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 and has a team of sixteen 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.
AAC date: 22nd November 2024
The directorate provides diagnostic services for the specialities of Breast, Dermatology, Urology, Gynae, Gastrointestinal, and Head and Neck. We are keen to appoint a colleague with a broader range of interests with the ability to cross cover areas including Gastrointestinal, Urology, Head & Neck, and Dermatopathology. 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.
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.
All Consultants will be expected to contribute to the following:
1. Shared workload of histology and cytology as appropriate for their specialty interests.
2. Specimen reporting and authorisation with clinical interpretation of reports.
3. Provision of advice regarding specimen type/collection and investigations.
4. Day to day supervision of diagnostic methods and examination of specimens.
5. Occasional requirement to work or attend meetings at another hospital site.
6. Provision of cover for planned leave of colleagues.
7. Supervision, training, and management of doctors in training in the department.
8. Involvement in policy and SOP preparation.
9. Responsibility for quality assurance performance within the department, including taking part in all relevant National External Quality Assurance (NEQAS) programmes.
10. Responsibility for achieving and maintaining full accreditation via UKAS.
11. Business planning, including the assessment and introduction of new methods, and forward planning for staff and equipment requirements.
Lincolnshire is centrally located with easy access to road, rail, sea, and air making it an ideal base for living and working. Access to good childcare and education is a crucial factor when deciding where to live and the schools in Lincolnshire are among the best in the country. Lincolnshire is one of the few counties in the UK to retain grammar schools and has a large number of schools with specialist status in a wide range of subject areas.
As a Trust, we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees. Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay.
We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of people’s age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
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Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role. Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated.
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