Job Description

Woodston Personnel have an excellent opportunity for Section Head, Molecular and Translational Pathology with our client in Saudi Arabia.MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:Assumes overall responsibility for the quality of service provided by the designated Laboratory Specialty Section.Ensure that Joint Commission of International (JCI), American Association of Blood banks (AABB), College of American Pathologists (CAP), Saudi Central Board for Accreditation of Health Care Institution (CBAHI), ISO 15189 and national Guard Laboratory and Hospital Standards are maintained and continuously improved.Provides medical direction for test selection, methodology and clinical relevance and ensure safe and current medical practice in area of expertise.Oversee and actively participates in training program for staff, medical technology students,, interns, residents, and participates in continuing education of staff physicians.Serves on National Hospital and Departmental committees as assigned.Ensure medical coverage is available at all times.Evaluates, updates and develop[s new laboratory tests/techniques in clinical molecular genetics, molecular pathology, genomics, oncology and bioinformatics.Provides diagnostics and consultative service to physicians and patients in accordance with privileges granted.Provides consultative services for technical aspects of testing.Approves and monitor labs send out to requested to referral centers.Reviews all critical values of laboratory tests or unexpected tests results.Assists in the preparation, updating, and approving of section manuals.Implements and maintains a clinical bioinformatics infrastructure required for new large-scale genomic technologies.Monitors and checks on regular basis the compliance of the staff by the quality and safety standards and hospital policy by laws.Constructs pipelines and workflows for sequence analysis and build custom algorithms and tools for specific problems.Provides support and maintenance for existing applications; participate in production support installation, testing and setup.Designs or implements web-base tools for querying large-scale biological databasesParticipates or apply data mining and machine learning algorithm.Participates in the preparation of reports or scientific publications.Performs other job related duties assigned by the Chairman.Responsibility level: SupervisorySystem and Equipment: Computer, telephone, Microsoft Office, BestCareRelationships and Communications: Internal (all lab staff), External (Physicians, Doctors, Nurses, Administration)Decision and Judgements: Decision related to final diagnosis of patients specimenMental Demands: Constant stressPhysical Demands: Overtime, on-call, prolonged seating and standingTo apply for this role please contact us today with your CV (CVs must be in English)Education:Must be a graduate from accredited medical school, completed appropriate internship and residency requirements or a PhD. in related field and hold current certification by the American Board of Pathology or equivalent with appropriate licensure to practice - EssentialWork Experience:Should have at least 5 years post residency experience in the specialty and should demonstrate managerial capabilities in tertiary care, preferable CAP accredited hospital - EssentialLanguage and Computer Skills:English - Level I - EssentialArabic - EssentialComputer - Lever I - Essential

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