Consultant Histopathologist

This post is for a whole time Consultant Cellular Pathologist, specialising in Thoracic Pathology. This is a Trust appointment, and the main base will be on the Royal Brompton Hospital site, Chelsea, London, SW3 6NP. The post holder may be required to cover some thoracic work from GSTT and may also be required to work at our Harefield site on an intermittent basis, or more regularly in due course by mutual arrangement.

The Brompton site currently provides a full histology, cytology, frozen section, and rapid biopsy. Additional techniques include a wide range of immunohistochemistry and digital photography system. An electron microscope is also on site at RBH. There is also a digital slide scanner system at HH for remote frozen section reporting, and a high throughput S360 Hamamatsu scanner at RBH, currently used for research and teaching. Molecular studies are undertaken by arrangement with other institutions. The Academic Department of Lung Pathology also has facilities for immunohistochemistry, image data analysis and in-situ hybridisation, with access to many state-of-the-art investigative techniques through the NHLI.

There is a single histopathology service which has been largely centralised at the Royal Brompton Hospital. The Laboratory at the RBH site is housed in adjacent well-equipped air-conditioned laboratories in the Sydney Street wing alongside other Pathology disciplines. A pathology "hot lab" is maintained at Harefield Hospital for the provision of a remote frozen section reporting service (performed digitally using a Leica-Aperio slide scanner). It is currently staffed by a specialist BMS. Senior medical staff has individual offices equipped with modern workstations, networked desktop computers to current Trust specifications and consultant-grade microscopes with co-observation bridges and digital cameras. The department is well equipped with relevant books and journals and there is access to library facilities on both sites. The laboratory management is anticipated to transition to Synnovis in August 2023, with no immediate change to service, but a transformation plan to develop digital pathology and enable hub and spoke working. The Royal Brompton Hospital is one of five sites covered by the Heart, Lung and Critical Care Clinical Group's Research Licence. The Clinical Group also holds a Storage Licence for the Heart Valve Bank on the RBH site. Both sites participate in UKNEQAS for Histology and Immunohistochemistry.