Decedent Affairs Coordinator


Job Identification: 672684
Posting Date: 08/28/2025, 12:14 PM
Job Schedule: Part time
Locations:

Job Description:
IInova Fairfax Medical Campus is looking for a dedicated Decedent Affairs Coordinator to join the team! This role will be PRN, Weekend days, 8:30am-2:30pm

Inova is consistently ranked as national healthcare leader in safety, quality and patient experience. We are also proud to be consistently recognized as a top employer in both the D.C. metro area and the nation.

Featured Benefits:

• Committed to Team Member Health: offering medical, dental and vision coverage, and a robust team member wellness program.
• Retirement: Inova matches the first 5% of eligible contributions - starting on your first day.
• Tuition and Student Loan Assistance: offering up to $5,250 per year in education assistance and up to $10,000 for student loans.
• Mental Health Support: offering all Inova team members, their spouses/partners, and their children 25 mental health coaching or therapy sessions, per person, per year, at no cost.
• Work/Life Balance: offering paid time off, paid parental leave, flexible work schedules, and remote and hybrid career opportunities.

Decedent Affairs Coordinator Job Responsibilities:

• Documents information in support of complex case management.
• Manages the Decedent Affairs process and communicates information to the Decedent Affairs team.
• Makes determinations on each death and reports all appropriate deaths to the County Medical Examiner and/or State Medical Examiner in accordance with state laws.
• Manages the activities of patient deaths from the time of death to the final disposition of remains.
• Performs critical identification functions to ensure the right body goes to the right funeral home.
• Acting as gatekeeper for morgue admissions/removals while ensuring compliance with The Joint Commission and Red Rules requirements to reduce the legal liability of the hospital.
• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Requirements:

• Minimum Education: Bachelor's degree (or relevant experience in lieu of degree equivalent to 4 years)
• Years of Experience: Two years of experience in healthcare, social work or science field setting

Preferred Requirements:

• Decedent Affairs experience preferred

About Us:
We are Inova, Northern Virginia's leading nonprofit healthcare provider. Every day, our 26,000+ team members provide world-class healthcare to the communities we serve. Our people are the reason we're a national leader in healthcare safety, quality and patient experience. And from best-in-class facilities to professional development opportunities, we support them at every step. At Inova, we're constantly striving to be ever better - to shape a more compassionate future for healthcare.

Inova Health System is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, marital status, national or ethnic origin, political affiliation, pregnancy (including childbirth, pregnancy-related conditions and lactation), race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristics protected by law.


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