Job Description Summary

The Surgical Pathology Service of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine is seeking a Surgical Pathology fellow for one year. The successful candidate will have completed an AP
or AP/CP residency at an ACGME accredited institution and be board eligible. The Surgical Pathology section has subspecialty expertise including GI/liver Pathology, Breast Pathology, GYN Pathology, GU Pathology, Bone/ Soft tissue Pathology, Head and Neck/Endocrine Pathology, Pulmonary Pathology, Placental Pathology and Medical Renal Pathology. MUSC is the quaternary medical center for South Carolina and a comprehensive transplant center. Fellows participate as junior faculty with progressive independent sign-out of in-house surgical pathology cases and frozen sections. The Fellows actively participate and present at interdepartmental subspecialty tumor boards /conferences at a busy, growing quaternary medical center. Fellows also instruct/teach residents and medical students. MUSC includes the Hollings Cancer Center, Ashley River Towers hospital, Shawn Jenkins Children’s / Pearl Tourville Women’s Pavilion hospital and the Main hospital. MUSC in Charleston has approximately 1,000 beds. Annually, the surgical pathology volume is around 34,000 accessions (60, 000 specimens).

Entity

Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC - Univ)

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type​

Faculty

Cost Center

CC001001 COM PATH Anatomic Pathology CC

Pay Rate Type

Salary

Pay Grade

University-00

Pay Range

0.00 - 0.00 - 0.000

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Work Shift

Job Description

Job Description:

The Surgical Pathology Service of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine is seeking a Surgical Pathology fellow for one year. The successful candidate will have completed an AP
or AP/CP residency at an ACGME accredited institution and be board eligible. The Surgical Pathology section has subspecialty expertise including GI/liver Pathology, Breast Pathology, GYN Pathology, GU Pathology, Bone/ Soft tissue Pathology, Head and Neck/Endocrine Pathology, Pulmonary Pathology, Placental Pathology and Medical Renal Pathology. MUSC is the quaternary medical center for South Carolina and a comprehensive transplant center. Fellows participate as junior faculty with progressive independent sign-out of in-house surgical pathology cases and frozen sections.  The Fellows actively participate and present at interdepartmental subspecialty tumor boards /conferences at a busy, growing quaternary medical center. Fellows also instruct/teach residents and medical students. MUSC includes the Hollings Cancer Center, Ashley River Towers hospital, Shawn Jenkins Children’s / Pearl Tourville Women’s Pavilion hospital and the Main hospital.  MUSC in Charleston has approximately 1,000 beds.  Annually, the surgical pathology volume is around 34,000 accessions (60, 000 specimens).

Additional Duties and Responsibilities:

The successful candidate must hold or be eligible for a South Carolina Medical License. The Candidate may participate in ongoing research projects with the section of Surgical Pathology.

Learn more about the Department: https://medicine.musc.edu/departments/pathology

Additional Job Description

Physical Requirements: (Note: The following descriptions are applicable to this section: Continuous - 6-8 hours per shift; Frequent - 2-6 hours per shift; Infrequent - 0-2 hours per shift) Ability to perform job functions in an upright position. (Frequent) Ability to perform job functions in a seated position. (Frequent) Ability to perform job functions while walking/mobile. (Frequent) Ability to work indoors. (Continuous) Ability to work outdoors in all weather and temperature extremes. (Infrequent) Ability to work in confined/cramped spaces. (Infrequent) Ability to perform job functions from kneeling positions. (Infrequent) Ability to squat and perform job functions. (Infrequent) Ability to perform ’pinching’ operations. (Infrequent) Ability to fully use both hands/arms. (Frequent) Ability to perform repetitive motions with hands/wrists/elbows and shoulders. (Frequent) Ability to reach in all directions. (Frequent) Possess good finger dexterity. (Continuous) Ability to maintain tactile sensory functions. (Continuous) Ability to lift and carry 15 lbs., unassisted. (Infrequent) Ability to lift objects, up to 15 lbs., from floor level to height of 36 inches, unassisted. (Infrequent) Ability to lower objects, up to 15 lbs., from height of 36 inches to floor level, unassisted. (Infrequent) Ability to push/pull objects, up to 15 lbs., unassisted. (Infrequent) Ability to maintain 20/40 vision, corrected, in one eye or with both eyes. (Continuous) Ability to see and recognize objects close at hand. (Frequent) Ability to see and recognize objects at a distance. (Frequent) Ability to determine distance/relationship between objects; depth perception. (Continuous) Good peripheral vision capabilities. (Continuous) Ability to maintain hearing acuity, with correction. (Continuous) Ability to perform gross motor functions with frequent fine motor movements. (Frequent)

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