Pathology Informatics Specialist (Pathologist and Laboratory Medicine Informaticist) – Assistant Professor

University of Colorado•Aurora, CO

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Department of Pathology is seeking a full-time (1.0 FTE) Pathologist Informatics Specialist (Informatician) at the rank of Assistant Professor. The Informatician will collaborate with pathologists and staff at professional, technical and administrative levels to provide informatics support for the anatomic pathology, molecular diagnostics, and cytogenetics laboratories that are owned and operated by the University of Colorado School of Medicine Department of Pathology. Additionally, the pathologist Informatician will support informatics efforts for the clinical pathology laboratory services at the University of Colorado Hospital. Candidates with additional fellowship training or sub specialization will have an opportunity to practice in other areas of interest. This position is full time, academic, and requires on site work based at the Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO. Regular participation as an attending for one or more clinical services of the department is required and will be based on the Pathologist Informatician' s interests and departmental needs. The successful candidate will have principal responsibility for the education of pathology residents in informatics and is also expected to contribute to scholarly presentations, publications, editorial works and independent research activities.

Requirements

Medical degree (M.D. or D.O.)
The successful candidate must be board certified in Anatomic Pathology and/or Clinical Pathology in addition to being Clinical Informatics board certified/board eligible or have completed a Pathology Informatics fellowship or have attained the equivalent experience to a fellowship in an academic setting.

Nice To Haves

At least one year post-informatics fellowship practice experience is strongly desired. Additional fellowships in other areas of clinical or anatomic pathology, in addition to informatics, may be favored if a good fit for departmental clinical practice.
Additional undergraduate or graduate degrees or experience in computing, big data analysis, security, management of IT staff, and other related areas will be considered positively towards recruitment.

Responsibilities

Provide leadership in all phases of the information systems lifecycle, including management, change control, evaluation and improvement of existing systems and selection and implementation of new systems.
Ensure that the Department's laboratory information systems and information technology meet regulatory requirements of accrediting agencies, affiliated hospital systems, and the University of Colorado including security of software and hardware systems.
Apply data standards for storing laboratory and pathology information required by the College of American Pathologists and other regulatory and accrediting bodies
Guide or perform evaluation, implementation and validation of digital imaging systems such as whole slide imaging, telepathology and digital image analysis software
Collaborate closely with LIS, IT, laboratory, integrated practice and departmental staff as well as departmental leadership and administration to ensure fidelity and security of data, mining and analysis of data, compliance and quality of data and departmental medical practice
Work closely with the UCHealth CMIO and their clinical informatics teams, as well as departmental Vice Chair of Administration/DFA and IT faculty and staff to address system-level laboratory informatics needs and projects
Promote an environment of continuous improvement in laboratory information systems and information technology for the Department of Pathology, CU Medicine, the School of Medicine and affiliated hospital systems.