What are the responsibilities and job description for the Assistant Director, Tissue Typing/HLA Laboratory; Open Rank Faculty position at uic?
Position
Summary
The Department of
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Chicago seeks outstanding
candidates for a faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor or
Associate Professor (rank/tenure commensurate with experience) in Tissue
Typing/HLA Laboratory Testing.
UI Health is an enterprise that includes
a 470 bed tertiary care hospital, 30 outpatient clinics and patient-centered
research entities including the University of Illinois Cancer Center. The
University of Illinois College of Medicine Chicago is one of three campuses
that make up the nation’s largest public medical school. The Department of
Pathology in the College of Medicine provides testing in all major disciplines
including microbiology, chemistry, hematology, transfusion medicine, tissue
typing/transplant and molecular pathology including next-generation sequencing
along with an active surgical pathology and cytopathology service. UI Health has very active solid organ and
hematopoietic clinical transplantation programs including liver, renal, small
bowel, pancreas and hematopoietic progenitor cell transplant. The
HLA Laboratory is a state of the art newly remodeled laboratory that performs
all transplant related testing in-house.
The Department of Pathology offers a
collaborative work environment and provides all faculty with professional
development opportunities to advance in their careers.
Duties
& Responsibilities
This faculty position will be
responsible for (1) oversight and performance of a combination of HLA/Tissue
Typing diagnostic services (2) participating in teaching medical students,
residents, fellows, and house staff and (3) developing or continuing a basic or
translational research program. Professional duties include technical oversight
for immunogenetics and histocompatibility testing in a CAP accredited, CLIA
regulated clinical laboratory, review and sign out of test results, clinical
consultation, virtual crossmatches, monitoring compliance with the Quality
Control Plan, test development, validation and implementation. Participation in
teaching, administrative work, research and attendance at professional
development and scientific meetings is expected.