Coronial Registrar

**Your key responsibilities
As Coronial Registrar you will:

- Receiving reports of deaths under s7;
- Considering whether deaths reported under s7 are reportable deaths;
- Making orders in relation to autopsies and testing under Part 3 Division 2;
- Authorising a doctor to issue a cause of death certificate under s12(2)(b)(iii) and s26(2)(b),
- Ordering the release of a body for burial under s26,
- Investigating non-inquest matters as directed by the State Coroner,
- Making findings under s45 in relation to deaths resulting from natural causes and other non-inquest matters as directed by the State Coroner,
- Making decisions about access to investigation documents under Part 3 Division,
and/or
- Consenting for organ and tissue retrieval under the Transplantation and Anatomy Act 1979 in relation to reportable deaths.
- Contribute to the ongoing development and review of the State Coroner's Guidelines and other tasks as requested by the State Coroner including contributing to coronial system reform to improve the delivery of coronial system services and promoting awareness of the coronial system.
- Undertake other activities at the direction of the Executive Director.

The work of the Coroners Court of Queensland will expose employees to disturbing material including offending behaviours, criminal activity and other explicit, distressing or offensive content. Employees will be required to engage with persons who have and may continue to experience distressing circumstances and/or are involved with the coronial system. Applicants should consider the above and their personal resilience and coping strategies to sustain working in confronting and challenging circumstances.

Applications to remain current for 12 months.
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