Physician - Pathologist

Posterity Group LLC is a veteran owned, service-disabled small business, headquartered in Rockville, MD, that specializes in federal government contracting and staffing. We are tasked with staffing the Pittsburgh VAMC with Physician - Pathologists. The Physician is expected to perform the following:   

• Performing surgical pathology gross, microscopic, and final diagnosis rendering along with coding of surgical reports with pathology in rotation with other pathologists. Surgical pathology receives biopsies, small specimens, skin specimens, and complex resection cases in genitourinary and gastrointestinal systems, biopsies and small surgical cases from orthopedics, podiatry, and ENT services.
• Provide intraoperative consultation to surgical services.
• Perform fine needle aspiration biopsies, provide diagnoses in rapid onsite evaluation for CT guided and EBUS guided fine needle aspiration biopsies, provide diagnoses on gynecologic and non-gynecologic cytology specimens.
• Perform autopsies with pathology trainees.
• Participate in prospective peer review and retrospective review of 10% cases when needed.
• Perform review and interpretation of serum and urine protein electrophoresis.
• Additional responsibilities may include oversight of a section of the laboratory, providing clinical consultation services and oversight of the QA/QI of the department.
• Participate on hospital/departmental committees and hospital/departmental conferences as needed.
• Ensure compliance with federal statutes, VA directive and policies and The Joint Commission and New Employee Orientation standards.
• Supervision of pathology trainees in surgical pathology and clinical pathology.
• Teaching of rotating medical students, pathology residents on regular basis and clinical fellows and laboratory technical staff as needed.
• Provide consultation to Medical Center and laboratory staff in matters of test utilizations, technical and result interpretation.

• Degree of doctor of medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in medicine or osteopathic medicine. The degree must have been obtained from one of the schools approved by the Department of Veterans Affairs for the year in which the course of study was completed.
• Current, 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.
• 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.

Employer profile

Posterity Group is a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business that provides all manner of medical staff to the Federal, State, and commercial customers.

Job ID: 9463069 / Ref: 599e0fa90c98e551cd2cf4bcc799d0aa