Director, Clinical Chemistry, Associate Professor or Assistant Professor

Director, Clinical Chemistry, Associate Professor or Assistant Professor

Location:
New Orleans, LA
Open Date:
Apr 7, 2021
Description:

The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Tulane University School of Medicine is seeking a Director for Clinical Chemistry. This will be a faculty position with an academic appointment in the rank of Assistant to Associate Professor in Clinical Track. The Tulane Medical Center includes three hospitals in the New Orleans area, each of which has a clinical laboratory supporting the hospital's clinical activity. The responsibility of the Director of Clinical Chemistry will include overseeing the medical needs of the clinical chemistry or the core laboratory, fulfilling the regulatory requirement for the quality management of the clinical operation, developing and/or validating new laboratory tests, and working with the laboratory staff, hospital administration and physicians to ensure a successful, collaborative and patient care-centered laboratory service. It is critical that the candidate will also devote a significant amount of time for the teaching of pathology residents, medical students and graduate students in the Department's education programs. Scholastic works including research is strongly encouraged. Both strong technical acumen and inter-personal communication skill are needed for the successful accomplishment of the work.

Qualifications:

M.D. and/or PhD with a proper training and certification. Training may include a Clinical Pathology Residency training in an ACGME-accredited program, or a Clinical Chemistry fellowship training in a ComACC-accredited program or the equivalent. Certification by, or eligibility for, ABP (for Clinical Pathology/Chemical Pathology), or ABCC (for Clinical Chemistry), or the equivalent, is required. Experience in managing a clinical chemistry laboratory and teaching residents is desired but not essential.

Application Instructions:

Interested candidates shall submit their CV, training certificates, a personal statement, and a list of references at http://apply.interfolio.com/86241

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:

Please Note: Tulane University has officially adopted a mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy. All employees and visiting faculty must be fully vaccinated with a COVID-19 vaccination or obtain approval for a medical or religious exemption prior to beginning employment.

Tulane University is located in New Orleans - a city with tremendous history of diverse cultures, community, and languages. Tulane is actively building a campus culture grounded in our values of EDI and anti-racism. We seek and welcome candidate applications from historically underrepresented groups, such as BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, People of Color), women, LGBTQ+, and those living with disabilities as well as veterans.

Tulane University is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action institution committed to excellence through diversity. Tulane University will not discriminate based upon race, ethnicity, color, sex, religion, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, marital status, military or veteran status, or any other status or classification protected by federal, state, or local law. All eligible candidates are encouraged to apply.