PracticeLink hiring Pathology Physician Job with Veterans Health Administration in Martinsburg, WV in Martinsburg, WV | LinkedIn (2024)

Excellent Pathology Opportunity at Martinsburg VA Medical Center!Located in the heart of West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle, the Martinsburg Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC) can be found on 175 acres in historic Berkeley County and has a service area of more than 70,000 Veterans in West Virginia, Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. The Medical Center, part of the VA Capitol Health Care Network (VISN 5), offers a comprehensive range of services, including internal medicine, ambulatory surgery, audiology, and speech pathology, dental, nursing home, nutrition, podiatry, prosthetics, women's health, mental health and rehabilitation medicine. Patient care is provided through an integrated primary care concept, and each veteran is assigned to a team of health care providers that follows the patient's care both as an inpatient and an outpatient. It is the mission of the Medical Center to honor America's Veterans as heroes by providing the highest quality health care. The employees of the Martinsburg VAMC are dedicated to improving the quality of life for eligible veterans through excellent health care.

Duties

• Participation in the Department of Laboratory Services and hospital committees and working groups.
• Attend FNA and renal biopsy procedures to assess the adequacy of specimens collected.
• Gross description, tissue sampling, microscopic examination of surgical and bone marrow specimens, reporting of findings, verifying and SNOMED coding of diagnoses on the computer, normally in no more than two workdays.
• Appropriate analysis of surgical specimens, intraoperative surgical pathology consultations and prompt and accurate reporting of results
• Take photographs and photomicrographs of the specimens for tumor board and other appropriate functions.
• Performing autopsies, sampling tissues, taking photographs of specimens when indicated, and microscopic examination of sampled tissues, reporting, clinicopathologic correlation and coding using the SNOMED system in no more than one month in uncomplicated cases.
• Responsible for maintaining high standards of professional services so that the Department of Laboratory Services will maintain the JC and CAP accreditation.

QualificationsTo 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 to 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

• US Citizens will be considered first; non-citizens may only be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy
• Designated and/or random drug testing may be required.
• Selective Service Registration is required for males born after 12/31/1959.
• You may be required to serve a probationary period.
• Subject to a background/security investigation
• English Language Proficiency
• Selected applicants will be required to complete an online onboarding process.

Let's Talk About Benefits

• A career with the U.S. government provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package. As a federal employee, you and your family will have access to a range of benefits that are designed to make your federal career very rewarding.
• Eligibility for benefits depends on the type of position you hold and whether your position is full-time, part-time, or intermittent. Contact the hiring agency for more information on the specific benefits offered.

Time OffWe know you value personal time spending with your loved ones or pursuing your interests.

• 13 to 26 days of paid annual leave
• 13 sick days annually, with unlimited accumulation
• 11 paid federal holidays
• 12 weeks of paid parental leave
• Up to 15 days of leave for active reservists and National Guard members

FlexibilityLife happens, and sometimes it happens between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. or on another coast.

• Work-from-home options
• Flexible scheduling
• Work anywhere in the U.S. with one active license
• Choose from any of our 1,300 facilities
• Change locations without losing benefits or salary

Insurance Options Whether protecting you personally or professionally, VA insurance coverage is unparalleled.

• Comprehensive federal health insurance for life
• Up to 75% of health premiums paid
• Group life insurance for you and eligible family members
• Long-term care coverage for home care, adult day care, and facility care
• Flexible savings accounts to pay for health care expenses, tax-free
• Free medical malpractice insurance for health care providers

Retirement Prepare for the next stage in your life with federally supported retirement options.

• Access to the Federal Employees Retirement System
• Eligible for monthly retirement benefits after just 5 years of federal service
• Supplement your retirement with the tax-deferred Thrift Savings Plan, similar to a 401(k)
• Long-term disability benefits after 18 months of service
• Add VA benefits to your full military retirement pay or pension

Competitive Compensation

• Strong starting salaries, steady growth, and incentives
• Employment incentives, including recruitment and relocation bonuses and retention allowances.
• Regular performance-based increases and accelerated increases for outstanding performance
• Premium pay rates for overtime, weekend, holiday, on-call, and night work
• Incentive awards like superior performance awards, special contribution awards, quality step increases, and VA honor awards

What is going on in and around the community of Martinsburg? Something fun or interesting is always happening around the Martinsburg area. From large businesses moving to our area, like Macy's Fulfillment Center, Proctor & Gamble and BPG-USA that have boosted our economy to the rich historic tradition of Harper's Ferry, the annual Apple Harvest Festival, and numerous outdoor recreation activities off the Potomac River, Martinsburg has experienced significant residential and business growth and continues to carry the tradition of being a vibrant, family friendly community. Along with strong community support for our 35 Berkeley County public schools, you will find the prestigious Saint Joseph School right in Martinsburg, and close by Saint James School in Hagerstown, MD.

There's new energy and a new outlook in Berkeley County, West Virginia, including expansion of state-of-the-art medical facilities including Valley Health, West Virginia University Medicine, and expansion of programs at VAMC Martinsburg, including the new Women's Center, Dental building and SUD expansion's programming for our Nation s Veterans.

Little to big league sports fans and shopaholics alike are also right at home in Berkeley County. WV, as we are close to multiple shopping outlets. We are also just a short drive to Frederick, MD, Baltimore and Washington, DC, where you will find additional museums, art galleries, ballet and opera, festivals, and theater shows. We are also near the suburbs of Winchester and Loudoun County, Virginia, where many of our physicians live.

Our Mission To fulfill President Lincoln's promise "To care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan" by serving and honoring the men and women who are America's Veterans.