Pathologist

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, continuing medical education time and allowance, and leadership development through our in-house Northwest Permanente University.

Position Overview:

Northwest Permanente, P.C., is seeking an AP/CP board-certified Pathologist to join our highly collaborative team of clinicians and physicians. You will be adding to a group of 17 Pathologists, 6 PAs and 4 PhDs. Our practice is high volume and fast paced.

Working for Northwest Permanente, our Pathologists enjoy:

($403,602 - $526,000) – Projected Annual Total Rewards Value* 

• Salary: $326,610 - $398,250 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 + $1800 annual education allowance

Other Exceptional Benefits:

• Leadership opportunities
• Shareholder opportunities

In addition to Projected Annual Total Rewards value, New Hire Incentives include:

• Relocation allowance - up to $15K
• Generous hiring bonus

Service Responsibilities:

• Signing out surgical and cytologic (gyn and non-gyn) specimens.
• Interpreting intraoperative frozen sections, rapid onsite cytology evaluations, and covering call.
• Presenting at tumor boards and representing the laboratory on multi-disciplinary task forces.
• Sharing group lab administrative responsibilities (such as serving as CLIA director of various lab sites, etc).

Qualifications and Expectations:

• Must be AP/CP board-certified.
• Interest and/or expertise in GI or gynecologic pathology is strongly preferred.
• 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. 
• Must work well with others and be able to function collaboratively as part of a team

*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.

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.

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.

Equal Opportunity Employer
Northwest Permanente is an equal opportunity employer committed to fair, respectful, and inclusive workplaces. Applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic or status.

For more information about this position, contact Senior Physician Recruiter, Emily Dodds: Emily.B.Charleston@kp.org