Pathology VA Medical Center job located in Pennsylvania

• Pathology Physician
• Dedicated to Serving Veterans' Health
• Committed to clinical excellence

PATHOLOGIST

SITE OF SERVICE:
• VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System, University Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15240-1003

POSITION SUMMARY: 
Pittsburgh VAMC is an acute care and inpatient behavioral health facility with 146 medical, neurological, 
and surgical beds in the main facility and 78 secure, private psychiatric beds in the consolidation 
building. This campus also receives the most outpatient visits of all VAPHS facilities.
The University Drive campus of VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System is in the Oakland section of Pittsburgh, 
adjacent to the University of Pittsburgh's Petersen Events Center. It is an acute care and inpatient 
behavioral health facility with 146 beds available for medical, neurological, and surgical care in the main 
facility and 78 secure, private psychiatric beds in the consolidation building. This campus also receives 
the most outpatient visits of all VAPHS facilities.
Specialized services at the University Drive campus include speech and audiology, dermatology, 
optometry/ophthalmology, endocrinology, gastroenterology, nephrology, sleep studies, urology, and 
more. The campus is also home to national, independent liver and renal transplant centers, a regional 
cardiac surgery center, and an oncology referral center. In addition, our Women Veterans Health and 
Renal Dialysis programs have earned recognition as National Centers of Clinical Excellence.
POSITION QUALIFICATION/REQUIREMENTS: 
• Experience: At least 12 of the prior 18 months or previous or current participation in a hospitalaffiliated residency or clinical fellowship
• License: a current license to practice medicine in any State, Territory, or Commonwealth of the 
United States or the District of Columbia) when services are performed onsite on VA property
• Board Certification: Board Certified or Board Eligible Pathologist by the American Board of 
Pathology 
• Certificate: 
o BLS, ACLS, or equivalent
o NPI
o DEA Certificate
• US Citizenship: US Citizen 
• Must not be on the OIG Excluded list
• Ability to effectively speak, understand, read, and write English
• Background check required
• Must meet health screening requirements
• Basic proficiency in Microsoft OS and software and functional typing/keyboarding skills
• Be physically capable of standing and/or sitting for extended periods and physically capable of 
performing all the services required under the contract and TO