Quest Diagnostics

Key Responsibilities

• • Provide as needed on-site pathologist coverage at two clinic sites in Seattle, WA and Everett, WA
• • General surgical primary pathology sign-out to include GI, breast, GU, and IHC, and with an emphasis on GI and breast biopsy diagnoses.
• • Frozen section diagnoses/analysis and peripheral blood smear evaluations
• • Ability to function in a collegial manner with all pathologists and other staff at PhenoPath and the outpatient Optum clinic-based pathology labs, including sharing clinical pathology call with other pathologists, coordination of time off to ensure adequate service coverage, and timely review of colleagues’ difficult cases when requested
• • Availability to PhenoPath, Quest customers, and lab staff as questions/concerns arise
• • As appropriate, participation in PhenoPath committees and/or the development of PhenoPath informational/marketing materials
• • Maintaining appropriate licensing/accreditation and keeping abreast of the relevant pathology literature via participation in CME or similar activities
• • Maintaining confidentiality of sensitive information concerning patients, employees, clients, vendors, and the company
• • Performing other assigned duties or tasks on an as-needed basis
• • Regulatory & accreditation readiness. Fulfill CLIA ’88 Laboratory Director, Clinical Consultant, and Testing Personnel responsibilities; assure lab is in compliance with CAP accreditation requirements.
• • Clinical consultation & interpretation. Provide medical guidance on test significance, data interpretation, and correlation to support diagnosis and patient management.
• • Stay current with medical literature to ensure evidence-based, quality patient care decisions.
• • Quality Assurance Oversight. Drive QA/QI plans using tools like proficiency testing, inter-lab QC, positivity rate monitoring, and medical report audits to maintain analytical accuracy.
• • Proficiency testing compliance. Ensure PT enrollment per CLIA/CAP guidelines, investigate failures and near-misses, and develop alternative assessments where formal PT isn’t available.
• • Personnel competency & authorization. Assess competency for all staff and formally authorize individuals to perform pre-analytical, analytical, and post-analytical functions.
• • Reference lab oversight. Select and continuously monitor reference laboratories for service quality, analytical performance, and proper licensure.
• • Test development & validation. When appropriate, direct research efforts include experimental design, new assay development, and validation of emerging tests/services.