Details
Posted: 19-Sep-23
Location: Portland, Oregon
Salary: Open
Categories:
Physicians/Surgeons
Overview
You take care of patients.
We'll take care of everything else.
Including you.
You've spent years learning and training to provide outstanding care for your patients. That's why our model lets you focus on taking care of them. Our physicians have wrap-around practice and administrative support to do many of the things that aren't clinical, from answering emails to providing follow-up instructions, to helping secure social services for your patients.
We take care of you, too, with exceptional compensation packages, market-leading retirement contributions, gold-star health benefits, generous PTO, sabbatical opportunities, continuing medical education time and allowance, and leadership development through our in-house Northwest Permanente University.
Our integrated model fosters an environment that encourages and rewards innovation, providing our staff with ample opportunities to explore their interests. A recipient Healthgrades 50 Best Hospitals awards, Vohs and Lawrence awards, and 3-star ratings from Society of Thoracic Surgeons (to name just a few), we put innovative ideas forward while doing the right thing for patients. And we want your voice at our table.
Required Qualifications/Position Description:
As an AP/CP board-certified Pathologist at Northwest Permanente, you would join our highly collaborative team of clinicians and physicians. You will be adding to a group of 18 Pathologist with 6 PA's and 4 PhD's. Our practice is high volume and fast paced.
Service responsibilities:
- Signing out surgical and cytologic (gyn and non-gyn) specimens.
- Interpreting intraoperative frozen sections, rapid onsite cytology evaluations, presenting at general and specialty tumor boards.
- Serving as CLIA director for various clinical laboratories.
- Providing intradepartmental continuing education and covering call.
Qualifications and Expectations:
- Must be AP/CP board-certified.
- You will be expected to cover services in two hospitals and one regional lab.
- Stay current and possess high diagnostic integrity in surgical pathology with an understanding of applicable molecular techniques.
- Interest and expertise in cytopathology, blood bank, gynecologic pathology, breast pathology, head and neck pathology, and other areas are desirable.
- Prior practice experience and a subspecialty fellowship is strongly desired.
Working for Northwest Permanente, our Pathologists enjoy:
($386,000 - $500,000) - Projected Annual Total Rewards Value*
- Salary: $282,510 - 341,820 prorated to a 0.9 FTE
- 21% employer contribution to retirement programs, including pension (This is not a match; NWP contributes an additional 21% of clinician earnings to retirement programs regardless of employee contribution)
- 90%+ employer paid health plan
- Paid annual education leave + $2K annual education allowance
In addition to Projected Annual Total Rewards value, New Hire Incentives include:
- Relocation allowance - up to $15K
Other Exceptional Benefits:
- Leadership opportunities
- Shareholder opportunities
- Paid sabbatical after attaining shareholder status
*Projected annual total rewards value may be adjusted for FTE, experience, geography, and qualifications are subject to plan participation requirements. Speak to our physician recruiter for full details.
Join our medical group
Northwest Permanente is a physician-led, multi-specialty group of 1,500 physicians, surgeons, clinicians, and administrative staff caring for 630,000 Kaiser Permanente members in Oregon and Southwest Washington. Kaiser Permanente is one of the nation's pre-eminent health care systems, a benchmark for comprehensive, integrated, value-based, and high-quality care.
Why Northwest Permanente Physicians Work Here
Practicing in an integrated health care model like ours means that our clinicians have instant access to dozens of specialties, which allows for a level of collaboration and comprehensive treatment not found just anywhere. But don't just take our word for it. Hear what NWP physicians have to say about the collaborative environment they work in, and how this model not only makes their jobs easier -- it makes them better doctors.
Why NWP is a B Corp
Being a certified B Corp is important to Northwest Permanente because B Corp is the only certification group that measures a company's entire social and environmental impact and performance. Certification doesn't just provide third-party proof for where companies currently excel; it also commits companies to their mission for the long term. Finally, the B Corp focus on transforming the global economy to benefit all people, communities, and the planet aligns with our organizational values of compassion, inclusion, and ownership.
Fun fact: We were a Best for the World honoree, which places us within the top 5% of all B Corps globally (5,000 plus and counting), in the workers category -- for the 4th year running.
Learn more about B Corp and what we're doing to make the world a better place in our Annual Impact Report.
Equal Opportunity Employer
At Northwest Permanente, we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy (including childbirth, lactation, and related medical conditions), national origin, age, physical and mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information (including characteristics and testing), military and veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law. Northwest Permanente believes that equity, inclusion, and diversity among our employees are critical to our success, and we seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool.
For more information about this position, contact Physician Recruiter, Emily Dodds: Emily.B.Charleston@kp.org
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