System Director, Clinical Microbiology

Geisinger; Danville (VA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare benefits from day one

Vision and dental coverage

Domestic partner benefits

Job summary

Geisinger Laboratory Medicine is seeking a board-certified MD, PhD (or equivalent) Clinical Microbiologist to join the Department of Laboratory Medicine within the Diagnostic Medicine Institute. The role combines leadership of the infectious disease diagnostic team with academic appointment.

Candidates should have eligibility for Pennsylvania licensure (or ABMM) and CAP/CLIA director qualifications, with strong collaboration across pathology, pharmacy, and quality teams.

Qualifications

• MD/DO with board certification or eligibility in clinical pathology or microbiology.
• Eligible for licensure in Pennsylvania.
• CAP/CLIA Laboratory Director eligibility required.

Responsibilities

• Oversee all aspects of Clinical Microbiology and collaborate with leaders.
• Manage pre- and post-analytical infectious disease diagnostics, client services.
• Apply phenotypic, proteomic, biomarkers, and molecular methods.
• Lead antimicrobial stewardship and resistance testing methods.
• Support nine hospital laboratories, 80 clinics, and external clients.
• Academic appointment and teaching for students, residents, fellows, and staff.
• Demonstrate leadership, strategic thinking, and project management.

Skills

Patient Care

Professional Etiquette

Systems-Based Practice

Education

Doctoral Degree

Job description

Location:

Geisinger Medical Center (GMC)

Shift:

Days (United States of America)

Scheduled Weekly Hours:

40

Worker Type:

Regular

Exemption Status:

Yes

Job Summary:

Geisinger Laboratory Medicine is searching for a board-certified MD, PhD, or MD, PhD (or equivalent) 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 at the associate to full professor level 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:

• 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:

Candidates should be an MD/DO with board certification or eligibility in clinical pathology or microbiology, and eligible for licensure in Pennsylvania, or a PhD in a biological, chemical, or molecular science with ABMM board certification or eligibility. Qualification or eligibility as a Laboratory Director under CAP and CLIA is required, with experience in a CAP-accredited or equivalent clinical environment required.

Education:

Doctoral Degree- (Required)

Skills:

Patient Care And Procedural Skills, Professional Etiquette, Systems-Based Practice

OUR PURPOSE & VALUES:

• 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.