Physician Clinical Pathology

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

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