Physician - Pathology - Kelsey Seybold Clinic at North Houston

Explore opportunities with Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, part of the Optum family of businesses. Work with one of the nation's leading health care organizations and build your career at one of our 40+ locations throughout Houston. Be part of a team that is nationally recognized for delivering coordinated and accountable care. As a multi-specialty clinic, we offer care from more than 900 medical providers in 65 medical specialties. Take on a rewarding opportunity to help drive higher quality, higher patient satisfaction and lower total costs. Join us and discover the meaning behind Caring. Connecting. Growing together.

Kelsey-Seybold Clinic is seeking a highly skilled and motivated Anatomic and Clinical Pathologist with outstanding diagnostic expertise to join our team. The ideal candidate must have solid anatomic pathology skills to include surgical pathology, cytology, and frozen section diagnostic skills, a desire to work collaboratively with a multidisciplinary team, and experience with clinical pathology to include peripheral smear review and knowledge of CLIA regulatory requirements as it applies to laboratory operations.

Primary Responsibilities

• Perform routine sign-out, providing high quality diagnosis of surgical pathology and cytology specimens by using a variety of microscope techniques, including light microscopy, special stains, immunohistochemical stains or other techniques
• Consults with referring physicians about ordering and interpreting tests or providing treatments
• Provides diagnostic information to the treating/referring physician in the form of a written pathology report
• Maintains compliance with departmental key performic indicators such as turnaround time and peer review metrics
• Perform frozen sections on a rotating basis
• Perform rapid on-site assessment (ROSE) of in-office fine needle aspirations as needed
• Participates in interdisciplinary treatment conferences
• Is available and on site during normal working hours to assist peers, administration, and staff with lab or pathology related questions
• Participates in proficiency testing programs and intradepartmental meetings to establish measures to ensure and improve accuracy of diagnoses and quality of care
• Participates in professional organizations, continuing medical educational conferences, and seminars to keep abreast of developments in pathology
• Perform gross examination, dissection and description of specimens according to procedure
• Provide oversight, assistance, and education of laboratory personnel in the processing of specimens
• May take photographs of specimens when indicated for patient reports or archival purposes
• May consult with peers or extra departmental consultants on difficult cases as requested or needed
• Adhere to HIPAA requirements as it pertains to protected health information (PHI)
• May perform on-call responsibilities
• Completes annual training programs within the required timeframe and regularly attends staff meetings
• Maintains strictest confidentiality
• Complies with all State, Federal, professional regulations as well as company and departmental rules, polices, and procedural manuals
• Adherence to CAP, CLIA, State Regulations, HIPAA, Safety and OSHA Regulations
• May be responsible for CLIA Laboratory Directorships of one or more clinical laboratories
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Complies with American Board of Pathology requirements for maintenance of certification and annual continuing medical education requirements for state licensure
• Gain/Maintains appropriate medical staff membership and privileges at applicable medical facilities

What makes an Optum Career different?

• Be part of a best-in-class employee experience that enables you to practice at the top of your license
• We believe that better care for clinicians equates to better care for patients
• We are influencing change collectively on a national scale while still maintaining the culture and community of our local care organizations
• Practice medicine autonomously, with the support, not restrictions, of a sustainable and thriving national health care organization

Kelsey-Seybold Clinic, a part of Optum, is Houston's premier multispecialty group practice, founded in 1949 by Dr. Mavis Kelsey in Houston's renowned Texas Medical Center. Kelsey-Seybold offers quality medical care in 65 medical specialties. The organization operates the largest freestanding Ambulatory Surgery Center in Texas. It offers state-of-the-art Varian TrueBeam and Varian Edge radiation therapy technology at a nationally accredited Cancer Center. Its comprehensive offerings include an accredited Sleep Center, comprehensive laboratory services, advanced imaging and diagnostics, and on-site Kelsey Pharmacy locations. Together, we're making health care work better for everyone.

You'll be rewarded and recognized for your performance in an environment that will challenge you and give you clear direction on what it takes to succeed in your role as well as provide development for other roles you may be interested in.

Required Qualifications

• Medical Degree (MD, DO)
• Accredited Residency training
• Licensed or willing to be licensed in the State of Texas
• Board Certified or Board Eligible
• Experience:
• Skill in written and verbal communications and ability to communicate well with referring providers
• Ability to establish and maintain positive relationships with employees, physicians, vendors, clients, and external agencies
• Ability to exercise initiative, problem solving, and decision making
• Ability to establish priorities and coordinate work activities
• Ability to work independently and make reliable recommendations and diagnoses in the care of treatment of patients
• Driver's License and access to a reliable transportation

Preferred Qualification

• Bilingual (English/Spanish) fluency

Compensation for this specialty generally ranges from $307,500 - $528,000. Total cash compensation includes base pay and bonus and is based on several factors including but not limited to local labor markets, education, work experience and may increase over time based on productivity and performance in the role. We comply with all minimum wage laws as applicable. In addition to your salary, we offer benefits such as, a comprehensive benefits package, incentive and recognition programs, equity stock purchase and 401k contribution (all benefits are subject to eligibility requirements). No matter where or when you begin a career with us, you'll find a far-reaching choice of benefits and incentives.

OptumCare is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer under applicable law and qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws, rules, or regulations.

OptumCare is a drug-free workplace. Candidates are required to pass a drug test before beginning employment.