Laboratory and Medical Director, Anatomic Pathologist – Part-Time
Job Description:
- Ensure delivery of quality clinical laboratory services and products within Guardant’s Oncology Division
- Perform histology slide assessment, tissue selection, and sign-out
- Participate in laboratory operations and improve digital pathology capabilities
- Support clinical trial operations and ensure compliance with applicable regulations
- Review slides for tumor content estimation and diagnosis correlation
- Communicate with referring pathologists and oncologists when discrepancies arise
- Interpret immunohistochemical stains, including PD-L1
- Participate in the quality management system, adverse outcome and non-conformity management, onsite surveys, survey-result management, and proficiency testing
- Oversee the laboratory quality management system for conformance with Clinical Laboratory Practice Standards
- Provide continuing education and remedial training to laboratory technical staff
- Monitor staff competency and establish related policies and procedures
- Promote a safe laboratory environment
- Ensure an approved procedure manual is available to personnel
- Monitor laboratory work to ensure medically reliable data
- Evaluate the quality and appropriateness of services rendered
- Advise referring physicians on the significance of laboratory findings
- Ensure test reports include pertinent patient-interpretation information
- Implement correction plans for identified deficiencies
- Report test-quality and safety concerns
- Review and approve laboratory documentation, validation plans, training and competency assessments, qualifications, audits, deviation requests, and nonconforming event reports
Requirements:
- Must be a Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathy licensed to practice medicine or osteopathy in the State of California and in the state of residence, or eligible for licensure
- Physician (M.D. or D.O.) with training and demonstrated expertise in histopathology obtained within the previous six years
- Currently certified by the American Board of Pathology in Anatomic Pathology
- Experience signing out IHC cases, particularly PD-L1
- Preferable qualification for New York State in Oncology and Histopathology, or ability to obtain said qualification
- Ability to critically evaluate and responsibly leverage AI-enabled tools in accordance with company policies, ethical standards, and regulatory requirements
- Ability to work variable hours and days depending on operational needs
- Ability to sit or stand for long periods
- Ability to work around hazardous materials, blood specimens, moving parts, heating or freezing elements, high-speed centrifugation, fumes, and biohazard material
- Background screening including criminal history required
Benefits:
- Part-time schedule of 40 hours every two weeks
- Remote work model
- Reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities, long-term conditions, mental health conditions, or sincerely held religious beliefs