Health Ministry searching for candidates for the position of Suicide Registrar

• Published date: 21 April 2024
• Author: JERUSALEM POST STAFF
• Publication title: Jerusalem Post, The: Web Edition Articles (Israel)

This is the first time a role like this has been established within the Health Ministry. The position is open for candidates who are licensed doctors or nurses or those who have a doctorate in epidemiology or public health

Doctors interested in the position must have two years of experience. Candidates with a doctorate must have two years of professional experience in analyzing medical data or epidemiological data.

The registrar's duties will encompass identifying death notices lacking clear causes or with uncertain circumstances, probing cases of suspected suicide, engaging professionals, health bureaus, and medical centers in case reviews, updating Central Bureau of Statistics data, and devising methodologies to enhance monitoring of causes of death and suicide.

The registrar will also be tasked with preparing reports in the fields of practice and generating insights to improve the registration of causes of death and suicide.

A decision was made to create the position in 2022, but no progress was made in hiring someone to fill it or even in publishing a tender to fill it until now.

The Bishvil Hahayim association noted in a Facebook post about the position earlier this month that "this registrar will make...