Consultant Histopathologist

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

Job summary

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a part-time Consultant Histopathologist for the Cellular Pathology department, based at Royal Preston Hospital. The post is permanent, with 4 sessions per week and flexible 8am–6pm hours.

No on-call requirement is expected, and responsibilities include running a comprehensive histopathology service and developing cancer-related subspecialties.

Qualifications

• Meets professional health requirements in line with GMC Standards/Good Medical Practice.
• Full and specialist GMC registration (or eligibility within six months).
• MBChB or equivalent qualification.
• FRCPath or equivalent qualification.
• UK-trained applicants must hold CCT or be within six months of award.
• Non-UK trained applicants must show UK CCT/CESR equivalence.
• Desirable: academic excellence in Pathology.

Responsibilities

• Provide a comprehensive histopathology service.
• Co-operate with the Pathology Directorate for effective laboratory administration.
• Recruitment and rosters for junior staff, BMSs, and secretarial staff.
• Coordinate with other professionals and health care workers.
• Attend Board meetings to discuss pathology issues and assist in resource management.
• Maintain management responsibility in the department in collaboration with senior staff.

Skills

Histopathology experience

Communication skills

Multidisciplinary collaboration

Education

MBChB or equivalent

FRCPath

GMC registration

Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT)

Job description

Job summary

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.

Main duties of the job

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.

Details

Date posted 18 August 2026

Pay scheme Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade Consultant

Salary £113,565 to £150,569 a year

Pro 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 Sharoe Green Lane Preston PR2 9HT United Kingdom

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job description, Person specification and Specialty/ Trust Brochure for further details on: What we can offer Job Plan/On-call Requirements The Team

Person Specification

Health

Essential

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

Qualifications

Essential

• 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

Desirable

• Evidence of academic excellence in Pathology

Experience and Skills

Essential

• Wide range of experience in Histopathology

Desirable

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

Management

Essential

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

Desirable

• Evidence of Clinical Leadership

Research and Development

Essential

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

Desirable

• Evidence of developing new diagnostic services

Personal

Essential

• 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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Address Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Sharoe Green Lane Preston PR2 9HT United Kingdom

Employer's website https://www.lancsteachinghospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact: Consultant Histopathologist - HOD Dr Amany Said [e-mail] 01772522140

Additional information

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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.

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.

Applicants must have current UK professional registration.