Associate Medical Director, Anatomic Pathology (Part Time)

Quest Diagnostics - Cincinnati
Associate Medical Director, Anatomic Pathology 

 

Application:  where a combination of requisition volume, complexity and support staff reaches a threshold requiring the laboratory Medical Director to designate specific management responsibilities related to Anatomic Pathology to one Pathologist as the Medical Director Designate.

 Minimum Qualifications

1.  Pathologists who will be providing professional services within the United States or United States territories must meet subsections a-d as applicable: (job offers will be made contingent on obtaining board certification within first year of employment)

a. Meet the qualifications as listed in CLIA ‘88 as applicable to intended job duties [see: 42 C.F.R. §493.1449(a)(b) and/or (k) for cytology, and/or (l) for histopathology]

b.  Must be certified by the American Board of Pathology (or equivalency for osteopathic pathologists) in the specialty of Anatomic Pathology (or combined Anatomic/Clinical Pathology) within the original period of eligibility of examination if expected to perform Anatomic Pathology duties.

2.  Pathologists who practice outside of the United States and its territories must meet the applicable regulatory requirements and demonstrate proficiency through processes equivalent to American Board of Pathology certification that are available in the country in which he or she is employed.

3.  Must be a physician qualified to assume professional, scientific, consultative, organizational, administrative, and educational responsibility for the services offered by the laboratory.

4.  Active unrestricted medical licensure for the state, territory, or country where the business unit is located (job offers will be made contingent on obtaining active licensure).

5.  Successful completion of the Quest Diagnostics Medical Staff Credentialing process (job offers will be made contingent on acceptable review):

a. Verification of Education/Degree

b.  Verification of State (or applicable) Medical License

c. Verification of Board Certification

d.  Check of the (United States) National Practitioners' Database and review of claims against the pathologist (at the discretion of Credentialing Committee).

6.  At least 5 years of prior experience in an inpatient and/or outpatient laboratory setting.

7.  Board Certification in a subspecialty area within Clinical or Anatomic Pathology that is pertinent to the job position is desirable.

8.  Previous experience in management of other pathologists and/or laboratory personnel.

9.  Demonstrated one or more of the following abilities:

a. proactive engagement with clients and ability to build customer relations

b.  regularly consulted by peers as a local subject matter expert

c. regular participation in departmental management activities or leadership role in departmental educational activities

d.  active participation in external professional activities such as publishing, educational presentations, panel discussions, etc.

 Reporting Structure

1.  This position reports to the Quest Diagnostics’ Medical Director responsible for the laboratory. Duties and Responsibilities

1.  Fulfill the responsibilities as listed in CLIA ‘88 (42 C.F.R. §493.1495). Additional responsibilities may be defined by applicable laws and regulations.

2.  Fulfill the responsibilities that have been designated by the Laboratory/Medical Director as detailed in CLIA ’88 (42 CFR §493.1407). Additional responsibilities may be defined by applicable laws and regulations.

3.  If applicable, perform review of anatomic pathology patient samples and quality control and assurance documents.

4.  Participate in departmental professional Quality Control and Quality Assurance activities, e.g. Pathologist Competency Assessment Program.

5.  Regularly interact with potential and existing clients by phone and/or face-to-face meetings to improve customer satisfaction as part of the sales, account relation and business development processes and to convey the Values, Vision and Mission of Quest Diagnostics.Position will require a minimum coverage of three days per week of on-site, technical operation review.  Duties & responsibilities to include: Provide technical support over cytology prep dept. Provide technical support over histology prep dept. Responsible for technical AP QC issues Monitor & oversee internal Quest QA cyto & histo programs (CPAP & HPAP) Responsible for technical histo & cyto new employee in-service training Responsible for all AP related CAP & Quest NQA inspection activities Responsible for AP medical/technical client service support Medical/Professional intermediary with Quest-Partner pathologists

7.  Comply with all Quest Diagnostics policies including but not limited to the following:

a. Observe all policies in “Your Compliance Policy Handbook”

b.  Obtain the minimum Continuing Medical Education credits as required by current policy entitled “Professional Benefits/Continuing Education Policy For Physicians”

c. Adhere to existing and new Standard Operating Procedures and Policies as issued by the Best Practice Teams and local business unit, including any standards that exceed the minimum requirements of federal, state and local laws and regulations.

d.  Assist Quest Diagnostics in assuring that applicable Quest Diagnostics policies as well as federal, state, and local laws, rules and regulations concerning health and safety are met.

8.  Cooperate with other Quest Diagnostics initiatives and programs that may arise from time to time such as the following:

a. Serve on Quest Diagnostics’ Best Practice Teams, Six Sigma Teams or other specific committees and to participate in and/or direct special projects to meet the professional and business goals of Quest Diagnostics.

b.  Maintain timely contact with pathologists and other physicians and scientists, to be responsive to their needs, and to respond in a timely manner to their requests for consultation concerning test methodology and clinical correlation of Quest Diagnostics testing services.

c. Assist in any special project such as test method validation, reference range standardization, safety and quality assurance, and continuing education for employees.

d.  Assist Quest Diagnostics in professional liaison with professional societies concerned with clinical laboratory medicine.  This includes professional medical associations, governmental agencies, and other regulatory bodies concerned with the nature and scope of clinical laboratory business.

e. Cooperate in the client support (both internal and external) of the laboratory by consulting with existing and potential external clients regarding services to be provided.

f.  Assist Quest Diagnostics in assuring that all publications and promotional literature distributed by marketing and sales is clinically relevant, accurate and up-to-date.

g. Manage the selection, training and performance management of support personnel.

h. Oversee and assure the quality of professional performance of subcontracted pathologists, and to institute appropriate quality assurance review practices to monitor professional performance.

i. Responsible for duties as a department head for one or more sections of the lab, e.g. Flow Cytometry, including the selection, training and performance management of departmental employees, authoring and/or approval of local QA/QC policies, review of QC and Proficiency Testing results, and other duties as assigned by the Medical/Laboratory Director.