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Real Time Overdose Surveillance Intern II [ https://www.governmentjobs.com/careers/kingcounty/jobs/4676184 ] 10/01/2024 12:59 PM PDT
The King County Medical Examiner’s Office is an interesting and challenging place to work. We deal with all sudden, unexpected, and unnatural deaths in the county. The office is home to a robust educational program—from forensic pathology fellowship, to a weekly CME conference, to a large number of interns. This is an environment where everyone is learning. The Real Time Overdose Surveillance Team was created to address the large increase in overdose deaths in King County. They do in-house testing to produce toxicology results in hours, rather than months, look for overdose trends, and produce publications for partner agencies. In the Overdose Fatality Review, multidisciplinary teams review deaths, and create recommendations for law enforcement, public health, behavioral health and others. 

This is an opportunity to do some laboratory testing, report test results to pathologists, observe (and take notes at) King County’s Overdose Fatality Review, and help produce publications. It’s a chance to see the intense impact of the overdose epidemic, and to see everything that happens at the Medical Examiner’s Office. Past interns have been majors in criminal justice or biology or public health. 

This is an internship and therefore is all about learning—learning about the work of a medical examiner’s office and learning about the current overdose crisis in King County. Additionally, there is a Continuing Medical Education conference weekly that interns can attend. This is also an opportunity to show your talents and work ethics to MEO staff. Currently, there are 5 staff members who started as interns at KCMEO (2 in investigations, 1 on the RTOS, 1 in administration, and 1 in autopsy). 

Interns work 16 hours per week for *(1) one year*. They get information on the day’s cases, and the testing requested on each by the pathologists, and then conduct tests on decedent blood, drugs and drug paraphernalia found at the death scene. They enter the results and report them out. They will help to gather and input additional data, and put it into publications, reports, or information for the Overdose Fatality Review (OFR) that takes place every other month. They may attend OFR, and attend some morning or afternoon rounds at the medical examiner’s office. 

*Commitment To Equity and Social Justice*
Named after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., one of the most influential civil rights leaders in our nation's history, King County is a vibrant international community with residents that represent countries from around the world. It is a region with increasing diversity that cherishes the traditions of many cultures.
 
The county government has a deep commitment to equity and social justice and advancing practices, strategies, and policies that promote fairness, justice, and opportunity for all – in our workplaces and our communities. With this commitment, King County has adopted a pro-equity agenda to advance regional change and ensure that residents from all communities are incorporated into our emergency planning and public outreach efforts.
 
We recognize that structural racism consists of principles and practices that cause and justify an inequitable distribution of rights, opportunities, and experiences across racial groups. Since declaring Racism is a Public Health Crisis in June 2020, King County and Public Health committed to being intentionally anti-racist and accountable to Black, Indigenous and People of Color communities.
 
To learn more, please visit http://www.kingcounty.gov/elected/executive/equity-social-justice.aspx
 
*Work Schedule*
Depends on school schedule, but* 16 hours per week*, divided into *2 to 3 days* between the hours of *7am and 3:30pm*.
 
*Work Location*
**Must work on site* *King County Medical Examiner - 908 Jefferson Street.  body { font-size: 1em; font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; color: #333333; }

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