Why Fraser Health?

The Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology at Fraser Health is inviting applications for two full‑time positions in Forensic Pathology. The Forensic Pathologist is responsible for autopsy investigations conducted into sudden and unexpected or unnatural deaths reportable to the BC Coroners Service (BCCS), in accordance with the Coroners Act, for the province of British Columbia. The purpose of these investigations is to support identification of the decedent together with the cause and manner of death, to provide documentation and expert opinion to assist with resolving civil and criminal matters that arise from a death, and to support the Coroners Service in providing a sound source of data for deaths investigated by coroners in British Columbia as an aid to preventing similar deaths from occurring in the future. The incumbent will serve as a Forensic Pathologist by conducting autopsies (including the provision of expert testimony in court as ...