Consultant Histopathologist

NHS Foundation Trust; Lincoln; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare organization seeks a full-time Consultant Cellular Pathologist in Lincoln. The role includes managing histology and cytology workloads, providing clinical interpretation, and supervising medical trainees. Candidates must have qualifications like FRCPath and full GMC registration. This position offers an opportunity to contribute to teaching and research while working in a collaborative environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in Diagnostic Histopathology and Cytopathology.
• Ability to design and implement audits.
• Strong commitment to teaching and service improvement.

Responsibilities

• Manage histology and cytology workload.
• Provide clinical interpretation on specimen reports.
• Supervise trainees and maintain quality assurance.

Skills

Diagnostic Histopathology

Cytopathology

Teaching commitment

Education

FRCPath or equivalent

Full GMC registration

Certificate of Completion of Training

Job description

Job overview

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 located in Lincoln and has a team of seventeen 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.

Job Description is approved by the Royal College.

Main duties of the job

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 particularly Breast, Dermatopathology and Gynae. 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.

Working for our organisation

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world‑class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

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.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Shared workload of histology and cytology as appropriate for their specialty interests
• Specimen reporting and authorisation with clinical interpretation of reports
• Provision of advice regarding specimen type / collection and investigations
• Day to day supervision of diagnostic methods and examination of specimens
• Occasional requirement to work or attend meetings at another hospital site
• Provision of cover for planned leave of colleagues
• Supervision, training and management of doctors in training in the department
• Involvement in policy and SOP preparation
• Responsibility for quality assurance performance within the department, including taking part in all relevant National External Quality Assurance (NEQAS) programmes
• Responsibility for achieving and maintaining full accreditation via UKAS
• Business planning, including the assessment and introduction of new methods, and forward planning for staff and equipment requirements.

Detailed job-plans and subspecialist interests will be discussed and agreed between the existing consultants and the successful candidate on appointment.

For more detailed information, please read the job description linked below.

Person specification

Qualifications & Language

Essential criteria

• FRCPath or equivalent
• Full and specialist registration (and a licence to practise) with the General Medical Council (GMC) (or 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.
• Applicants have undertaken undergraduate medical training in English; or have the following scores in the academic international English Language Testing System (IELTS) – Overall 7.5, Speaking 7, Listening 7, Reading 7, Writing 7 OR have achieved at least grade B in the medicine version of the Occupational English Test, in each area, speaking, listening, reading & writing

Desirable criteria

• Registered with the CPD programme of the RCPath

Experience

Essential criteria

• Wide experience in Diagnostic Histopathology and Cytopathology.
• Experience of designing and implementing audit, commitment to service improvement
• Commitment to teaching at all levels

Desirable criteria

• Reporting of breast biopsy and resection specimens. A special interest in a sub-speciality which will complement the existing interests e.g. Head & Neck or skins.
• Experience in risk management

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