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Physician - Pathologist
Veterans Health Administration · Posted 12 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
- →Duties include: Diagnostic interpretation of specimens processed within the laboratory (final sign-out of AP/CP cases).
- →Provide guidance to residents/trainees on specimen processing and evaluation.
- →Gross examination of anatomic pathology specimens when needed and review of gross descriptions.
- →Process and interpret intraoperative frozen sections.
- →Provide intraoperative/intraprocedural consultation and on-site adequacy assessment as requested.
- →Interpretation and sign-out of surgical pathology specimens within established turnaround times.
- →Order and interpret appropriate immunohistochemical and special stains.
- →Participate in multidisciplinary conferences (e.g., Tumor Board, Chest Conference, GI Conference) as assigned.
- →Autopsy coverage: review clinical history and consent; perform/supervise autopsies as needed; issue preliminary findings within 48 hours and final report with clinicopathologic correlation within 60 working days.
- →Quality activities: participate in QA measures including =10% retrospective review of anatomic pathology cases and inter-laboratory comparison programs.
- →Provide 24-hour on-call coverage as scheduled.
- →Review hematology/body fluids and issue diagnostic interpretations.
- →Maintain required continuing medical education (CME) to sustain licensure/privileges and complete mandatory TMS modules in a timely manner.
- →With appropriate subspecialty experience/training, Diagnostic sign-out of bone marrow biopsies and aspirates.
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: 30b15a40-af67-4bd9-ac98-a8d45b37ea96
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