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Staff Pathologist

Natera

Natera

Operations
San Carlos, CA, USA
Posted on Jan 22, 2025
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Natera is seeking a skilled Lab Director and/or Molecular Pathologist to oversee clinical testing operations, specifically for comprehensive genomic profiling. This position ensures that testing meets applicable regulatory standards, provides reliable patient results, and facilitates the implementation of high-quality laboratory procedures.

Primary Responsibilities

  • Oversee and sign out oncology testing reports, predominantly on NGS platforms.
  • Interpret immunohistochemical (IHC) and in-situ hybridization (ISH) tests as needed.
  • Provide clinical and technical guidance to genetic counselors and laboratory personnel.
  • Establish and maintain standards for lab testing and analytic performance.
  • Analyze lab data and contribute to high-impact scientific publications.
  • Act as Clinical Consultant or Technical Supervisor, ensuring compliance with CLIA, CAP, and other regulatory requirements, as well as maintaining quality control, competency training, and method verification protocols.
  • Mentor and develop team members, ensuring proper succession planning and personnel management.

Qualifications

  • PhD with certification by the American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics, or MD/DO with ABP board certification/eligibility in AP and Molecular Genetic Pathology.
  • Current or eligible unrestricted Medical License in California (preferred).
  • Certificate of Qualification in Genetic Testing from NYS CLEP (preferred).
  • Minimum of 5 years in a CLIA-certified lab analyzing and interpreting clinical genetic/genomic data (newly graduated fellows considered).
  • Strong knowledge of CAP, CLIA, California, and New York regulations.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

  • Exceptional written and oral communication skills.
  • Expertise in NGS, microarray data, and oncology/prenatal screening.
  • Familiarity with human genetics, advanced copy number detection methods, and statistical measures in genetic testing.
  • Leadership experience in a clinical lab setting.

Physical Demands and Work Environment

  • Work performed in a BSL-2 laboratory setting, involving long periods of standing or sitting.
  • May require working shifts, weekends, and occasional travel (up to 10%).
The pay range is listed and actual compensation packages are based on a wide array of factors unique to each candidate, including but not limited to skill set, years & depth of experience, certifications and specific office location. This may differ in other locations due to cost of labor considerations.
San Carlos, CA
$1—$1 USD

OUR OPPORTUNITY

Natera™ is a global leader in cell-free DNA (cfDNA) testing, dedicated to oncology, women’s health, and organ health. Our aim is to make personalized genetic testing and diagnostics part of the standard of care to protect health and enable earlier and more targeted interventions that lead to longer, healthier lives.

The Natera team consists of highly dedicated statisticians, geneticists, doctors, laboratory scientists, business professionals, software engineers and many other professionals from world-class institutions, who care deeply for our work and each other. When you join Natera, you’ll work hard and grow quickly. Working alongside the elite of the industry, you’ll be stretched and challenged, and take pride in being part of a company that is changing the landscape of genetic disease management.

WHAT WE OFFER

Competitive Benefits - Employee benefits include comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life and disability plans for eligible employees and their dependents. Additionally, Natera employees and their immediate families receive free testing in addition to fertility care benefits. Other benefits include pregnancy and baby bonding leave, 401k benefits, commuter benefits and much more. We also offer a generous employee referral program!

For more information, visit www.natera.com.

Natera is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to ensuring a diverse and inclusive workplace environment, and welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives. Inclusive collaboration benefits our employees, our community and our patients, and is critical to our mission of changing the management of disease worldwide.

All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply, and will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, age, veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with applicable laws.

If you are based in California, we encourage you to read this important information for California residents.

Link: https://www.natera.com/notice-of-data-collection-california-residents/

Please be advised that Natera will reach out to candidates with a @natera.com email domain ONLY. Email communications from all other domain names are not from Natera or its employees and are fraudulent. Natera does not request interviews via text messages and does not ask for personal information until a candidate has engaged with the company and has spoken to a recruiter and the hiring team. Natera takes cyber crimes seriously, and will collaborate with law enforcement authorities to prosecute any related cyber crimes.

For more information:
- BBB announcement on job scams
- FBI Cyber Crime resource page

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