主要職責包括 - (a) 處理日常文書工作，包括編製統計報告，備存各項記錄和屍體剖驗報告並將之存檔，保存非耗用物品記錄，以及處理查詢； (b) 管理殮房和監督殮房前線人員； (c) 監察接收、貯存和處置遺體的程序，安排貯存和處置遺體，編製和更新個案記錄，以及編製每日報表； (d) 協助安排辨認死者，並向死者至親解釋有關程序；以及 (e) 協助法醫科醫生預備和運送樣本作特別化驗。 (備註： (1) 須在驗屍間工作。 (2) 或須不定時工作。 (3) 必要時須被派駐本署各個殮房工作。)

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. (3) Subject to deployment to various mortuaries within the Department as and when required.)