Molecular Pathologist / CLIA Director - MoCha
for section headings like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. However we must only include sections when posting has real specific content. We need to map content to these headings.
We have: About the role: could be program description and overview. Responsibilities: list of duties. Requirements: basic qualifications? Or Qualifications: basic and preferred? Skills: expected competencies? Benefits: pay and benefits? Pay: salary range. Schedule: maybe mention full-time onsite.
We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID etc.
We must not include boilerplate like EEO, commitment to non-discrimination, etc. Remove those.
We must preserve all substantive info; do not invent or summarize away detail. Must not create sections with filler like "commensurate with experience". Pay and benefits: we have salary range and description of benefits. So we can have Pay section with salary range, Benefits section with list of benefits.
Schedule: we have "This position will be full-time onsite and located in Frederick, Maryland." That's schedule info (full-time onsite). So we can include Schedule section.
We must not include duplicated lines.
We need to use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose.
We need to decide which headings to include: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements (or Qualifications), Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Possibly also Qualifications? The instruction says use headings e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. It seems we can choose among them. We should avoid redundancy: maybe combine Requirements and Qualifications? But they are separate headings. We could put basic qualifications under Requirements, preferred under Qualifications? Or we could put both under Qualifications. However we need to follow instruction: "Use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." It's examples, not mandatory to use all. We should include sections that have content.
Let's map:
- About the role: program description overview (The Frederick National Laboratory..., Program Description, etc.)
- Responsibilities: list of duties (Key Roles/Responsibilities and Responsibilities bullet list). We'll combine.
- Requirements: basic qualifications (must minimally meet). Could be under Requirements.
- Qualifications: preferred qualifications (candidates with these desired skills). Could be under Qualifications.
- Skills: expected competencies (Excellent communication skills, etc.) Could be under Skills.
- Benefits: list of benefits (Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement). Also maybe mention competitive compensation? But that's pay.
- Pay: salary range ($181,200.00 - $303,250.00 USD) and note about compensation.
- Schedule: full-time onsite located in Frederick, Maryland.
We must not include fluff like "Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision..." That's prose but we can keep as
under Benefits or Pay? It's generic but still substantive? It's somewhat boilerplate but it's part of the posting. The instruction: remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. The paragraph about Pay and benefits being fundamental is not exactly boilerplate but could be considered generic. However it's part of the "Pay And Benefits" section. We might keep it as prose under Benefits or Pay. It's not disallowed. We'll keep it.
We must not include the line "More details are available here 181,200.00 - 303,250.00 USD" weird formatting. Actually the text: "More details are available here 181,200.00 - 303,250.00 USD". We'll extract salary range.
We must not include the note about posted pay range being guideline etc. That's substantive? It's about compensation; we can keep as prose under Pay.
We must not include the line about "The salary range posted is a full-time equivalent salary and will vary depending on scheduled hours for part time positions". That's also about pay; keep.
Now produce HTML.
Structure:
About the role
... (program description etc.)
Responsibilities
- ... each duty
Requirements
- ... each basic qualification
Qualifications
- ... each preferred qualification
Skills
- ... each expected competency
Benefits
... (benefits description)
- ... each benefit
Pay
... (salary range and notes)
Schedule
... (full-time onsite location)
We need to ensure we don't duplicate content. Let's extract specifics.
About the role: combine the introductory paragraphs: "The Frederick National Laboratory is operated by Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc. The lab addresses some of the most urgent and intractable problems in the biomedical sciences in cancer and AIDS, drug development and first-in-human clinical trials, applications of nanotechnology in medicine, and rapid response to emerging threats of infectious diseases. Accountability, Compassion, Collaboration, Dedication, Integrity and Versatility; it's the FNL way. Program Description The Molecular Characterization Laboratory (MoCha) is part of Leidos Biomedical Research’s Clinical Research Directorate (CRD) at the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research. Our laboratory consists of a dynamic team of over 40 scientific, informatics and support staff. For 14 years, MoCha has worked closely with the National Cancer Institute’s Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (DCTD) in support of DCTD-sponsored clinical trials and pre-clinical studies. We are dedicated to implementing cutting-edge genomic technologies to identify new predictive biomarkers and to make translational discoveries that will improve the lives of patients with cancer."
We'll put that in .
Responsibilities: list from "Key Roles/Responsibilities" and the bullet list under Responsibilities.
Key Roles/Responsibilities paragraph: "The successful candidate will serve as CLIA Director of the Molecular Characterization Laboratory’s two CLIA laboratories, directly participating in review of next-generation sequencing (NGS) and other clinical assay results and generation of the final patient reports. This role will provide critical support for NCI-sponsored clinical studies to include clinical trial management, regulation and protocol development for the large NCI precision oncology initiatives ComboMATCH, iMATCH and myeloMATCH. The position will oversee the development and/or validation of new clinical assays and genomic technologies. The successful candidate will be part of the senior leadership team and expected to make substantial contributions to the overall success of the laboratory including presenting findings at scientific conferences and publish in peer-reviewed journals."
Then Responsibilities bullet list:
- Support R&D laboratory projects involving NGS and gene expression profiling from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded specimens
- Lead assay development and, when needed, analytical validation
- Lead and contribute to research focused on identification and verification of predictive biomarkers
- Represent the CLIA laboratories as part of regulatory meetings
- Support best practices for clinical testing and maintaining CLIA compliance, with support from the Quality Assurance group
- Independently perform pathology review duties
- Support histological verification of clinical specimens and the histopathological analysis of patient-derived xenograft models for DCTD studies
- Present findings at scientific conferences and to NCI leadership; publish in peer-reviewed journals
- Supervise laboratory staff
- Collaborate with NCI colleagues and with thought leaders to support translational studies conducted by NCI’s National Clinical Trials Network.
- Mentoring and developing junior scientists and staff in diagnostic assay development and translational research will be a key responsibility of this position
- This position will be full-time onsite and located in Frederick, Maryland. (Actually schedule, but we can keep here or move to Schedule. We'll move schedule to its own section.)
We should not duplicate the schedule line; we'll put schedule separately.
Thus responsibilities list includes all except the schedule line.
We'll create
- for each.
Requirements (basic qualifications): list each bullet.
Basic Qualifications paragraph: "To be considered for this position, you must minimally meet the knowledge, skills, and abilities listed below:" then list.
We'll extract each:
- Active, unrestricted medical license in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States, or in the District of Columbia. Will be required to obtain State of Maryland Medical License once offer is accepted. Foreign degrees must be evaluated for U.S. equivalency
- Board certification in anatomic and/or clinical pathology
- Board certification in molecular pathology at time offer is accepted
- A minimum of three (3) years of experience directing or supervising high complexity testing in the field of oncology and/or molecular pathology
- In-depth understanding of NGS assay and other common clinical/research platforms including in the areas of quality metrics, germline and/or somatic assay results, and variant interpretation
- Ability to perform genomic analyses using NGS tools such as Integrative Genomics Viewer (IGV)
- Professional mastery of clinical research concepts and expertise in clinical research protocol implementation and management
- Familiarity with guidelines for clinical assay development (e.g., CLIA, NYSDOH, CAP, FDA)
- Ability to successfully perform in a highly matrixed team environment
- Ability to provide scientific leadership and direction for research projects
- Working knowledge of Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) and CMS CLIA regulations or equivalent standards programs (e.g., CAP)
- Ability to perform responsibilities of a Laboratory Director as specified in 42CFR493.1445
- Strong writing skills and ability to author documents including manuscripts, meeting abstracts and posters, standard operating procedures, and clinical protocols
- Must possess basic Microsoft Office skills
- Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance
We'll put each as
- .
Qualifications (preferred qualifications): list:
- Experience with relevant molecular (e.g. RT-PCR) and protein-based clinical assays (e.g., IHC, IFA, mass spectrometry)
- Familiarity with patient-derived xenograft models and pre-clinical drug studies
- Experience with federally regulated research, clinical trials and/or pharmaceutical studies
- Board certification in Laboratory Genetics and Genomics
- Prior experience managing and mentoring scientific staff
Skills (expected competencies): list:
- Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
- In‐depth understanding of commonly used molecular biology techniques, oncology and clinical research
- Ability to work effectively in a team‐oriented environment
Benefits: The paragraph: "Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available here"
We can keep the prose
then list benefits: competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave, Retirement.
But note competitive compensation is also pay; but we can still list as benefit.
Pay: salary range: "$181,200.00 - $303,250.00 USD". Also note: "The posted pay range for this job is a general guideline and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include, but are not limited to, responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as internal equity, and alignment with market data. The salary range posted is a full-time equivalent salary and will vary depending on scheduled hours for part time positions
for prose. We need to decide which headings to include: About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements (or Qualifications), Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Possibly also Qualifications? The instruction says use headings e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. It seems we can choose among them. We should avoid redundancy: maybe combine Requirements and Qualifications? But they are separate headings. We could put basic qualifications under Requirements, preferred under Qualifications? Or we could put both under Qualifications. However we need to follow instruction: "Use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule)." It's examples, not mandatory to use all. We should include sections that have content. Let's map: - About the role: program description overview (The Frederick National Laboratory..., Program Description, etc.) - Responsibilities: list of duties (Key Roles/Responsibilities and Responsibilities bullet list). We'll combine. - Requirements: basic qualifications (must minimally meet). Could be under Requirements. - Qualifications: preferred qualifications (candidates with these desired skills). Could be under Qualifications. - Skills: expected competencies (Excellent communication skills, etc.) Could be under Skills. - Benefits: list of benefits (Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement). Also maybe mention competitive compensation? But that's pay. - Pay: salary range ($181,200.00 - $303,250.00 USD) and note about compensation. - Schedule: full-time onsite located in Frederick, Maryland. We must not include fluff like "Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision..." That's prose but we can keep as
under Benefits or Pay? It's generic but still substantive? It's somewhat boilerplate but it's part of the posting. The instruction: remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. The paragraph about Pay and benefits being fundamental is not exactly boilerplate but could be considered generic. However it's part of the "Pay And Benefits" section. We might keep it as prose under Benefits or Pay. It's not disallowed. We'll keep it. We must not include the line "More details are available here 181,200.00 - 303,250.00 USD" weird formatting. Actually the text: "More details are available here 181,200.00 - 303,250.00 USD". We'll extract salary range. We must not include the note about posted pay range being guideline etc. That's substantive? It's about compensation; we can keep as prose under Pay. We must not include the line about "The salary range posted is a full-time equivalent salary and will vary depending on scheduled hours for part time positions". That's also about pay; keep. Now produce HTML. Structure:
About the role
... (program description etc.)
Responsibilities
- ... each duty
Requirements
- ... each basic qualification
Qualifications
- ... each preferred qualification
Skills
- ... each expected competency
Benefits
... (benefits description)
- ... each benefit
Pay
... (salary range and notes)
Schedule
... (full-time onsite location)
We need to ensure we don't duplicate content. Let's extract specifics. About the role: combine the introductory paragraphs: "The Frederick National Laboratory is operated by Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc. The lab addresses some of the most urgent and intractable problems in the biomedical sciences in cancer and AIDS, drug development and first-in-human clinical trials, applications of nanotechnology in medicine, and rapid response to emerging threats of infectious diseases. Accountability, Compassion, Collaboration, Dedication, Integrity and Versatility; it's the FNL way. Program Description The Molecular Characterization Laboratory (MoCha) is part of Leidos Biomedical Research’s Clinical Research Directorate (CRD) at the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research. Our laboratory consists of a dynamic team of over 40 scientific, informatics and support staff. For 14 years, MoCha has worked closely with the National Cancer Institute’s Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis (DCTD) in support of DCTD-sponsored clinical trials and pre-clinical studies. We are dedicated to implementing cutting-edge genomic technologies to identify new predictive biomarkers and to make translational discoveries that will improve the lives of patients with cancer." We'll put that in. Responsibilities: list from "Key Roles/Responsibilities" and the bullet list under Responsibilities. Key Roles/Responsibilities paragraph: "The successful candidate will serve as CLIA Director of the Molecular Characterization Laboratory’s two CLIA laboratories, directly participating in review of next-generation sequencing (NGS) and other clinical assay results and generation of the final patient reports. This role will provide critical support for NCI-sponsored clinical studies to include clinical trial management, regulation and protocol development for the large NCI precision oncology initiatives ComboMATCH, iMATCH and myeloMATCH. The position will oversee the development and/or validation of new clinical assays and genomic technologies. The successful candidate will be part of the senior leadership team and expected to make substantial contributions to the overall success of the laboratory including presenting findings at scientific conferences and publish in peer-reviewed journals." Then Responsibilities bullet list: - Support R&D laboratory projects involving NGS and gene expression profiling from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded specimens - Lead assay development and, when needed, analytical validation - Lead and contribute to research focused on identification and verification of predictive biomarkers - Represent the CLIA laboratories as part of regulatory meetings - Support best practices for clinical testing and maintaining CLIA compliance, with support from the Quality Assurance group - Independently perform pathology review duties - Support histological verification of clinical specimens and the histopathological analysis of patient-derived xenograft models for DCTD studies - Present findings at scientific conferences and to NCI leadership; publish in peer-reviewed journals - Supervise laboratory staff - Collaborate with NCI colleagues and with thought leaders to support translational studies conducted by NCI’s National Clinical Trials Network. - Mentoring and developing junior scientists and staff in diagnostic assay development and translational research will be a key responsibility of this position - This position will be full-time onsite and located in Frederick, Maryland. (Actually schedule, but we can keep here or move to Schedule. We'll move schedule to its own section.) We should not duplicate the schedule line; we'll put schedule separately. Thus responsibilities list includes all except the schedule line. We'll create
- for each. Requirements (basic qualifications): list each bullet. Basic Qualifications paragraph: "To be considered for this position, you must minimally meet the knowledge, skills, and abilities listed below:" then list. We'll extract each: - Active, unrestricted medical license in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States, or in the District of Columbia. Will be required to obtain State of Maryland Medical License once offer is accepted. Foreign degrees must be evaluated for U.S. equivalency - Board certification in anatomic and/or clinical pathology - Board certification in molecular pathology at time offer is accepted - A minimum of three (3) years of experience directing or supervising high complexity testing in the field of oncology and/or molecular pathology - In-depth understanding of NGS assay and other common clinical/research platforms including in the areas of quality metrics, germline and/or somatic assay results, and variant interpretation - Ability to perform genomic analyses using NGS tools such as Integrative Genomics Viewer (IGV) - Professional mastery of clinical research concepts and expertise in clinical research protocol implementation and management - Familiarity with guidelines for clinical assay development (e.g., CLIA, NYSDOH, CAP, FDA) - Ability to successfully perform in a highly matrixed team environment - Ability to provide scientific leadership and direction for research projects - Working knowledge of Good Laboratory Practices (GLP) and CMS CLIA regulations or equivalent standards programs (e.g., CAP) - Ability to perform responsibilities of a Laboratory Director as specified in 42CFR493.1445 - Strong writing skills and ability to author documents including manuscripts, meeting abstracts and posters, standard operating procedures, and clinical protocols - Must possess basic Microsoft Office skills - Ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance We'll put each as
- .
Qualifications (preferred qualifications): list:
- Experience with relevant molecular (e.g. RT-PCR) and protein-based clinical assays (e.g., IHC, IFA, mass spectrometry)
- Familiarity with patient-derived xenograft models and pre-clinical drug studies
- Experience with federally regulated research, clinical trials and/or pharmaceutical studies
- Board certification in Laboratory Genetics and Genomics
- Prior experience managing and mentoring scientific staff
Skills (expected competencies): list:
- Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
- In‐depth understanding of commonly used molecular biology techniques, oncology and clinical research
- Ability to work effectively in a team‐oriented environment
Benefits: The paragraph: "Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision. That's why we craft compensation packages that reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers. Employment benefits include competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave and Retirement. More details are available here"
We can keep the prose
then list benefits: competitive compensation, Health and Wellness programs, Income Protection, Paid Leave, Retirement. But note competitive compensation is also pay; but we can still list as benefit. Pay: salary range: "$181,200.00 - $303,250.00 USD". Also note: "The posted pay range for this job is a general guideline and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include, but are not limited to, responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as internal equity, and alignment with market data. The salary range posted is a full-time equivalent salary and will vary depending on scheduled hours for part time positions