ConsultantPermanent

Consultant Histopathologist

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust

Lincoln

Salary

£109,725 – £145,478

Training post

No

Trust type

Foundation

Posted

4 days ago

About the role

Path Links invites applications for a full time substantive Consultant Cellular Pathologist based at Lincoln County Hospital. Path Links is a single managed NHS clinical pathology network operating across Lincolnshire. It was formed in 2001 from the amalgamation of NHS pathology services in Boston, Grantham, Grimsby, Lincoln and Scunthorpe, The Cellular Pathology Department is a well-established centralised service located in Lincoln and has a team of seventeen consultants. The laboratory is well equipped to provide the diagnostic tests required for reporting including Digital Microscopy to provide greater diagnostic versatility. The successful applicant will have the opportunity to be appointed as Honorary Senior Lecturer at Hull York Medical School (HYMS). This honorary appointment is in recognition of contribution to teaching and research and holders of honorary titles may request access to HYMS and University premises and facilities, systems, and library services. Job Description is approved by the Royal College. AAC date: To be confirmed

Consultant Histopathologist

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust

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The directorate provides diagnostic services for the specialities of Gastrointestinal, Breast, Dermatology, Urology, Gynae and Head and Neck. We are keen to appoint a colleague with a broader range of interests with the ability to cross cover more than one specialty. There is a daily multi-headed microscope session to review difficult/interesting cases. Workload would be tailored to experience. Multidisciplinary team meetings are supported on five hospital sites, the majority are attended via videoconference links. The new appointee may wish to choose a mentor from our supportive team of colleagues, particularly if this is their first consultant post. Autopsy services are conducted at Lincoln. Participation in the autopsy rota (mainly Coronial, on a time shift basis) is welcomed but not essential.

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion. Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve. Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH. As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology. We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community. https://join.humberhealthpartnership.nhs.uk/

Person specification

Essential

FRCPath or equivalent
Full and specialist registration (and a licence to practise) with the General Medical Council (GMC) (or eligible for registration within six months of interview)
Applicants that are UK trained, must ALSO be a holder of a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), or be within six months of award of CCT by date of interview. Applicants that are non-UK trained, will be required to show evidence of equivalence to the UK CCT.
applicants have undertaken undergraduate medical training in English; or have the following scores in the academic international English Language Testing System (IELTS) - Overall 7.5, Speaking 7, Listening 7, Reading 7, Writing 7 OR have achieved at least grade B in the medicine version of the Occupational English Test, in each area, speaking, listening, reading & writing
Wide experience in Diagnostic Histopathology and Cytopathology.
Experience of designing and implementing audit, commitment to service improvement
Commitment to teaching at all levels

Desirable

Registered with the CPD programme of the RCPath
Reporting of breast biopsy and resection specimens. A special interest in a sub-speciality which will complement the existing interests e.g. Head & Neck or skins.
Experience in risk management