Salary Range: $25,477 - $28,089 Monthly
Add annual salary: $305,724 - $337,068
(7.5% differential added to base pay with board certification)
(4% Cost of Living adjustment January 1, 2027)
Location: Eugene, Oregon
The Oregon State Police, Oregon State Medical Examiner's Office in Eugene, Oregon is hiring for one (1) Full-Time, Permanent Deputy State Medical Examiner position.
This recruitment will remain open until March 10, 2027, or until filled, with application review dates occurring approximately every two weeks beginning September 25, 2026. We may close the announcement at any time after the review date if we have received an adequate number of applications. We cannot guarantee that we will consider applications received after this screening date. We encourage interested applicants not to delay in applying.
The State Medical Examiner's Office is the sole provider of forensic pathology services throughout Oregon. Our team closely collaborates with the county medical examiners and medical legal death investigators employed by each county's death investigation program, providing technical supervision of all medicolegal death investigations.
Deputy State Medical Examiners are stationed in the Portland metro area (Clackamas), Eugene, and Central Point, Oregon. Forensic pathologists at the State Medical Examiner's Clackamas location currently perform all medical legal autopsies for Northwestern, Eastern, and Central Oregon; however, recent years have seen significant expansion of our program. This growth includes development of a state-of-the-art State Medical Examiner facility in Eugene that is currently underway. The estimated date of completion for this facility is early 2029. This position will be the first one to provide services at the new facility when it is completed. In the interim, the pathologist that fills this position will perform forensic autopsies at PeaceHealth Sacred Heart Medical Center at Riverbend in Springfield, Oregon. Office space will be provided in a nearby OSP facility.
Our forensic pathologists are supported by a wonderful staff of well-trained autopsy technicians and administrative specialists. Our team also includes a full-time forensic anthropologist who oversees Oregon's Unidentified Human Remains program and provides a variety of consultant services on cases of skeletal remains. Toxicology testing is performed on-site by an ANSI National Accreditation Board (ANAB) accredited laboratory.
Our office's work includes a teaching program providing regular lectures on legal medicine and death investigation to many groups, including students from Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) and Western University School Of Osteopathic Medicine, law students, pathology residents, medical legal death investigators, police officers, and healthcare professionals.
Forensic pathology fellows are encouraged to apply for this position. Interested fellows will start employment in our main facility in Clackamas. The fellow will first spend time working collaboratively with our program's senior forensic pathologists as they learn how Oregon's system functions and gain the necessary skills to practice independently. Upon demonstration of those skills, the fellow will transition to their permanent assignment. We anticipate that this will encompass the first year of employment but may be shorter depending on the candidate's progress and level of comfort.
We offer paid licensure renewals, CME, professional memberships, and annual conference attendance, as well as generous relocation expense reimbursement.
You will:
You must be able to provide credible sworn testimony in a criminal or civil proceeding arising from the performance of duties. This includes cogently, accurately, and appropriately qualifying and explaining any results, conclusions, and opinions so their significance is understood.
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What's in it for you?
Minimum Qualifications (these must be addressed in your resume for full consideration):
Graduation from an approved school of medicine with an MD or DO degree. Board certification or qualification for certification in anatomic or clinical/anatomic pathology from the American Board of Pathology (ABP) at time of hire. Board certification in forensic pathology within two years of hiring. Licensed to practice medicine in Oregon or the ability to obtain one at time of hire.
Note: If you are selected to move forward in the selection process, you must provide official transcripts from all institutions of higher education that were used in the award of your degree.
A salary differential of 7.5% of base pay will be added upon board certification in forensic pathology.
Preferred Skills:
This recruitment announcement will be used to establish a list of qualified candidates to fill the current vacancy and may be used to fill future vacancies as they occur.
The use of outside resources such as Artificial Intelligence software during applicant skill assessments, examinations, and/or interviews is prohibited unless otherwise stated by the hiring agency. Unauthorized use of outside resources during the hiring process will result in disqualification.
Special Qualifications:
Selection Process:
How to Apply:
Apply in Workday by the deadline listed above, failure to submit your application by 11:59PM of the above listed date will result in automatic disqualification of your application. You must submit a resume demonstrating your experience as it relates to the minimum qualifications for the position. In addition to a resume, please submit a cover letter no more than two pages in length addressing how you meet each preferred skill for this position. Failure to attach a resume addressing the minimum qualifications will result in disqualification of your application. Please submit these documents in either MS Word or PDF format. Documents submitted in formats other than MS Word or PDF will not be reviewed. Please only attach documents that are requested in this posting. Any additional documents that are submitted at this stage will not be reviewed. However, if you are invited to interview with us, you may bring additional documents with you. After applying be sure that you answer the questionnaires related to citizenship and Veteran's Preference points. In order to receive Veteran's Preference points, this is a required questionnaire.
The Oregon State Police does not offer visa sponsorships.
U.S. Veteran and/or Oregon National Guard Servicemember Status Designation:
Eligible veterans and Oregon National Guard servicemembers (current and former) who meet the qualifications of the position will be awarded candidate preference.
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