Assistant Professor, Clinical Faculty Appointment - Hematopathology

UT MD Anderson Cancer Center•Houston, TX

23h•Onsite

About The Position

This position is a clinical faculty appointment in the Department of Hematopathology within the Division of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. The primary function is to assume diagnostic patient care responsibilities by serving as a diagnostic hematopathologist. The role requires a self-motivated, energetic, committed, and conscientious professional with strong communication skills. Responsibilities include interpreting medical records, patient data, and specimens, identifying specimen components, and integrating this information into diagnostic and biologically relevant information. The individual must be able to read staging reactions on slides and be familiar with immunocytochemistry, flow cytometry, histograms, and image analysis systems. A key aspect of the role is ensuring compliance with Quality Control standards and laboratory regulations from CAP, JCAHO, FDA, Medicare, and CLIA. Problem-solving related to job responsibilities, working with hazardous materials, and familiarity with tissue culture procedures, molecular biologic techniques, and sophisticated equipment are also essential. Manual dexterity for instrument use and the ability to move between laboratories are required. Administrative duties include ensuring compliance with regulatory standards, providing guidance and technical assistance to laboratory personnel, interviewing applicants, evaluating staff performance, and making recommendations for hiring, termination, promotion, and merit increases. Maintaining up-to-date knowledge in Hematopathology and Laboratory Medicine, and consulting on bone marrow and lymph node specimens are also part of the role. The position also involves commitment to clinical and applied aspects of hematopathology, collaboration with investigators, and designing, executing, and interpreting scientific data for publication. Educational responsibilities include presenting lectures and training fellows, post-doctoral fellows, medical students, technologists, and laboratory personnel.

Requirements

Doctorate-level degree in a field appropriate to faculty role and department mission.
Licensed to practice in Texas.
Board Certified or obtain within the department’s timeline.
At least 2 years’ experience as Instructor or at least 5 years’ experience post degree with any combination of time as a clinician, clinical scientist or GME trainee.
Must be a self-motivated, highly energetic, committed, and conscientious professional who communicates (verbal and written) and relates well to others at the professional, technical, and administrative levels.
Must be able to visually review, evaluate and correctly interpret medical records, patient data, patient specimens and other test results based on previous training, experience and knowledge.
Must be able to visually identify specimen make-up, contents and/or components viewed through a microscope and integrate this information into diagnostic and biologically relevant information.
Must be able to visually read staging reactions on slides, and be familiar with immunocytochemistry, flow cytometry, histograms, and image analysis systems.
Must be able to comprehend relevance of printed results and correlate patient data with research findings.
Must be able to ensure that Quality Control standards are implemented and that the laboratory in which he/she is working complies with the CAP, JCAHO, FDA, Medicare, and CLIA regulations for accreditation.
Must be able to relate quality control result data to unknown analyzed data assuring that appropriate action is taken based on results obtained.
Must be able to ensure that Quality Control standards are implemented, and that laboratory complies with the CAP, JCAHO, FDA, Medicare and CLIA regulations for accreditation.
Must be able to identify and solve problems related to job responsibilities utilizing knowledge and experience.
Must be able to work with radioisotopes, chemical carcinogens, organic compounds, and biohazardous materials exercising appropriate cautions.
Must be acquainted with tissue culture procedures, molecular biologic techniques, and sophisticated equipment.
Must have manual dexterity for various functions with instruments used in diagnosis and research.
Must be able to move from one laboratory to another.
Must assure compliance with standards of CAP, JCAHO, FDA, Medicare, and CLIA.
Must give theoretical guidance and technical assistance to laboratory personnel.
Must be able to interview applicants, evaluate laboratory personnel on their job performance, and make hiring, termination, promotional and merit recommendations.
Maintain up-to-date knowledge in the field of Hematopathology and Laboratory Medicine in general.
Interpretation, reporting and consulting of bone marrow and lymph node specimens of hematological malignancies.
Must show commitment to the clinical and applied aspects of hematopathology.
Must be able to collaborate with other investigators at MDACC and outside this institution.
Must be able to design, execute, interpret, and integrate scientific data for publication in peer-reviewed journals.
Must be able to present lectures using visual aids to faculty, fellows, and technical personnel.
Must be able to train fellows, post-doctoral fellows, medical students, technologists, medical technology students and laboratory personnel.

Responsibilities

Assume diagnostic patient care responsibilities in the Department of Hematopathology.
Visually review, evaluate and correctly interpret medical records, patient data, patient specimens and other test results.
Visually identify specimen make-up, contents and/or components viewed through a microscope and integrate this information into diagnostic and biologically relevant information.
Visually read staging reactions on slides, and be familiar with immunocytochemistry, flow cytometry, histograms, and image analysis systems.
Comprehend relevance of printed results and correlate patient data with research findings.
Ensure that Quality Control standards are implemented and that the laboratory complies with CAP, JCAHO, FDA, Medicare, and CLIA regulations for accreditation.
Relate quality control result data to unknown analyzed data assuring that appropriate action is taken based on results obtained.
Identify and solve problems related to job responsibilities utilizing knowledge and experience.
Work with radioisotopes, chemical carcinogens, organic compounds, and biohazardous materials exercising appropriate cautions.
Be acquainted with tissue culture procedures, molecular biologic techniques, and sophisticated equipment.
Ensure compliance with standards of CAP, JCAHO, FDA, Medicare, and CLIA.
Give theoretical guidance and technical assistance to laboratory personnel.
Interview applicants, evaluate laboratory personnel on their job performance, and make hiring, termination, promotional and merit recommendations.
Maintain up-to-date knowledge in the field of Hematopathology and Laboratory Medicine in general.
Interpretation, reporting and consulting of bone marrow and lymph node specimens of hematological malignancies.
Show commitment to the clinical and applied aspects of hematopathology.
Collaborate with other investigators at MDACC and outside this institution.
Design, execute, interpret, and integrate scientific data for publication in peer-reviewed journals.
Present lectures using visual aids to faculty, fellows, and technical personnel.
Train fellows, post-doctoral fellows, medical students, technologists, medical technology students and laboratory personnel.