Physician - Pathologist - Service Chief

U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; Cleveland (OH); On-site; USD 200,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

The VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System is seeking a full-time MD/DO Service Chief to lead the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service. This role involves overseeing clinical operations, managing a large interprofessional team, and ensuring high-quality patient care across multiple sites. Candidates must be board certified and have substantial clinical experience.

Benefits

Sign-on Bonus

Relocation Assistance

Annual Performance Bonus

Generous Paid Time Off

Federal Health Insurance

Qualifications

• Must be board certified in either Anatomic Pathology or Clinical Pathology.
• Five years of prior clinical experience required.
• Prior clinical administrative experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Supervise the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service.
• Provide operational and supervisory oversight for clinical programs.
• Collaborate with various healthcare teams to ensure coordinated patient care.

Skills

Leadership

Clinical Oversight

Collaboration

Education

MD or DO degree

Board certification in Anatomic Pathology or Clinical Pathology

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$200,000.00/yr - $400,000.00/yr

Summary

The VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System in Cleveland, OH is seeking one full-time MD/DO Service Chief to supervise the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service. Eligible candidates must be board certified in either Anatomic Pathology or Clinical Pathology and must have five years of prior clinical experience. Prior clinical administrative experience is preferred.

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Duties

The VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System in Cleveland, OH is seeking one full-time MD/DO Service Chief to supervise the Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Service. The Chief, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Service (PALMS) at VA Northeast Ohio Healthcare System (VANEOHS), provides leadership and oversight for clinical and administrative operations across all PALMS programs, providers, and sites of care. The incumbent is a Board-Certified Physician responsible for and providing operational and supervisory oversight for over a large interprofessional service of over 120 clinical and administrative personnel over eighteen sites of care across northeast Ohio. Eligible candidates must be board certified in either Anatomic Pathology or Clinical Pathology and must have five years of prior clinical experience. Prior clinical administrative experience is preferred. The Service Chief will collaborate with the Laboratory Manager, Administrative Officer, and supervisory technologists to provide oversight over the clinical and administrative functions of the service. In addition, the Service Chief will collaborate with outpatient clinics, inpatient units, and the Comprehensive Cancer Center to ensure that seamless and coordinated care is provided to patients. The Cleveland VAMC is a large tertiary care academic medical center serving all of Northeast Ohio with academic affiliations with University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center (UHCMC), MetroHealth Hospital, and the Cleveland Clinic healthcare system. Non-citizens may apply.

Operational and Administrative Responsibilities of the Chief, PALMS include, but are not limited to:

• Maintains full responsibility for all professional, management, and administrative aspects of PALMS, and the service-aligned personnel and clinical programs.
• Develops and maintains annual budgets for Service resources, staffing, training, and travel, with effective resource allocation.
• Oversees quality and efficiency of clinical programs, research, and other activities related to the roles of pathologists, technologists, pathology assistants, and other service personnel.
• Implements efficient administrative processes based upon analyses of productivity, clinical needs, and ongoing monitors of performance metrics, including but not limited to provider availability, workload, productivity, and clinic management.
• Develops and maintains indicators and monitors for clinical performance of staff, assuring credentialing, privileging and professional competence meet or exceed expectations.
• Ensures adherence with clinical and training program standards as guided by accrediting bodies, regulatory requirements, and VHA directives and guidelines.
• Supports professional research, including designing research and program quality initiatives, and consulting to offer research guidance and stimulate new research directions.
• Serves on Medical Center, VISN, and/or National VA committees and Task Forces, and serves as a consultant to other medical center programs and services.
• Develops proposals and strategic initiatives to improve care, access and efficiency in clinical service delivery.
  
  

VA offers a comprehensive total rewards package. VHA Physician Total Rewards.

Recruitment Incentive (Sign-on Bonus): Authorized

Permanent Change of Station (Relocation Assistance): Authorized

Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Authorized

Pay: Competitive salary, annual performance bonus, regular salary increases

Paid Time Off: 50-55 days of paid time off per year (26 days of annual leave, 13 days of sick leave, 11 paid Federal holidays per year and possible 5 day paid absence for CME)

Retirement: Traditional federal pension (5 years vesting) and federal 401K with up to 5% in contributions by VA

Insurance: Federal health/vision/dental/term life/long-term care (many federal insurance programs can be carried into retirement)



Licensure: 1 full and unrestricted license from any US State or territory

CME: Possible $1,000 per year reimbursement (must be full-time with board certification)

Malpractice: Free liability protection with tail coverage provided

Contract: No Physician Employment Contract and no significant restriction on moonlighting



Work Schedule: Monday - Friday, 7:30 am - 4:00 pm with a rotational call schedule.

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Requirements

Conditions of Employment

• U.S. Citizenship; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• All applicants tentatively selected for VA employment in a testing designated position are subject to urinalysis to screen for illegal drug use prior to appointment. Applicants who refuse to be tested will be denied employment with VA.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• Must be proficient in written and spoken English.
• You may be required to serve a probationary period.
• Subject to background/security investigation.
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process. Acceptable form(s) of identification will be required to complete pre-employment requirements (https://www.uscis.gov/i-9-central/form-i-9-acceptable-documents). Effective May 7, 2025, driver's licenses or state-issued dentification cards that are not REAL ID compliant cannot be utilized as an acceptable form of identification for employment.
• Must pass pre-employment physical examination.
• Participation in the seasonal influenza vaccination program is a requirement for all Department of Veterans Affairs Health Care Personnel (HCP).
  
  

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, you must meet the basic requirements as well as any additional requirements (if applicable) listed in the job announcement. Applicants pending the completion of training or license requirements may be referred and tentatively selected but may not be hired until all requirements are met. Currently employed physician(s) in VA who met the requirements for appointment under the previous qualification standard at the time of their initial appointment are deemed to have met the basic requirements of the occupation.

Basic Requirements:

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  United States Citizenship: Non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy.
• Degree of doctor of medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in medicine or osteopathic medicine. The degree must have been obtained from one of the schools approved by the Department of Veterans Affairs for the year in which the course of study was completed.
• Current, full and unrestricted license to practice medicine or surgery in a State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the United States, or in the District of Columbia.
• Residency Training: Physicians must have completed residency training, approved by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs in an accredited core specialty training program leading to eligibility for board certification. (
  
  NOTE: VA physicians involved in academic training programs may be required to be board certified for faculty status.) Approved residencies are: (1) Those approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME), b) OR [(2) Those approved by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA),OR
• Other residencies (non-US residency training programs followed by a minimum of five years of verified practice in the United States), which the local Medical Staff Executive Committee deems to have provided the applicant with appropriate professional training and believes has exposed the physician to an appropriate range of patient care experiences.
  
  

Residents currently enrolled in ACGME/AOA accredited residency training programs and who would otherwise meet the basic requirements for appointment are eligible to be appointed as "Physician Resident Providers" (PRPs). PRPs must be fully licensed physicians (i.e., not a training license) and may only be appointed on an intermittent or fee-basis. PRPs are not considered independent practitioners and will not be privileged; rather, they are to have a "scope of practice" that allows them to perform certain restricted duties under supervision. Additionally, surgery residents in gap years may also be appointed as PRPs.

• Board certified in either Anatomic Pathology or Clinical Pathology.
• Proficiency in spoken and written English.
  
  

Service Chief or Line Manager. A service chief or line manager physician must demonstrate the following:

• Outstanding professional ability in the practice of medicine or a medical specialty; and
• Ability to guide the development and implementation of programs within their respective domain. These programs would include, but are not limited to medical practice, professional standards, personnel issues, and quality and performance improvement.
  
  

Preferred Experience: Five years of prior clinical experience. Progressive leadership experience within prior 5 years of experience, with increased levels of scope and responsibilities.



Reference: For more information on this qualification standard, please visit https://www.va.gov/ohrm/QualificationStandards/.



Physical Requirements: Must be able to physically and mentally perform the duties in a clinic setting under normal and emergent conditions and while working closely with others. Light lifting 15-44 pounds; reaching above shoulder; use of fingers; both hands required; standing (up to 1 hour); near vision correctable at 13" to 16" to Jaeger 1 to 4; far vision correctable in one eye up to 20/20 and to 20/40 in the other; both eyes required; depth perception required; ability to distinguish basic colors; ability to distinguish shades of colors.

Education

Degree of Doctor of Medicine or an equivalent degree resulting from a course of education in allopathic medicine or osteopathic medicine. The degree must have been obtained from an institution whose accreditation was in place for the year in which the course of study was completed. Approved schools are:

• Schools of medicine accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) for the year in which the degree was granted, or
• Schools of osteopathic medicine approved by the Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation of the American Osteopathic Association for the year in which the degree was granted.
• For foreign medical graduates not covered in (1) or (2) above, facility officials must verify with the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) that the applicant has met requirements for certification, and must obtain a copy of the ECFMG certificate, if claimed by the applicant. [If the applicant does not claim an ECFMG certificate, facility officials must still confirm that the medical school meets (or met) ECFMG eligibility requirements for the year the candidate graduated.]
  
  
  
  

NOTE: The Under Secretary of Health or designee in the VHA Central Office may approve the appointment under authority of 38 U.S.C. 7405 of a physician graduate of a school of medicine not covered above if the candidate is to be assigned to a research, academic, or administrative position with no patient care responsibilities. The appointment will be made only in exceptional circumstances where the candidate's credentials clearly demonstrate high professional attainment or expertise in the specialty area.

Additional information

This job opportunity announcement may be used to fill additional vacancies.

It is the policy of the VA to not deny employment to those that have faced financial hardships or periods of unemployment.

This position is in the Excepted Service and does not confer competitive status.

VA encourages persons with disabilities to apply. The health-related positions in VA are covered by Title 38, and are not covered by the Schedule A excepted appointment authority.

If you are unable to apply online or need an alternate method to submit documents, please reach out to the Agency Contact listed in this Job Opportunity Announcement.

Under the Fair Chance to Compete Act, the Department of Veterans Affairs prohibits requesting an applicant's criminal history prior to accepting a tentative job offer. For more information about the Act and the complaint process, visit Human Resources and Administration/Operations, Security, and Preparedness (HRA/OSP) at The Fair Chance Act.

VA Healthcare System Serving Ohio, Indiana and Michigan (VISN 10) advocates for a Whole Health System of care in each of the Medical Centers. This is an approach to healthcare that empowers and equips people to take charge of their health and well-being and live their lives to the fullest. As an employee operating in a Whole Health System of care, you will operate in a model with three core elements, seeking to create a personalized health plan for each Veteran. This is done in the context of healing relationships and healing environments and a connection back to the Veteran's community. This aligns with the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Mission Statement to Honor America's Veterans by providing exceptional health care that improves their health and well-being.

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