Physician - Associate Chief of Staff for Pathology and Laboratory

About the role

The VA Fargo HCS is recruiting for (1) full-time Physician - Associate Chief of Staff for Pathology and Lab. The incumbent is responsible for providing leadership in pathology and laboratory practice and for the organization and delivery of these services within this Medical Center; and is accountable for ensuring quality and cost-effective pathology and laboratory care.

Responsibilities

• Work in the outpatient setting at the Fargo VAHCS Pathology or as otherwise specified based on the unique skills of the candidate and needs of the facility.
• Supervise directly physicians, lab chief, lab manager and other clinical staff as assigned by the Chief of Staff.
• Manage and provide oversight of lab and pathology operations within the clinical services under their responsibility at the Fargo VA Health Care System and affiliated CBOCs.
• Collaborate with other leaders within the ICC and facility to ensure optimization of resources in the care delivery model.
• Provide physician/clinical/administrative leadership and serve as an advisor to the other Pathologist, other leaders in the Diagnostic ICC.
• Collaborate with ICC operation team and other staff as appropriate to ensure operations issues/problems are resolved in a logical, fashion with clear resolution, communication, and implementation plans and timelines for decisions made.
• Collaborate with the VISN Diagnostic ICC Pathology and Lab and Medical Director to ensure VISN-wide ICC policies, procedures, performance goals, strategic plans and initiatives are communicated to staff and implemented.

Requirements

All qualified candidates encouraged to apply. Open to U.S. Citizens but non-citizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens. NOTE: The 2-page Resume requirement does not apply to this position. For more information, refer to Required Documents below.

Qualifications

• United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• Current, full and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States, or in the District of Columbia.
• Residency Training: Physicians must have completed residency training, approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certification.
• Education: Degree of Doctor of Medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in allopathic medicine or osteopathic medicine. The degree must have been obtained from an institution whose accreditation was in place for the year in which the course of study was completed.