Physician (Regular Ft) - Pathologist

About the role

The VA St. Louis Health Care System is recruiting for a Full-time Staff Pathologist at the Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Service, specifically within the John Cochran Division.

Responsibilities

• Interpreting clinical laboratory data and communicating conclusions effectively with providers, residents, and students
• Providing consultation to providers when appropriate
• Performing gross and microscopic examination with sign out of surgical and cytological cases and providing reports in a timely manner
• Performing frozen sections and gross intraoperative interpretations as needed
• Participating in quality-control and quality management programs including proficiency assessments, secondary and tertiary reviews, and quality improvement processes within the service for optimal patient care and to meet regulatory and accreditation requirements
• Possibly representing the laboratory at functions or committees such as tumor conference, transfusion review, and others as assigned
• Taking calls, usually one week at a time, on a rotating schedule
• Possibly participating in planning laboratory operations and new initiatives
• Assisting in training and supervision of residents, fellows, and other trainees
• Participating in laboratory outreach programs to other VA and non-VA institutions as needed
• Supporting the VA mission and ICARE values

Requirements

• 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
• Completed residency training in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certification
• Experience and/or fellowship training in FNA-Cytopathology, Surgical Pathology, and/or other subspecialty of Anatomic Pathology / Clinical Pathology preferred

Qualifications

• Basic Requirements: United States Citizenship, Full and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery, Degree of doctor of medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in allopathic medicine or osteopathic medicine, 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

Skills

• Proficiency in spoken and written English

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Annual performance bonus
• Regular salary increases
• 50-55 days of paid time off per year
• Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting)
• Federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA
• Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care
• 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
• No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting
• Work Schedule: M-F 8am-4:30pm

Pay

Competitive salary - annual performance bonus - regular salary increases

Schedule

M-F 8am-4:30pm