession of a valid Wisconsin driver's license.

-Ability to work nights, weekends and holidays.

-Ability to respond to a death scene when on call in less than 60 minutes. (This may be at night and on weekends and holidays.)Physical elements:
· Ability to sit, stand, bend, stoop for extended periods of time.
· Ability to maneuver in the field at a death scene, which might involve walking distances on uneven ground, moving through snow covered ground, climbing stairs, getting into small awkward spaces, etc.
· Able to turn, move, position, and examine a dead body at a death scene.
· Able to lift a dead body with assistance (up to 80 lbs.).
· Able to place a dead body on a stretcher.

Equipment use:
·Cell phone
· Computer - enter data into data base
· Digital camera
· GPS equipment

Working conditions:
· Ability to work in extreme conditions, hot and cold.
· Able to work inside and outside.
· Exposure to blood and/or body fluids is highly likely.
· Able to work with people who have suffered a tragedy in their lives.