UNIV Medical Microbiology Pathologist - Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina is seeking an academically oriented Clinical Microbiologist with 2 to 10+ years of experience. Newly certified / eligible candidates will also be considered. Rank and salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC - Univ)

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Faculty

CC001006 COM PATH Laboratory Medicine

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Job Description

Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC

This faculty member will participate in a busy, full-service laboratory serving the MUSC hospital and additional affiliated hospitals in the state. The faculty member should be proficient in the interpretation of results for those techniques employed in the clinical work-up of cases with known or suspected infectious diseases including molecular, serological, and classical methods. The successful candidate will have knowledge and experience in new test development, validation, and implementation, and will offer clinical guidance and scientific advice to other health professionals on the selection, performance and interpretation of clinically relevant investigations to facilitate the diagnosis, treatment, monitoring, and understanding of health and disease.

In addition, this individual will be directly engaged with the laboratory and quality / safety teams to assure quality services are provided in all aspects of clinical microbiology including analytical methods and instrumentation/automation, quality control, quality assurance, quality improvement measures, and adherence to governmental and regulatory (CLIA, CAP, TJC, HIPAA) guidelines and standard laboratory practices. Fostering collaborative relationships with clinicians and researchers and serving as a resource to technologists at the bench will be expected.

This individual will instruct medical students, participate in the training of pathology residents and fellows, infectious disease fellows, and will actively participate in the academic mission of the Pathology Department. Close collaboration with the Molecular Pathology and Genomics teams including their trainees is expected.

• M.D. or D.O. with board certification/eligibility from the American Board of Pathology in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology with subspecialty board certification/eligibility in Medical Microbiology.
• Unrestricted South Carolina medical license or eligible for South Carolina medical licensure for physician candidates.

MUSC Medical Center is a tertiary and qua ternary academic medical center located on peninsular Charleston, SC and consisting of MUSC University Hospital Authority;
Ashley River Tower, a cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, and cancer specialty hospital; the Institute of Psychiatry; the Storm Eye Institute; and Children’s Hospital / Women’s Pavilion located in Charleston SC. The Medical Center is supported by respected research-based medical and nursing schools, which deliver both routine inpatient care and highly specialized medical treatment and surgical procedures. Home to the regions only Level I trauma center, the state’s most comprehensive neonatal intensive care unit, the Transplant Center, and the state’s only NCI-designated Cancer Center, MUSC serves as the principal referral center for physicians and patients of the region.

MUSC educates and trains more than 3,000 students and 850 residents and has nearly 25,000 care team members inclusive of the 14 hospital ~2500 bed system, including approximately 1,500…