Academic Clinical Microbiologist and Director, Open Rank

Rutgers University • Newark, NJ

3d • Onsite

About The Position

The Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine at Rutgers New Jersey Medical School invites applications for a faculty position at the Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor level in the Section of Microbiology in the Division of Clinical Pathology. The section is responsible for the performance of microbiology pathology laboratory services at University Hospital—the school’s 519-bed tertiary care core teaching hospital. The primary responsibility of the medical microbiologist is the technical and scientific oversight of the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory at University Hospital as well as point-of-care and rapid infectious disease diagnostic tests located within other areas of the hospital. This individual will provide leadership for staff, will plan, organize, and direct the activities of the laboratory with the assistance of managers, supervisors, and senior technologists, and will serve as a subject matter expert and consultant, closely collaborating with physicians and other health care providers. The director will participate in training pathology residents, infectious disease fellows, and medical students. The Director will have responsibility for providing clinical microbiology direction to the University Hospital clinical microbiology laboratory, including laboratory oversight, test validation, and maintenance of College of American Pathologists accreditation of the section; experience in a CAP -accredited laboratory is desirable. Molecular microbiology knowledge is also desirable. A strong academic orientation is favorable, including evidence of scholarly achievement and proposals or current funding for translational research projects.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in a CAP -accredited laboratory is desirable.
• Molecular microbiology knowledge is also desirable.
• A strong academic orientation is favorable, including evidence of scholarly achievement and proposals or current funding for translational research projects.

Responsibilities

• Technical and scientific oversight of the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory
• Provide leadership for staff
• Plan, organize, and direct the activities of the laboratory with the assistance of managers, supervisors, and senior technologists
• Serve as a subject matter expert and consultant, closely collaborating with physicians and other health care providers
• Participate in training pathology residents, infectious disease fellows, and medical students
• Providing clinical microbiology direction to the University Hospital clinical microbiology laboratory, including laboratory oversight, test validation, and maintenance of College of American Pathologists accreditation of the section

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed