About this opportunity
US Department of Veterans Affairs lists this Physician Clinical Pathology opportunity in west haven, Connecticut. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
Medical Director For Transfusion Medicine
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Pay: Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases
Paid Time Off: 50-55 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year and possible 5 day paid absence for CME)
Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)
Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory
CME: Possible $1,000 per year reimbursement (must be full-time with board certification)
Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided
Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting
Description of duties:
Serves as the Medical Director for Transfusion Medicine within the Pathology & Laboratory Medicine service line within VA Connecticut Healthcare System. The selected pathologist must be Board Certified by the American Board of Pathology in Clinical and/or Anatomic Pathology. The extent of duties performed by the staff pathologist is dependent on the individual's documented training, certification and credentialing. The potential breadth of duties is described below:
Clinical Pathology: Understand organization and principles of clinical laboratory testing. Provide consultation and guidance regarding transfusion medicine consultations, hematologic, microbiologic, molecular diagnostic and chemistry analysis. Advanced subspecialty training in clinical pathology may provide additional expertise. Some examples are providing expert consultation and guidance in the following areas:
Transfusion medicine
Molecular diagnostics
Microbiology
Anatomic Pathology: Derive diagnosis from gross and microscopic examination of tissues and other materials submitted by biopsy or surgical procedures. This includes interpretation of tissues submitted intraoperatively for frozen section diagnosis. Advanced subspecialty training in surgical pathology may provide additional expertise. Provide expert diagnostic interpretations within the following areas:
Hematopathology
Dermatopathology
Genitourinary pathology
Gastrointestinal Pathology
Cytopathology
Meet defined service and institutional level quality performance measures. Participate in or initiate laboratory or institutional quality improvement and management programs.
Administrative: Participate in laboratory oversight to the extent assigned and serve on institutional level committees and workgroups.
Research: Support VHA research mission through participation in collaborative or self-initiated research projects.
Work Schedule: Monday - Friday; 8am - 4:30pm
Worksite address
west haven, CT, 06516, US
Who can apply
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