Director, Pathology Services

Director, Pathology Services

As the Director of Pathology, you have clinical oversight of Natera's laboratory pathology testing. You ensure that testing is properly performed, and applicable regulatory standards are met. You are responsible for ensuring that the laboratory implements testing while consistently providing accurate and reliable patient test results. You will also be responsible for the proper maintenance of the histology lab for FFPE tissue block processing, slide staining/coverslipping/scanning, and performance evaluation of other pathologists in your report.

Primary responsibilities include: reviewing patient specimens prior to testing in collaboration with other applicable stakeholders; reviewing clinical notes and pathology reports for tumor information and performing tumor circling on H&E slides for molecular testing; reviewing and signing out of Immunohistochemistry reports; providing clinical and technical support for genetic counselors and other laboratory personnel; setting standards for laboratory testing and acceptable levels of analytic performance and ensuring these are maintained; analyzing lab data, contributing to or writing publications for high-quality scientific journals; serving as Clinical Consultant and ensuring the proper utility of our assays; serving as Technical Supervisor and ensuring the accuracy and precision of the test; managing a team; reviewing and approving assigned work; and mentoring and developing personnel.

Qualifications include an MD/DO degree and ABP board-certified/eligible in AP/CP and Molecular Genetic Pathology preferred, qualified for unrestricted Medical License to practice in the state of CA, qualified or current Certificate of Qualification in Genetic Testing from the NYS CLEP required, five or more years of experience in a CLIA-certified clinical laboratory setting analyzing, interpreting and reporting clinical genetic/genomic data, knowledge of CAP, CLIA, California, and New York state regulations, and management experience required.

Knowledge, skills, and abilities include excellent written and oral communication skills, experience leading a laboratory offering prenatal screening and oncology testing and evaluating, interpreting, and reporting out NGS and microarray data, familiarity with next-generation sequencing, and/or knowledge of advanced methods of copy number detection, strong background in human and medical genetics, and oncology with a familiarity of online human genomics, and understanding of statistical measures utilized in genetic testing and screening.