Compensation Overview

Job Description

OFFICE OF CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER CITYWIDE JOB VACANCY NOTICE

Civil Service Title: X-Ray Technician
Level: I
Title Code No: 51310
Salary: $53,567-$60,531
Division/Work Unit: X-Ray
Work Location: Citywide
Hours/Shift: Thirty-five hours over five days; may include weekends and holidays.
Number of Positions: 1

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 create a body of a person.

We exist to provide answers in support of families, victims and community during times of profound need.

The core values of the OCME are to put the mission of the agency first, to be truly dedicated and to have integrity in every aspect of our professional life. Under direct supervision, selected candidate will be responsible for but not limited to the following:

- Prepares and positions decedent to take forensic x-ray pictures according to standard procedures or as prescribed by the Pathologist in-charge.
- Adjusts x-ray equipment and operates controls to obtain correct exposure
- Ensures that cases are properly identified and maintains required records.
- Operates, maintains and adjusts equipment.
- Cleaning apparatus as necessary.
- Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent, and a valid license as a General Radiological Technologist issued by the State of New York. This license must be maintained for the duration of employment in this title.

NOTES:
1. For appointment to Assignment Level III, in addition to meeting the above
requirement, all candidates must have two years of satisfactory, full-time
experience as an X-Ray Technician, which must have been in a supervisory
capacity.
2. For assignment to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner only, one year of
satisfactory full-time experience operating X-Ray apparatus and auxiliary
equipment may be substituted for the above-cited license.