Consultant Chemical Pathologist

University-Hospitals-of-North-Midlands-Nhs-Trust; Stoke-on-Trent; Hybrid; GBP 114,000 - 151,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Job summary

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust invites applications for a Consultant Chemical Pathologist. The post supports flexible working and cross-site collaboration within UHNM laboratories. The successful candidate will contribute to lipid clinics and the development of biochemical services across the network.

The appointee will be based at a single site with potential home working, and will engage in teaching, research, and service improvement activities across UHNM and partner trusts.

Qualifications

• MBBS/MBChB or equivalent medical qualification required.
• FRCPath or equivalent qualification in Clinical Biochemistry.
• Full GMC registration with license to practice.
• CCT for Chemical Pathology or CESR via portfolio pathway.
• Higher Medical Degree (PhD/MD) advantageous.
• Teaching skills course or medical education qualification.

Responsibilities

• Lead/participate in lipid clinics and biochemical services.
• Drive service improvements and cross-site collaboration.
• Deliver education, training, and research activities.
• Support strategic development and governance across UHNM.

Skills

Advanced leadership

Excellent communication

Networking skills

Team motivation

Education

MBBS/MBChB or equivalent

FRCPath or equivalent in Clinical Biochemistry

GMC full registration

CCT or CESR for Chemical Pathology

PhD/MD

Teaching qualifications

Job description

Main area Chemical Pathology Grade NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant Contract Permanent Hours

• Full time
• Flexible working

10 sessions per week (0.2 Additional PA's) Job ref 205

Employer University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust Employer type NHS Site Royal Stoke Hospital Town Stoke on Trent Salary £113,565 - £150,569 PA pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 15/10/2026 08:00

Consultant Chemical Pathologist

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

Job overview

Applications are invited from enthusiastic and forward-thinking Chemical Pathologist to join our team of 0.2 WTE Chemical Pathologist, two Consultant Clinical Scientists, six Principal, three Senior and two STP trainee Clinical Scientists. This is a replacement post and the successful candidate must work well as a team and be keen to drive improvements to the clinical service.

North Midlands and Cheshire Pathology Services (NMCPS) formed in 2020 as collaboration between The University Hospital of North Midlands (UHNM), Mid Cheshire and East Cheshire NHS Trusts (MCHT). UHNM are the host provider of the network. All laboratories are UKAS accredited and provide a comprehensive range of biochemistry tests including protein electrophoresis, mass spectrometry and molecular genetics.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will be based at one site, which is flexible and can be agreed on appointment, with some cross site working required. Flexible working, including home working, is supported.

Lipid clinics are provided at MCHT and UHNM physically and virtually by the current post holders. The department is currently exploring opportunities to develop a robust, efficient and forward-thinking service through partnership working across the wider network. There are opportunities to link with teams in nutrition, Diabetes, Endocrinology, and with GP services across multiple ICBs and a future vision to develop Chemical Pathologist training opportunities.

Research, teaching and training are strong attributes of our department, we are involved in leading and supporting a number of clinical trials; some members of the team have dedicated PAs in the R&D department. You will be encouraged to support educational activities within the department, the Trust and more widely in the local Universities. Members of our team are honorary lecturers at Manchester and Keele Universities. A training budget will be provided in addition to a number of learning opportunities in place locally. The department supports HSST, STP and FY1 trainees and is keen to explore supporting more medical trainees with the support of the post holder.

The start date could be postponed for a good candidate awaiting completion of CCT.

Working for our organisation

University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust is one of the largest and most modern in the country. Based across two sites, Royal Stoke in Stoke-on-Trent and County Hospital in Stafford, we are proud to serve around three million people and we're highly regarded for our facilities, teaching and research. We are the specialist centre for major trauma for the North Midlands and North Wales.

All of our employees make a valuable contribution regardless of role here at UHNM and we are proud of our wide range of development packages aimed at ensuring that everyone has the opportunity to fulfil their true potential.

UHNM create and encourage a culture of inclusion, providing equal opportunities for career development that are fair and transparent. We are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer and foster a culture in which all staff feel valued and respected. In return we ask all of our employees to make a commitment to the values, co-created by or staff, patients and carers, and that unite us as a Trust.

At University Hospitals of North Midlands NHS Trust we know that investing in, supporting and developing our staff has a direct impact on the quality of care that we deliver. Our employees are as important as our patients and the population that we serve.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description and Person Specification for further details regarding this post.

Person specification

Qualifications

• MBBS, MBChB or equivalent medical qualification.
• FRCPath or equivalent qualification in Clinical Biochemistry.
• Full registration (with a licence to practice) with the General Medical Council (GMC).
• Entry on the General Medical Council (GMC) Specialist Register via one of the following: Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) for Chemical Pathology (the proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of the interview) - Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration Portfolio Pathway (formerly CESR) for Chemical Pathology.
• Higher Medical Degree PhD/MD
• Recognised teaching skills course / medical education qualification.

Experience & Training

• Evidence of thorough and broad training and experience in biochemistry
• Significant experience in the organisation and delivery of a clinical biochemistry service
• Experience of delivering training programmes & presentations to various levels of staff.
• Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems.
• An awareness of current speciality specific developments, initiatives and issues.
• Knowledge of the principles involved in research.
• Evidence of audit and the implementation of change following the audit
• Experience of working across boundaries to develop networks with key stakeholders
• Ability to prioritise workload in response to service need
• Ability to work autonomously and be accountable for own actions
• Ability to motivate and support others to achieve goals
• Able to utilise initiative to solve problems and develop the service
• Ability to work as part of the wider team
• Experience of delivering training programmes & presentations to various levels of staff.
• Good influencing and networking skills
• Excellent written and communication skills
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and deal with situations in a sensitive manner
• Ability to follow complex instructions and make the complex simple
• Ability to contribute directly to the production of strategy and policy documentation
• Ability to develop medium- and long-term plans to meet service need and ensure sustainability
• Ability to apply evaluative and reflective techniques to personal practice, events and activities
• Ability to understand, interpret and critically analyse data and information
• Experience of delivering a quality improvement project
• Experience obesity clinics.
• Publications in relevant peer-reviewed journals in the last five years.
• Experience in the provision of diagnosis and management of patients with lipid disorders
• Experience in provision of metabolic medicine clinics
• Evidence of audit and the implementation of change following the audit
• Evidence of having undertaken original research.
• Evidence of specialist interest in other clinical areas
• Experience of working across boundaries to develop networks with key stakeholders
• Evidence of specialist interest in other clinical areas

Personal Qualities

• Positive mindset in respect of supporting organisational change; learning, and continuous improvement.
• Effective interpersonal and intrapersonal skills including high degree of self-awareness and self- regulation
• Takes responsibility and is accountable for delivering to their agree objectives
• Consistently professional, collaborative and compassionate in their approach.
• Works with patients and people at the fore – operates to a customer service ethos
• Acts to support and enable effective teamwork
• Delivers work of consistent and predictable high quality
• There is a frequent requirement for prolonged concentration
• Emotional effort; the post holder will at times be exposed to distressing and emotional circumstances
• Ability to travel to and work across multiple sites
• Demonstrates the leadership behaviours for improvements o Willingness o Humility o Curiosity o Self-Discipline o Perseverance

Important information about your application

• All correspondence will be sent to you via the email address you applied from. Please ensure you check your emails regularly.
• References - please ensure you provide email addresses for all referees for the last three years of employment.
• We are committed to equality of opportunity and welcome applications from everyone regardless of ethnicity, disability, gender, age, faith or sexual orientation. Appointment will be based on merit alone.
• Flexible working will be considered in line with Trust policies
• New recruits are required to pay for their Disclosure and Barring Service check (and admin fee) prior to starting if the role requires a DBS check.

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Name Sarah Robinson Job title Clinical Lead for Biochemistry Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 01270 612236

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