Clinical Chemist​/Clinical Toxicologist

Clinical Chemist / Clinical Toxicologist

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Job Summary: The Department of Laboratory Medicine at Geisinger is seeking a board-certified Clinical Chemist or Clinical Toxicologist to join our expanding laboratory team.

• Share clinical and technical responsibility for chemistry and toxicology testing with three clinical chemists. Research is not required.
• Ensure quality, harmonization, and standardization across 9 hospital laboratories and 6 clinic labs.
• Geisinger Laboratory performs over 15 million laboratory tests annually.
• Department includes 44 pathologists and PhDs.

• Qualifications: PhD, DCLS, MD, or DO with board certification or eligibility in clinical chemistry or clinical toxicology.
• Experience: Prior work in a CAP-accredited (or equivalent) clinical environment is required.
• Desired
  
  Skills:
  
  Strong communication and leadership abilities, strategic thinking, project management experience, and expertise in mass spectrometry assay development.
• Academic Role: Academic appointment at Geisinger College of Health Science is standard. Teaching responsibilities include medical students, residents, fellows, clinical laboratory scientists, and other allied health professionals.

• Education: Doctoral Degree (Required)
• Certification(s) and License(s): Board certification or eligibility in clinical chemistry or clinical toxicology.

OUR PURPOSE & VALUES: Everything we do is about caring for our patients, our members, our students, our Geisinger family and our communities. KINDNESS:
We strive to treat everyone as we would hope to be treated ourselves. EXCELLENCE:
We treasure colleagues who humbly strive for excellence. LEARNING:
We share our knowledge with the best and brightest to better prepare the caregivers for tomorrow. INNOVATION:
We constantly seek new and better ways to care for our patients, our members, our community, and the nation. SAFETY:
We provide a safe environment for our patients and members and the Geisinger family. We offer healthcare benefits for full time and part time positions from day one, including vision, dental and domestic partners. Perhaps just as important, from senior management on down, we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration, cooperation and collegiality. We know that a diverse workforce with unique experiences and backgrounds makes our team stronger.

We are proud to be an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or status as a protected veteran.

• Seniority Level: Mid-Senior level
• Employment type:
  
  Full-time
• Job function:
  Research, Analyst, and Information Technology
• Industries:
  Hospitals and Health Care