Supervisory Physician (Department of Laboratory Medicine Chief)
What you'd do
This position serves as Chief of the Department of Laboratory Medicine and exercises a wide latitude of leadership, management responsibility, judgment, initiative, creativity and substantive professional medical knowledge and expertise. He/She supports clinical research at the NIH, serves the patients, collaborates with health care providers, ensures compliance with applicable federal/state laws and standards of accrediting organizations, and innovates best practices in the medical specialty.
Major duties
As Chief, the incumbent will provide strategic, scientific, operational, and people-centered leadership for DLM. The Chief will foster excellence in clinical laboratory medicine while strengthening research, training, quality, and collaborative initiatives across the NIH Clinical Center and NIH intramural research community. Oversee DLM service areas, including Chemistry, Hematology, Immunology, Microbiology, Phlebotomy, and Sterility services. Lead high-quality, efficient, and patient-centered clinical laboratory operations in a complex clinical research hospital. Ensure rigorous regulatory compliance, quality management, patient safety, and readiness for accreditation standards. Partner with investigators and clinical teams to support protocol development, study implementation, specialized testing workflows, and interpretation of laboratory data. Guide innovation in laboratory methods, informatics, instrumentation, workflow design, and consultative services that support both patient care and discovery. While the primary role of this position is to run department operations, the Chief may have the opportunity to lead their own investigator-initiated research within the Intramural Research Program depending on their level of experience. Build and mentor multidisciplinary teams, support professional growth, and promote a collaborative workplace grounded in mutual respect and open communication. Oversee and be accountable for the hospital's phlebotomy and sterile-processing sterility-testing services. The Clinical Center anatomic pathology, blood bank and cell processing laboratories are organized separately from DLM.
What you need to qualify
Education Requirement: Successful completion of the requirements for Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, or equivalent, from a school in the United States or Canada. This degree must have been accredited by the Council on Medical Education of the American Medical Association; Association of American Medical Colleges; Liaison Committee on Medical Education; Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation of the American Osteopathic Association; or an accrediting body recognized by the U.S. Department of Education at the time the degree was obtained. For further information, please visit OPM's qualification standard; OR Successful completion of a Doctor of Medicine or equivalent degree from a foreign medical school that provided education and medical knowledge substantially equivalent to accredited schools in the United States that was demonstrated by permanent certification by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG); OR Possession of a Fifth Pathway certificate through the successful completion of premedical education in the United States AND graduate education from a foreign medical school that provided education and medical knowledge substantially equivalent to accredited schools in the United States; OR Successful completion of the U.S. Medical Licensing Examination. Licensure Requirement:You must have an active, current, full, and unrestricted license or registration as a physician from a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, or a territory of the United States. NOTE: You will be required to provide your licensure or registration information within the assessment questionnaire. Graduate Training Requirement: Subsequent to obtaining a Doctor of Medicine or Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree, you must have at least 1 year of supervised experience providing direct service in a clinical setting, i.e., a 1-year internship or the first year of a residency program in a hospital or an institution accredited for such training. Graduate training programs include only those internship, residency, and fellowship programs that are approved by accrediting bodies recognized within the United States or Canada. Descriptions of such programs are described below: An internship program involves broadly based clinical practice in which physicians acquire experience in treating a variety of medical problems under supervision (e.g., internal medicine, surgery, general practice, obstetrics-gynecology, and pediatrics). Such programs are in hospitals or other institutions accredited for internship training by a recognized body of the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME); OR A residency program involves training in a specialized field of medicine in a hospital or an institution accredited for training in the specialty by a recognized body of the American Medical Association, (AMA) or Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME); OR A fellowship program involves advanced training (beyond residency training) in a given medical specialty in either a clinical or research setting in a hospital or an institution accredited in the United States for such training. Additional Qualification Requirements: To qualify at the GP-15 level, your resume must demonstrate at least five years of graduate training in the specialty of the position to be filled, or five years of equivalent experience and training. You will receive credit for all experience material to the position, including experience gained in religious, civic, welfare, service, and organizational activities, regardless of whether you received pay. The IDEAL CANDIDATE: The successful candidate will bring strong leadership credentials, sound judgment, and a record of interdisciplinary collaboration. Competitive candidates will have: Doctoral-level training appropriate to the role, including an M.D. as required for the position. Demonstrated experience supervising a clinical laboratory and leading complex laboratory operations, budgets, quality systems, and regulatory requirements. Experience with clinical research and clinical research processes, including collaboration with investigators and clinical teams. A commitment to excellent patient care, protocol support, laboratory innovation, workforce development, mentoring, and inclusive leadership. Interest in providing oversight for, and/or participating in, investigator-initiated or collaborative clinical research. Do not copy and paste the duties or specialized experience from this announcement into your resume as that will not be considered a demonstration of your qualifications for this position.We may verify or assess your qualifications at any time. Inflated or unsupported qualifications may affect your rating. Any misrepresentation or material omission of facts may be sufficient cause to end further consideration of your candidacy. Persons listed as knowing your past accomplishments or experience in your application may be contacted for verification purposes at any time. Verification may, but need not, begin before receiving an offer. Preview application questionnaire before you apply: https://apply.usastaffing.gov/ViewQuestionnaire/12970777
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