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Clinical Pathology | Clinical Career Track | Open Rank


Job Location:

Pullman, WA - USA

Yearly Salary: USD 145000 - 152000
Posted: 29 September 2026 (22 hours ago)
Application Deadline: 27 December 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Online applications must be received before 11:59pm on:

October 4 2026

If a date is not listed above review the Applicant Instructions below for more details.

Available Title(s):

164-NNFACULTY - Clinical Assistant Professor - Career

Business Title:

Clinical Pathology Clinical Career Track Open Rank

Employee Type:

Faculty

Position Term:

12 Month

Position Details:

The Opportunity: The Washington State University (WSU) Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences (VCS) in the College of Veterinary Medicine (CVM) seeks to fill a full-time continuous career track (clinical sub-track) Assistant or Associate Professor faculty position within the Clinical Pathology section of the Veterinary Teaching Hospital (VTH). The position is available immediately.

The successful applicant will be expected to provide diagnostic service for the VTH; clinical and didactic instruction of professional veterinary students interns residents and graduate students. The opportunity to conduct research/scholarship within the candidates area of interest is available. The distribution of effort between clinical service teaching scholarly effort and academic service/outreach is negotiable. The successful applicant must be able to effectively communicate and work with people of diverse backgrounds

The successful applicant will join one to two other full-time board-certified clinical pathologists and a dedicated team of two residents one laboratory manager two certified medical laboratory scientists two laboratory assistants and multiple trained DVM student employees. The well-equipped Clinical Pathology Laboratory ( processes over 15000 patient samples per year.

Additional Information:

Annual Salary:

Assistant Professor: $145000 - $152000

Associate Professor: $160000 - $170000

In accordance with RCW 49.58.110 the salary reflects the full salary range for this position. Individual placement within the range is based on the candidates current experience education skills and abilities related to the position. Successful candidates typically begin up to mid-point of the salary range.

Benefits: WSU offers a comprehensive benefits package which includes paid sick and vacation leave; paid holidays; medical dental life and disability insurance package for employees and dependents; retirement; deferred compensation optional supplemental retirement accounts. For additional information please review the detailed Summary of Benefits offered by WSU for Faculty and Total Compensation.

Qualifications for all ranks:

  • Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM VMD) degree or a related foreign equivalent degree (such as a BVSc)

  • Board-certified or board-eligible in Clinical Pathology by the American College of Veterinary Pathology or the European College of Veterinary Pathology by the time of hire.

Considerations regarding faculty rank will be determined based on the interests and qualifications of the candidate meeting CVMs promotion guidelines as will division of effort. Candidates for Associate Professor should have evidence of progressively higher levels of experience and expertise in the provision of outstanding clinical service clinical teaching and/or research/scholarship.

For more information see the CVMs promotion guidelines: ( Sponsorship Eligibility: Eligible for work visa sponsorship

Application Information: Applicants must upload the following required documents to their online application. Application materials should clearly communicate how the applicant meets all required qualifications and additional requirements.

1) Cover letter summarizing the candidates qualifications stating the desired faculty rank

2) Summary of the candidates clinical teaching scholarly and outreach and community engagement interests and goals

3) Curriculum vitae

Questions regarding the position may be directed to Dr. Jillian Haines Chair of the Search Committee by email () or by telephone (509) 335-0711.

Area Overview: The WSU CVM is organized into five departments/schools including VCS Veterinary Microbiology and Pathology (VMP) Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience (IPN) the School of Molecular Biosciences (SMB) and the Paul G. Allen School for Global Health each dedicated to excellence in teaching research and service (). We are also home to a tier-one Veterinary National Laboratory (Washington Animal Disease Diagnostic Laboratory ( with multiple board-certified anatomic pathologists and microbiologists.

The VTH is a full-service referral and primary care center that aspires to be the countrys best academic veterinary hospital for patients students clients colleagues and community. The joint mission of the VTH and VCS is to improve the health and well-being of all animals through excellence in medical care training future veterinarians and finding innovative ways to diagnose and treat disease. Dedicated to this vision and mission are more than 60 full-time faculty members and 170 staff and house officers. The VTH is a leading referral center in the state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest with over 20000 patient visits per year as a regional tertiary care facility which provides the Clinical Pathology service with a broad-based caseload.

The Clinical Pathology Laboratory provides clinical diagnostic services and professional laboratory expertise nationally and internationally to veterinary hospitals referring veterinarians and referring laboratories. Our services include state of the art automated hematology coagulation clinical chemistry blood-gas and immunoassay analyzers as well as fluid analysis cytology and urinalysis which are performed by certified medical laboratory scientists and clinical pathology trained veterinary medicine students. Diagnostic services are provided for multiple species of animals including equine bovine canine feline exotics camelids caprine and addition to services provided on site services are provided nationally via overnight mail which can be utilized by our clients and customers for comprehensive testing. The clinical pathology laboratory is dedicated to educating current and future veterinarians through pre-clinical teaching clinical rotations and residency and graduate student training ( as well as providing services for faculty and resident research projects.

WSU Overview: Washington State University is a land-grant institution with an enrollment of approximately 20000 students on the Pullman campus and 23000 students system-wide. The University of Idaho also a land-grant university is located in Moscow Idaho 8 miles from the Pullman campus. These communities offer a friendly small-town living environment and access to a rich assortment of cultural recreational and athletic attractions. Pullman has a four-season climate clean air good schools and a low crime rate. Pullman (population 34000) is about 75 miles south of Spokane Washington and lies close to recreational areas in Washington Oregon Idaho Montana and British Columbia. To learn more about the Pullman community visit: . The universitys web page offers additional information about WSU and the surrounding area.

Time Type:

Full time

Washington State University encourages all qualified candidates to apply including members of the military and veterans and persons with disabilities.

WSU employs only U.S. citizens and lawfully authorized non-U.S. citizens. All new employees must show employment eligibility verification as required by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

WSU is committed to providing access and reasonable accommodation in its services programs activities education and employment for individuals with disabilities. To request disability accommodation in the application process contact Human Resource Services: (v) Washington State TDD Relay Service: Voice Callers: 1-; TDD Callers: 1- (f) or .

Notice of Non-Discrimination

In matters of admission employment housing or services or in the educational programs or activities it operates WSU does not discriminate or permit discrimination by any member of its community against any individual on the basis of sex race color national or ethnic origin physical disability mental disability sensory disability use of a trained service animal age religion creed genetic information marital status sexual orientation gender identity protected veteran status honorably discharged veteran member of the military or immigration or citizenship status except as authorized by federal or state law regulation or government contract.

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