Main area Consultant Cytopathologist with experience in Non Gynae Cytopathology Grade YC72 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 10 sessions per week Job ref 287-LCL-113-24-A
Employer Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site Liverpool Clinical Laboratories Town Liverpool Salary £105,504 - £139,882 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 26/02/2025 23:59
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity for a suitable candidate to apply for a specialised cytopathology consultant position at Liverpool Clinical Laboratories (LCL), which is part of Liverpool University Hospitals Foundation Trust.
The specialist teams at LCL are well established and successful tertiary referral centres with regional and national repute. The cellular pathology service is the specialist laboratory hubs of the Cheshire and Merseyside cellular pathology network, is the main training centre for cellular pathology trainees and has strong academic links with University of Liverpool. The service has recently moved to purpose built new laboratory facilities on site at the Royal Liverpool Hospital and full roll out of digital pathology makes this the perfect time to be joining our dynamic and expanding department.
Main duties of the job
The appointees will have a significant commitment to the Cytopathology specialist team, where close collaboration exists between clinicians and pathologists. Both established pathologists and newly qualified trainees are encouraged to apply if they are looking to develop their careers by joining respected and experienced teams and subspecialising in a friendly and stimulating environment.
Applicants seeking full time (10 PAs) or less than full time are encouraged to apply. Flexible and home working is supported by teams.
The successful applicant will be involved in the whole range of diagnostic work for the respective subspecialty and will also have an opportunity to contribute to teaching and training of junior medical staff and biomedical scientists. The cytopathology service supports a number of patient facing clinics across multiple hospital sites.
Working for our organisation
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.
The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.
The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For a full description of the role, including an overview of the cellular pathology department and the detailed person specification for the post, please see the attached job description.
Person specification
Qualifications
* MBBS/BDS 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
* FRCPath (or equivalent training or experience)
* Higher degrees relevant to post including academic qualifications such as PhD
Experience
* Skills and experience that fit in with the Department’s current and future requirements
* Experience as a Consultant Cellular Pathologist, with expertise in Head and Neck/Endocrine Pathology
* Experience in the training/supervision of cellular pathology trainees.
Skills and Knowledge
* Evidence of ability to work independently and as part of a team
* Evidence of communication skills
* Evidence of ability to lead
* Evidence of ability to teach junior staff and undergraduate students
* Evidence of involvement in clinical audit
* Commitment to Clinical Risk Management and Clinical Governance
* Experience in and commitment to teaching both medical and non-medical staff
* Evidence of commitment to continuing professional development and lifelong learning
* Evidence of IT skills
* Evidence of research and publications in relevant subjects
* Evidence of involvement in teaching programmes
* Recognised teaching skills courses
* Recognised management and leadership courses
Please ensure you check the email account (including junk/spam boxes) from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.
Posts advertised to ‘internal staff’ are open to employees of hospitals within University Hospitals of Liverpool Group and you should confirm your employment within your application form.
Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.
The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.
The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Name Dr Vijay Sharma Job title Clinical Director Cellular Pathology Email address Vijay.Sharma@liverpoolft.nhs.uk Telephone number 0151 706 4968 Additional information
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