主要職責包括 - (a) 日常文書工作，包括預備統計報告、保存記錄和屍體剖驗報告並將之存檔、保存非耗用物品記錄和處理查詢； (b) 管理殮房和監督殮房前線人員； (c) 監督遺體接收、貯存和處置等措施的執行，安排貯存和處置遺體，準備及更新個案記錄和準備每日的總結報告； (d) 協助安排辨認死者遺體，以及向死者至親解釋有關程序；及 (e) 協助法醫科醫生準備和分送樣本進行特別化驗。 (備註： (1) 須在驗屍間工作。 (2) 可能須不定時工作。)

Mainly deployed on - (a) undertaking clerical routines including preparation of statistical reports, maintenance and filing of records and autopsy reports, keeping inventories and handling enquiries; (b) taking care of the mortuary and supervising frontline mortuary staff; (c) monitoring the body receipt, storage and disposal procedures, arranging the storage and disposal of bodies, preparing and updating case records and preparing daily returns; (d) assisting in arrangements for identification of deceased persons, and explaining its procedures to next-of-kin of the deceased; and (e) assisting pathologists in the preparation and dispatching of specimens for special examinations. (Remarks : (1) Required to work in post-mortem rooms. (2) May be required to work irregular hours.)