Criminalist III (Forensic Anthropologist)
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The Office of Chief Medical Examiner investigates cases of persons who die within New York City from criminal violence, by accident, by suicide, suddenly when in apparent health, when unattended by a physician, in a correctional facility, or in any suspicious or unusual manner or where an application is made pursuant to law for a permit to cremate a body of a person.
The core values of CARES guide our work for communities and inform our behavior toward each other and all those we serve.
\- Commitment: Dedicated to the mission at all times.
\- Accountability: Responsible to each other and the community.
\- Resilience: Adapt in the face of adversity.
\- Excellence: Achieve and maintain the highest quality.
\- Service: Innovate to meet evolving needs.
Under the general direction of the Director and Assistant Director of the Forensic Anthropology Unit, the incumbent is responsible for independently conducting the scientific analyses performed on specimens submitted to the Forensic Anthropology Unit. The incumbent is also responsible for responding to certain types of death scenes. Typical tasks include but are not limited to the following:
\- Perform daily casework involving analysis of skeletal, decomposed, mummified, burned and/or fragmented human remains.
\- Analyze cases for the purpose of decedent identification and/or assessment of skeletal trauma.
\- Participate in the peer-review process for casework.
\- Respond on site to death scenes as required (e.g., burials, scattered remains, fire scenes, mass fatalities, etc.)
\- Utilize NamUs for case upload and decedent identification efforts, including comparison of missing persons records with unidentified decedent records, conducting detailed analysis of OCME cold cases to successfully resolve challenging identifications, while working closely with the Identification Department.
\- Conduct analysis of World Trade Center remains and associated case files as pa...
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