Director, Anatomic Pathology

Director, Anatomic Pathology

Director, Anatomic Pathology available in Binghamton, New York. Position will organize and direct the operations of the Anatomic Pathology Laboratories Department. Position is 60% diagnostic work and 40% administrative.

Job Description

• Provide oversight of all aspects of the laboratory's quality management system to ensure conformance to requirements described in the Quality Management System chapter of these Clinical Laboratory Practice Standards.
• Provide continuing education to laboratory staff that is relevant to anatomic pathology.
• Ensure that policies and procedures are established for monitoring staff to assess competency, and whenever necessary, provide remedial training or continuing education to improve skills.
• Specify in writing the technical and administrative responsibilities and duties of all laboratory personnel. The Anatomic Pathology Director is responsible for competency assessment of direct-report supervisors. Documentation of assessments must be performed annually and whenever new systems are introduced. Remedial steps must be documented when staff do not perform as expected.
• Promote a safe laboratory environment for personnel and the public.
• Ensure that an approved procedure manual is available to all personnel.
• Monitor all work performed in the laboratory to ensure that medically reliable data are generated.
• Participate in Medical Executive Committee, other institutional, Medical Staff Committees, and interdepartmental activities in the absence of chairman and vice chairman of pathology department.
• The director will report to the Medical Director and Chairman of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.

Staff Supervised

• Medical technologists or technicians assigned to their department, either permanently or on a daily basis.
• Interim duties of the Lab Technical Coordinator/Manager include supervision of all Lab personnel, technical, non-technical, and support staff.

Requirements

• A physician license to practice in the State of New York and eligible for membership on the UHS Medical Staff.
• Certified by the American Board of Anatomic Pathology.
• A certificate of qualification (C of Q).
• Dynamic individual with superior professional ability, broad vision, leadership qualities, sensitivity to the health care needs of the institution, Medical Staff, and community at large.
• Demonstrates ability to lead, plan, organize and direct a large multi-hospital-based department of pathology.
• Service orientation with emphasis on appropriateness, accuracy, timelines, and knowledge of and sensitivity of complex relationships with a diverse Medical Staff.
• Understanding of and interest in the current medico-political climate in the country and pertinent reimbursement issues.

Compensation Information

$400,800.00 / Annually - $421,800.00 / Annually Additional Compensation: $21,000.00. Details: Salary plus quality incentive and leadership stipend.