Field Investigator (Paid on-call) - Roseau County and Lake of the Woods County, MN

About the role

Join our team at Anoka County to serve your community while enjoying work-life balance. This is a part-time, temporary, on-call position located in Roseau County or Lake of the Woods, Minnesota.

Responsibilities

• Respond to death scenes in a timely manner, often on an on-call basis for a specific area especially for unexpected deaths.
• Perform detailed inspection and appropriate photographs of the body and surrounding area.
• Make presumptive identification and take steps to facilitate positive identification.
• Obtain demographics, and medical and social history by performing interviews of neighbors/friends, family, nursing staff, or primary physician including interview family and providing support in times of grief.
• Make preliminary determination of cause and manner of death at scene, determine if forensic autopsy is warranted, and assume or decline jurisdiction and confer with pathologist as needed.
• Assess body position, weapon position, wound types, physical postmortem changes and other pertinent factors; evaluate for consistency with scene and decedent's reported history.
• Ensure decedent's private property is secure prior to vacating death scene.
• Photograph and accurately document scene and circumstances.
• Collect, inventory and package property/evidence to be removed from the scene, maintaining strict chain of custody.
• Cookordinate and interact with all appropriate law enforcement and other investigative agencies on scene in a professional and courteous manner.
• Maintain a high level of confidentiality.
• Provide leadership, coaching, and/or mentoring to a subordinate group as assigned.

Qualifications and Requirements

• Minimum Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Needed:
  • Bachelor's degree and at least two years of job-related experience.
  • In lieu of the required education, an equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted on a year-for-year basis.
  • Valid driver's license and vehicle available for business use.
• Preferred Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Needed:
  • Degree in Physical or Social Sciences or Criminal Justice or related field.
  • Demonstrated ability to maintain high degree of confidentiality.
  • Demonstrated skill and ability to investigate, collect, interpret and report information regarding: death scenes (interviews, photographic documentation, specimen procurement devices); medical history (diagnoses, diagnostics, intervention, therapeutic accidents, prognoses, medical reference materials).
  • Demonstrated skill and ability to effectively communicate and respond to: grieving/highly distraught individuals, medical community, law enforcement, public safety agencies, funeral homes, community.
  • Demonstrated ability to organize and manage multiple activities while maintaining a high degree of precision.
  • Knowledge of pharmacological and medical terminology and disease processes helpful.