Consultant Chemical Pathologist

Train Work Live; Wrexham; On-site; GBP 84,000 - 114,000; Full time

Job summary

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (NHS) in North Wales seeks a Consultant Chemical Pathologist for Wrexham Maelor Hospital. You will lead the Lipid Clinic and Metabolic Stone Service, and contribute to the Parenteral Nutrition programme with strong clinical governance across the region.

The role involves direct clinical care, teaching, and collaboration with MDTs, with AAC interview processes scheduled. Welsh language skills or willingness to learn are advantageous.

Qualifications

• Fully registered on the UK General Medical Council's Specialist Register or Specialist Registrars may apply if within 6 months of CCT at date of interview.
• FRCPATH (Fellow Royal College of Pathologists) or equivalent
• CESR portfolio pathway applicants must have GMC Specialist Registration at the point of application
• Experience in lipidology clinics and metabolic stone disease management
• Ability to travel to meet service needs and to supervise/teach across the MDT

Responsibilities

• Cover weekly Lipid and Metabolic Stone Clinics on-site.
• Work with FH Nurse Specialist to identify FH genotyping candidates and manage FH cases.
• Oversee review and management of patients requiring injectable therapies.
• Manage referrals and provide clinical advice to primary care for lipid disorders.
• Contribute to audit, governance and continuous professional development.

Skills

Lipid clinic experience

Parenteral nutrition management

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Teaching / supervision

Clinical governance awareness

Education

GMC Specialist Registration

FRCPATH or equivalent

CESR portfolio pathway awareness

Tools

IT skills

Electronic health records

Job description

If you relish a challenge, have a passion to help others or simply fancy a fresh start, then Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) North Wales, has all the right ingredients. The largest health organisation in Wales, providing a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and elective hospital services for a population of around 700,000, across North Wales . Join our team and get the support you need, in line with our Organisational Values and ‘Proud to Lead’ competence framework.

The organisation is currently undertaking a comprehensive operating model review and change programme to ensure we are best positioned for the future, creating exciting opportunities to shape how we work and deliver for the people of North Wales.

Enjoy being part of working with engaged leadership at all levels, and be assured we are committed to promoting equality and diversity, and are proud to welcome applicants under the “Disability Confident Employer” scheme. We also offer a number of family-friendly benefits, including work-life balance policies.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

Applications may be submitted in Welsh. Applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.

Job overview

This is a full-time replacement post for a Consultant Chemical Pathologist based at Wrexham Maelor Hospital. The Clinical Biochemistry department has strong links with all clinical specialties throughout the hospital and GPs within its catchment area.

We wish to identify someone with broad experience in Clinical Biochemistry, who has a strong clinical background to provide direct clinical care in the specialist Lipid Clinic, Metabolic Stone service and involved with the multidisciplinary Parenteral Nutrition Service, which provides parenteral nutrition to inpatients and a small number of patients on long-term home parenteral nutrition. The department has close links with all clinical services, so there is scope for development of relevant collaborative clinical service or research interests.

As part of the recruitment process, candidates shortlisted for the role will be invited to attend both a Stakeholder Interview and an Advisory Appointments Committee (AAC) Interview. AAC is scheduled for 29 January 2027. The Stakeholder Interview date will be confirmed once shortlisting is complete. This is expected to be held week commencing 25 January 2027.

Main duties of the job

Clinical Workload

Clinical duties will be based at Wrexham Maelor Hospital, where the consultant will be expected to cover the weekly Lipid and Metabolic Stone Clinics on-site.

The Lipid Clinic service operates in conjunction with the Familial Hypercholesterolaemia (FH) Genetic Screening Programme for patients across Wrexham and Flintshire. The appointee will work closely with the North Wales FH Nurse Specialist to actively identify candidates for FH genotyping and manage complex, difficult-to-treat FH cases throughout the region. The clinic also oversees the review and management of patients requiring injectable therapies. Additionally, a significant volume of primary care lipid referrals are managed via clinical advice and office-based decision letters, bypassing the need for in-person clinic visits. Direct electronic access across primary and secondary care systems streamlines this process, handling a steady influx of weekly advisory requests.

The Metabolic Stone Clinic receives referrals from across all three BCUHB hospitals, managing a broad case mix of cystinuria, calcium phosphate, calcium oxalate, and uric acid stone formers. Clear referral guidelines has been established with the urological team to maintain an efficient caseload across the region.

Working for our organisation

Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) is Wales’s largest health organisation, with a budget of over £2.4 billion and a workforce of over 20,000 staff.

BCUHB provides a full range of primary, community, mental health, acute and specialist hospital services for the population of North Wales, across 3 acute hospitals and a network of community hospitals, health centres, clinics, and mental health units.

The Health Board is an integrated health system that strives for excellent, compassionate care delivered in partnership with the public sector and other statutory and third sector organisations.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Candidates are encouraged to refer to the attached Job Description and Person Specification for further information.

Person specification

Qualifications & Education

• Fully registered on the UK General Medical Council's Specialist Register or Specialist Registrars may apply if within 6 months of CCT at date of interview. CESR portfolio pathway applicants must have GMC Specialist Registration at the point of application
• FRCPATH (Fellow Royal College of Pathologists) or equivalent

Experience & Knowledge

• Clinical training and experience in the relevant specialty, equivalent to that required to gain entry to the UK Certificate of Completed Training (CCT) in Chemical Pathology
• Awareness and understanding of Clinical Governance framework
• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
• Experience in undertaking clinics involving lipidology
• Experience in the metabolic management of renal stones
• Experience in managing patients with parenteral nutrition requirements

Management & Administrative

• Ability to organise and manage workload
• Ability to cover on call (2nd tier).
• Experience of audit management

Teaching

• Commitment to, teaching undergraduate and postgraduate medical and scientific staff
• Experience of teaching to undergraduates
• Teaching of non-medical health professionals including STP trainees
• Formal training in clinical Supervision / train the trainers
• Educational Qualification

Research, Audit and Clinical Governance

• Experience of, and commitment to, medical audit
• Ability to supervise postgraduate research
• Publications in referred journals

Communication skills and abilities

• Empathetic and sensitive approach to patients’ needs
• Approachable and effective Multi-disciplinary team member with excellent interpersonal skills
• Positive approach to lessons learnt
• Confident approach
• IT Skills

Continued Professional / Personal Development

• Demonstrable evidence of lifelong learning
• Reflective approach to personal. development with an ability to acknowledge and effectively manage poor performance
• Participation in appropriate peer review processes

Additional Requirements

• Aligns own values with those of the Health Board
• Ability to travel to meet the needs of the service
• Ability to speak Welsh or willingness to learn the Welsh language

To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa , unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK . If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.

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.