System Director, Clinical Microbiology
System Director, Clinical Microbiology
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Job Description
Location:
Geisinger Medical Center (GMC)Shift:
Days (United States of America)Scheduled Weekly Hours:
40Worker Type:
RegularExemption Status:
YesJob Summary:
Geisinger Laboratory Medicine is searching for a board-certified Clinical Microbiologist to join the Department of Laboratory Medicine within the Diagnostic Medicine Institute.Laboratory Medicine at Geisinger seeks an experienced doctoral-level clinical or molecular microbiologist to share leadership for the infectious disease diagnostic team. Teams are innovative in enhancing patient care and demonstrating the value of actionable hospital-based microbiology services.
Job Duties:
AT A GLANCE:
Oversee all aspects of Clinical Microbiology collaborating with two other directors providers operational teams and healthcare leadership. Full integration with infectious disease providers pharmacists quality teams and other stakeholders.
Pre- and post-analytical aspects of infectious disease diagnostics customer care and client services and value-based care
Integrated and standardized laboratory services include phenotypic proteomic biomarkers and molecular methods
Diagnostic and antimicrobial stewardship and experience with antimicrobial susceptibility testing methods including genetic resistance mechanisms
Standardized clinical operational quality regulatory and financial success for nine hospital-based laboratories over 80 clinics and external clients
Academic appointment in the Geisinger Commonwealth School of Medicine is standard; teaching includes medical students residents fellows clinical laboratory scientists and other allied health professionals.
Strong communication and leadership skills strategic thinking project management expertise and a solid understanding of group dynamics
Remote call capability and telemicroscopy
Total laboratory services test more than 15 million laboratory tests per year
44 pathologists and PhDs on staff
Position Details:
Education:
Doctoral Degree- (Required)Experience:
Certification(s) and License(s):
Skills:
Patient Care And Procedural Skills Professional Etiquette Systems-Based PracticeOUR 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 we encourage an atmosphere of collaboration cooperation and collegiality.
We know that a diverse workforce with unique experiences and backgrounds makes our team stronger. Our patients members and community come from a wide variety of backgrounds and it takes a diverse workforce to make better health easier for all. 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.
Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full-Time
