Consultant Histopathologist

North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust; Tees Valley; On-site; GBP 82,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

North Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Consultant Cellular Pathologist to join our team at the University Hospital of North Tees. The post involves routine case reporting, including frozen section work, across a general surgical case mix with opportunities for sub-specialty input.

Appointees will provide pathology support to cancer MDTs, supervise medical and technical staff, maintain CPD activity, and contribute to service planning and development within the directorate.

Responsibilities

• Report routine surgical pathology cases and frozen sections.
• Participate in sub-specialty team reporting of complex resections.
• Provide advice on histopathology and contribute to audits.
• Support cancer MDTs and supervise staff; CPD activities.
• Contribute to service planning and development of the directorate.

Job description

North Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and South Tees Hospitals NHS Trust have collaborated to form a Hospital Group Structure known collectively as University Hospitals Tees. Within this structure the pathology departments have been working together to create the Tees Valley pathology service with the development of a central processing hub on the North Tees site and two Essential Service Laboratories on the James Cook and Friarage Hospital sites which will support urgent complex dissection and frozen section work as clinically appropriate .

We are actively seeking suitable candidates who will complement and develop existing services and join our existing teams of Consultant Cellular Pathologists. We anticipate that support will be required across our sites and that this post will be primarily based at The University Hospital of North Tees site.

Appointees are expected to undertake routine case reporting, including frozen section reporting, for a general surgical case mix and participate in relevant sub-specialty team reporting of complex resection specimens. A declared interest in a sub-specialist area of cellular pathology would be advantageous.

There is no requirement to report cervical cytology or diagnostic cytology. However, if a diagnostic cytology interest and expertise can be demonstrated inclusion in the cytology reporting rota will be considered.

Appointees are expected to provide advice and support to clinical colleagues, to be available to discuss histopathological findings and to contribute to the audit and monitoring of the effectiveness of the clinical services.

Appointees will be expected to provide pathology support to one or more cancer multidisciplinary teams, to contribute to the supervision and training of medical, scientific and technical staff within the directorate, maintain relevant CPD activity and contribute to the effective running of the directorate by service planning and development.

Appointees are not required to undertake adult hospital interest autopsies unless they have a specific autopsy interest. There is no requirement to undertake perinatal autopsies.

Coronial autopsies are not part of the NHS duties of the post and any autopsies undertaken at the behest of H.M. Coroner are accommodated using a time shifting mechanism and with the agreement of the clinical director.

At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust our main priority is, and always will be, to provide safe and high quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. We want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.

We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development. Staff recognition is very important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Star and Team of the month, colleague recognition - a note of thanks, Managers Awards, Shining Stars and Service Awards.

We support the Making Every Contact Count approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.

We recruit for values and "Together we are North Tees & Hartlepool".