Consultant Cellular Pathologist interest in Lung & Haematopathology

NHS; City Of London; On-site; GBP 109,000 - 146,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in the UK is seeking a full-time or part-time Consultant Cellular Pathologist with a focus on lung pathology and haematopathology. This role involves working within a dynamic team to deliver clinical excellence, participate in research, and contribute to the teaching of medical students. The position offers an annual salary ranging from £109,725 to £145,478.

Qualifications

• Full and Specialist registration with the GMC or eligibility for registration.
• Current diagnostic practice in lung and haematopathology.
• Evidence of continuous professional development.

Responsibilities

• Join a dynamic team of consultants in lung and haematopathology.
• Report on lung pathology and haematopathology cases.
• Participate in research and the teaching of postgraduate students.

Skills

Lung histopathology

Haematopathology

Team collaboration

Molecular diagnostic techniques

Education

PhD or Higher Postgraduate degree

Full and Specialist registration with the GMC

MRCP or equivalent qualification

FRCPath or equivalent qualification

Job description

Consultant Cellular Pathologist interest in Lung & Haematopathology

The closing date is 28 November 2025

The Department of Cellular Pathology is seeking a full-time (10 PA) or part-time (8 PA) consultant to join a dynamic and supportive team of colleagues. The post holder must have a demonstrable major interest in lung pathology and haematopathology with a current diagnostic haematopathology and lung pathology practice. The department is involved in many exciting initiatives, and we are looking for an individual with appropriate skills to complement the teams and keep the service at the forefront of clinical and academic excellence.

As an organisation, we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This includes asking certain groups of staff to work more flexibly so that we can offer services to patients in the evenings and at weekends. We regard this flexibility as essential if we are to continue to provide first class patient care in the future. As a result, any offer of employment to a consultant post will be subject to you agreeing to work a new more flexible pattern of working in the future if required and in accordance with the provisions of the new Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust consultant contract.

Main place of employment

This post will include working at both Guy's and St Thomas' sites as well as the new Synnovis Blackfriars Hub Laboratory (located near Southwark tube station).

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be accountable to the Clinical Lead in Cellular Pathology.

Specialist Interest

The Department operates a system of specialist reporting, each consultant having one or more special interests, which facilitates dealing with difficult cases and enhances patient care in accordance with Calman-Hine recommendations.

The specialist interests of this post are lung pathology and haematopathology (including a component of cytology reporting directly related to both specialities). Lung pathology will form the main workload (4.5-5 PAs) with haematopathology comprising the minor component (3.5-4 PAs).

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About us

Cellular Pathology Department

The Department of Cellular Pathology provides services to Guy's & St Thomas' Hospitals, local general practitioners in Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham Strategic Health Authority and local Coroners. It is a major cancer and infection referral centre. The main Cellular Pathology Department is located at St Thomas' Hospital, 2nd Floor North Wing, with cut-up located at the Hub laboratory.

Job responsibilities

The successful candidate will be joining an existing team of 4 substantive lung consultants and 2 locums. The current lung consultants also have other speciality interests.

Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust is a specialised thoracic tertiary referral centre and receives referrals from the South East London network and wider, including Canterbury and Reading. The histopathology service is currently provided by a team of 3 consultants. There are 6 thoracic surgeons based at Guys Hospital, making it one of the largest centres in the UK, covering 17 referring hospitals and 14 MDMs. There were over 1400 operative resections in 2024 and frozen sections are relatively frequent. There is an expanding navigational bronchoscopy service of approximately 30 cases per month with plans to expand to 500 per year by the end of 2025. We receive a wide variety of surgical specimens from biopsies to lobectomies and pneumonectomies and well as thymectomies and decortications. There is one MDM a week (Friday 8 am).

We routinely do molecular analysis on our tumours which we integrate into our reports. We provide thoracic tissue for a bank which provides material for research and is of great value to the Academic Health Science Centre and the Biomedical Research Centre. All the clinicians are keen on research and running trials so there is ample opportunity for participation in this.

We are committed to teaching postgraduate students as well as being involved in the university teaching of undergraduate students.

Haematopathology

The successful candidate will join an established team of four substantive haematopathology consultants, each of whom also holds additional specialist interests.

The haematopathology service at Guys and St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust provides comprehensive diagnostic services for the local population, including haematopathology reporting for Greenwich and Lewisham NHS Foundation Trust. The service also functions as a tertiary referral centre for myeloproliferative neoplasms, systemic mastocytosis, and cutaneous T-cell lymphomas. Non-cutaneous tissue reporting is carried out by the haematopathologists, while dermatopathologists report on cutaneous samples.

In addition to histopathology, there will be a component of reporting of cytology specimens directly related to haematopathology, including fine needle aspirates and EBUS-TBNA samples. The post will involve integration of molecular and cytogenetic investigations, as well as complete integration with respect to bone marrow reporting. There may also be future opportunities to participate in the flow cytometry reporting rota.

The department receives approximately 2,000 haematopathology cases annually, with over 50% comprising bone marrow trephine biopsies. Four multidisciplinary meetings (MDMs) are held each week, including a joint myeloid MDM with Kings College Hospital. GSTT also hosts the supra-regional MDM for cutaneous lymphomas, in collaboration with the renowned St Johns Cutaneous Lymphoma Service.

We hold twice-weekly haematopathology consensus meetings and are actively involved in the training of both histopathology and haematology trainees. The team maintains a strong record of participation in national and international conferences and haematopathology workshops.

Person Specification

Professional 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.
• 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.
• MRCP or show evidence of equivalent qualification.
• FRCPath or show evidence of equivalent qualification.
• Evidence of continuous professional development.
• PhD or other Higher Postgraduate degree in Medicine or Science.
• Any additional medical or sub-speciality qualifications either national or international.

Clinical Experience

• Comprehensive clinical experience in lung histopathology and haematopathology.
• Proven record of experience as a trainee in histopathology and cytopathology.
• Continuing and recent diagnostic practice experience in haematopathology as a major specialist interest.
• Continuing and recent diagnostic practice experience in lung pathology as a major specialist interest.

Clinical Skills

• Ability to work as an effective member of a multidisciplinary team.
• Familiarity with modern morphological and molecular diagnostic techniques.

Audit Management & IT

• Evidence of contribution to effective clinical governance, audit clinical risk management, and IT skills.
• Understanding of principles of audit.
• Evidence of understanding of the role of clinical management.
• Evidence of leadership in the development of clinical services.

Research, Teaching skill & experience

• Understanding of the principles and applications of clinical research.
• Evidence of original research.
• Ability to supervise junior staff in diagnostic work.
• Experience of teaching and training undergraduates, postgraduates and junior medical staff.
• Teaching qualification.
• Evidence of original research and publication in haematopathology & lung pathology.
• Communication; Ability to communicate with clarity and intelligently in written and spoken English; ability to build rapport, listen, persuade/ negotiate.
• Accountability; Ability to take responsibility, lead, make decisions and exert appropriate authority.
• Interpersonal Skills; Empathy, understanding, listening skills, patience and ability to work co-operatively with others.
• Able to change and adapt, respond to changing circumstances and to cope with setbacks or pressure.
• Ability to work as part of a team.
• Staff Management; Experience of performance management, developing and motivating staff.
• Finance; Knowledge of finance and budgets.
• Previous experience in management positions, e.g. speciality lead, clinical lead, clinical director.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust

£109,725 to £145,478 a year p.a excl. London Zone (Pro rata)