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Monroe County Florida is seeking applicants for the position of District 16 Chief Medical examiner serving the Florida Keys. The applicant needs to be certified by the American Board of Pathology in Forensic Pathology, have at a minimum three years post fellowship experience as an associate medical examiner or equivalent, and be eligible for a Florida State Medical License.
The position has historically consisted of a single forensic pathologist and two support staff who operate as a contracted entity through the Monroe County Board of County Commissioners with a current total budget of $517,992.00. The pathologist will be responsible for all facets of medical / legal death investigation and the administration of the offices day-to-day operation within the county. Please visit the Florida Medical Examiner Commission web site below for office workload statistics.
A state of the art 9500 sq/ft, three building facility consisting of an administration office, main morgue, and a decomposition morgue will be open by the early part of June 2008. This facility is ideally located on Crawl Key in the Middle Keys approximately 5 miles northeast of the City of Marathon. See web site below for description and photographs.
Monroe County consists of a majority of Everglades National Park, and a chain of small islands known as the Keys extending from Biscayne Bay to Fort Jefferson National Park 90 mi west of Key West.
For additional information please contact: Dr. Michael Hunter, Medical Examiner at (305) 684-2473; Catherine Vogel, Chief Assistant State Attorney, 530 Whitehead Street, Suite 201, Key West, FL 33040, Telephone: (305) 292-3400; or Reggie Paros, Monroe County, 9400 Overseas Highway, Suite 200, Marathon, FL 33050, Telephone: (305) 289-6002
Medical Examiner Facility Information:
http://www.monroecounty-fl.gov/Pages/MonroeCoFL_Engineering/projects/medExaminers/index
Link for Florida MEC Annual Reports:
http://www.fdle.state.fl.us/cjst/mec/HistoricalMECPublications.html |