Physician (Pathologist)

Job Title

Physician

Duties

The physician must be Board Certified in Anatomic and/or Clinical Pathology and possess an active license in any state or territory in the United States, and must maintain privileges at all times at the Cincinnati VAMC, and maintain professional competency as indicated in their delineation of privileges. Duties include, but are not limited to the following core tasks:

• Participate in Surgical Pathology, Cytopathology, Autopsy services, and Clinical Pathology. Not all pathologists are expected to function in all disciplines. The work assignment will depend upon training, expertise, competency, specialty training and/or certification.
• Participate in Multidisciplinary on-site interdepartmental conferences such as tumor board etc. Offsite conferences need to be approved by the service chief first.
• Participate in QA, Performance and dashboards for pathology and for Cincinnati VAMC.
• On-call 24/7 (Anatomic and/or Clinical) as delineated in monthly rotation schedule.
• Required to participate in training and supervision of trainees and Residents.
• Professional overseeing of lab operations (Anatomic and/or Clinical).
• Participate in departmental meetings, QA process or task delegated by Chief of Service to achieve the mission of Pathology and Lab Medicine Services and VA.
• Provide support and educational interactions to pathology staff (technicians, transcriptionists, technologists, supervisors, lab managers and administrative staff).
• Meet turnaround time requirements for surgical, Non-Gyn cytology, Gyn cytology, FNA, autopsy, or other cases as defined by VHA pathology policy and performance measures.
• Fulfilling all requirements related to CAP, The Joint Commission (TJC), and VHA pathology policies and procedures.
• The physician will be responsible to ensure that the staff and trainees meet VHA performance measure goals.
• The physician may also be assigned duty as a supervising or collaborating physician for one or more mid-level providers.
• The physician will participate on hospital committees as assigned.
• Pathologists are responsible for providing Comprehensive Pathology Care for Veterans. The provider should, in the context of a longitudinal relationship, fulfill all pathology care needs including gender and age specific Pathology conditions and diagnosis. The pathologist will coordinate and communicate with the clinical provider regarding the diagnosis to ensure continuity of care.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday; 8:00 am - 4:30 pm or 7:30 am- 4:00 pm

Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Not being offered.

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