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.)