AP/CP General Surgical Pathologist

Location: Fort Worth, TX/Alliance
Schedule: Full-Time | Days (Rotating Weekends)
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Responsibilities

• Provide clinical and administrative leadership for anatomic and clinical pathology services within a hospital-based laboratory.
• Oversee daily pathology operations, ensuring high-quality diagnostic services, operational efficiency, and compliance with applicable regulatory standards.
• Serve as the primary pathologist for a single-pathologist practice, providing comprehensive anatomic and clinical pathology services.
• Perform general surgical pathology examinations, interpretations, and diagnoses across a broad range of medical and surgical specialties.
• Provide diagnostic interpretations for surgical pathology, cytology, bone marrow specimens, and breast pathology cases.
• Support an established and expanding breast pathology program, ensuring accurate and timely diagnostic services.
• Oversee a pathology practice handling approximately 3,600 cases annually, including surgical pathology, cytology, breast pathology, and bone marrow specimens.
• Participate in a regional pathology call rotation covering multiple hospital locations throughout the western Fort Worth market, approximately one week per month.
• Provide clinical and laboratory oversight for affiliated freestanding emergency departments, ensuring compliance with quality and regulatory standards.
• Support pathology and laboratory operations as the hospital transitions toward Level II trauma center designation.
• Collaborate with hospital administration, medical staff, and laboratory leadership to improve workflow, quality, and patient outcomes.
• Support quality assurance initiatives, laboratory accreditation requirements, and continuous process improvements.
• Provide leadership, mentorship, and professional guidance to laboratory personnel while fostering a collaborative and patient-centered environment.
• Participate in strategic planning and operational initiatives to enhance pathology services and laboratory performance.
• Maintain compliance with established laboratory protocols, patient safety standards, and applicable healthcare regulations.

Requirements / Qualifications

• Board certification in Anatomic and Clinical Pathology (AP/CP) is required.
• Minimum of 2 years of hospital-based Pathology Medical Director experience is preferred.
• General surgical pathology experience is required.
• Active Texas medical license in good standing or eligibility to obtain Texas medical licensure.
• Strong clinical and diagnostic expertise across anatomic and clinical pathology.
• Ability to independently manage pathology services within a single-pathologist hospital practice.
• Willingness and ability to participate in a regional pathology call rotation approximately one week per month.
• Experience or familiarity with surgical pathology, cytology, breast pathology, and bone marrow specimen interpretation.
• Demonstrated leadership abilities with the ability to oversee pathology operations, clinical services, and laboratory quality standards.
• Knowledge of laboratory regulatory requirements, quality assurance practices, and accreditation standards.
• Ability to oversee laboratory services across multiple locations, including affiliated freestanding emergency departments.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with physicians, laboratory personnel, hospital administration, and regional pathology colleagues.
• Strong commitment to diagnostic accuracy, operational excellence, effective leadership, and high-quality patient care.