Consultant Histopathologist

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Preston; On-site; GBP 114,000 - 151,000; Part time

Job summary

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Consultant Histopathologist to join the Cellular Pathology team at Royal Preston Hospital. The post is part-time (4 sessions per week) with flexible hours between 9:00 and 17:00, Monday to Friday, and no on-call commitment.

The successful candidate will provide a comprehensive histopathology service, develop subspecialist interests in line with cancer services, and collaborate closely with other departments to maintain high-quality

Qualifications

• Broad experience in Histopathology within cellular pathology
• Ability to develop subspecialist interests to support cancer services
• Experience in departmental governance and audits

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive histopathology service with no neuropathology reporting
• Develop subspecialist interests to complement cancer services
• Co-operate with Pathology Directorate for administrative and staffing arrangements
• Attend board meetings and participate in resource management
• Oversight of rosters, duties, and staff development

Skills

Histopathology experience

Multidisciplinary teamwork

Leadership

Education

MBChB or equivalent

FRCPath or equivalent

UK GMC registration or eligibility

CCT or near completion

Tools

None

Job description

Consultant Histopathologist

The closing date is 25 September 2026

We have a vacancy arise for a part-time Consultant post in Cellular Pathology based on 4 session per week. This post will be based be based at Royal Preston Hospital and is a permanent post.

The working week will be flexible over a - Monday - Friday between 9.00 - 17:00

The sessions are worked flexibly according to the demands of the service. This would be 16 working hours per week (Monday to Friday), which could be worked flexibly between 8am and 6pm according to service demands and agreement with Head of Department.

There will be no expectation of providing on call for this post.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will join our team of consultants and will be required to provide a comprehensive histopathology service. You would not be required to report neuropathology cases.

You will also be required to develop specialist interests to complement the existing specialist Cancer services.

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.

About us

We are in collaboration discussion with the other 3 trusts in Lancashire and Cumbria including Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust and Morecambe Bay Hospitals NHS Trust. A central laboratory Hub has been proposed.

Modern Education Centres are based at both Royal Preston and Chorley and South Ribble Hospital sites and offer excellent library and study facilities, including PC/Internet support for staff and students as well as high tech simulation facilities.

All new Consultants are actively encouraged to be research active and supported in every way to carry out research in this trust.

All newly appointed substantive consultants are enrolled on the award-winning Consultant Leadership Programme and as part of that, mentorship is available.

All consultants have annual appraisal with a trained appraiser and are supported with the revalidation process.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job description, Person specification and Specialty/ Trust Brochure for further details on:

Health

• Meets professional health requirements in line with GMC Standards/ Good Medical Practice

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 and Skills

• Wide range of experience in Histopathology
• Interest in other specialist areas eg: Dermatopathology, Urology/ Head and Neck/ Gynae (2 to 3 subspecialities of the above)
• Qualified to perform autopsies

Management

• Evidence of commitment to audit and improving clinical practice/service development
• Evidence of Clinical Leadership

Research and Development

• Evidence of interest in personal development e.g. through research and/or publications
• Evidence of developing new diagnostic services

Personal

• Proven effective communication skills, both written and oral with examples.
• Good organisation skills, with examples.
• Works well within a multidisciplinary environment.

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.

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£113,565 to £150,569 a yearPro Rata based on 4 PA's per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

438-CA855

Job locations

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust