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Physician (Anatomic and Clinical Pathologist)
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 10 days ago
About the Role
This position is eligible for the Education Debt Reduction Program (EDRP), a student loan payment reimbursement program. You must meet specific eligibility requirements per VHA policy and submit your EDRP application within four months of appointment. Program Approval, award amount (up to $200,000) & eligibility period (one to five years) are determined by the VHA Education Loan Repayment Services program office after review of the EDRP application. Former EDRP participants ineligible to apply.
What You'll Do
- →This position is in the Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Service at the VA WNY HCS, Buffalo, NY.
- →The Anatomic and Clinical Staff Pathologist provides diagnostic services within the Department of Pathology to include potential for subspecialty coverage as training permits, examples include dermatopathology, hematopathology or molecular pathology.
- →Anatomic and Clinical Staff Pathologist apply standardized criteria for formulating and reporting diagnostic information on various anatomic pathology specimens to include surgical pathology, cytopathology, autopsy pathology.
- →Provide clinical laboratory consultation to technical personnel and healthcare providers.
- →Participate in Quality Assurance measures as required by VA Directives and accreditation standards.
- →Teaching of residents, medical students, allopathic medicine students and other healthcare personnel who seek training within the field of Pathology.
- →Lists the major duties and responsibilities of the position: The AP/CP pathologist is ultimately responsible for diagnostic interpretation of specimens processed within the laboratory.
- →The AP/CP pathologist will provide residents and/or trainees information on specimen processing and evaluation.
- →Grossing of AP specimens if needed and review of gross description of specimens Processing and interpretation of intraoperative frozen sections.
- →Provide intraoperative and intraprocedural consultation and on-site adequacy assessment as requested.
- →Interpretation/sign-out of surgical pathology and cytopathology specimens within established guidelines for turnaround time.
- →Ordering/interpretation of appropriate immunohistochemical stains and special stains.
- →Participation in multi-disciplinary conferences such as Tumor Board, Chest Conference and GI Conference.
- →Review appropriate clinical history/medical record when responsible for autopsy coverage and discuss with clinical team ensuring appropriate consent documentation before proceeding with autopsy.
Requirements
- ✓Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
- ✓All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment.
- ✓Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
- ✓Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
- ✓Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
- ✓Subject to background/security investigation.
- ✓Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.
- ✓Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents).
- ✓Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued identification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
- ✓Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
- ✓Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
- ✓You may be required to serve a probationary period.
- ✓Complete all application requirements detailed in the "Required Documents" section of this announcement.
- ✓Degree of Doctor of Medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in allopathic medicine or osteopathic medicine.
Personality Fit
Job ID: 7470c4f0-e319-42b4-a96f-caea4f66a3da
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