Main area: Cellular Pathology
Grade: NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Contract: Permanent
Hours: Full time - 10 sessions per week (Based on 10 PA's)
Job ref: 438-CA747
Employer: Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Lancashire Teaching Hospital Cellular Pathology Department
Town: Preston
Salary: £105,504 - £139,882 Per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 08/01/2025 23:59
Consultant in Cellular Pathology
Job overview
This is for a new Consultant post in Cellular Pathology which will be based at Royal Preston Hospital. This is a full-time, permanent post. Working week will be - Monday-Friday 9am to 5pm with no expectation of providing on call for this post.
The successful applicant will join a team of consultants and would be required to provide a comprehensive histopathology service but will not be required to report neuropathology cases.
You will be required to develop specialist interests to complement the existing specialist Cancer services.
Main duties of the job
You will be expected to co-operate with other members of the Pathology Directorate to ensure effective administrative arrangements are made in the laboratory, which will include:
* Recruitment and appointment of junior medical staff, BMSs and secretarial staff having dealings with the histopathology department.
* The arrangement of rosters of staff, the allocation of duties to them and their instruction in necessary organisational matters.
* Co-ordination with staff in other professional disciplines and health care workers outside the hospital.
* Attendance at Board meetings and other committees when pathology issues are being discussed and to participate in resource management.
* Continuing management responsibility by agreement with other consultants in the Cellular Pathology Department, specifically for the service in his/her charge and for administrative duties associated with these services and the proper functioning of the department, though he/she may delegate certain responsibilities to the senior staff within the department.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Full and specialist registration (and with a licence to practise) with the General Medical Council (GMC) (or be eligible for registration within six months of interview).
* MBChB or equivalent or evidence of equivalent qualifications.
* FRCPath or evidence of equivalent qualification.
* If an applicant is UK trained, they 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/CESR.
* Evidence of academic excellence in Pathology.
Experience & Skills
* Wide range of experience in Histopathology and Non-Gynae Cytology.
* Interest in other specialist areas including Dermatopathology, Oral/Head and Neck pathology.
Management
* Evidence of Clinical Leadership.
* Evidence of commitment to audit and improving clinical practice/service development.
* Management course/certificate.
Research and Development
* Evidence of interest in personal development e.g. through research and/or publications.
* Evidence of developing new diagnostic services.
Personal
* Effective communication skills, both written and oral.
* Good organisation skills.
* Works well within a multidisciplinary environment.
* Resident within 30 minutes travel time to Preston.
* Car owner/driver.
Health
* Meets professional health requirements in line with GMC Standards/ Good Medical Practice.
Thanks for taking the time to view this advert; we’re looking forward to receiving your application. Please apply as soon as you can, as the vacancy may close earlier than the published date if sufficient applications are received.
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