Consultant in Cellular Pathology Swindon

Meeveem Limited; Swindon; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The NHS Trust Swindon pathology department is seeking a consultant pathologist to join a well‑established team. You will lead senior clinicians, deliver high‑quality cellular pathology services, and contribute to education and supervision of junior colleagues.

Applicants should be fully GMC registered with eligibility for CCT/CESR, and have broad expertise across hematopathology, gynecological, GI, or related subspecialties. The role emphasises staff wellbeing and multidisciplinary collaboration.

Qualifications

• Fully registered with GMC and eligible for consultant appointment.
• Experience leading a multi‑professional team and delivering clinical care.
• Active participation in audits and service improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead and supervise a team of senior medical staff and trainees.
• Drive service improvements and training within the department.
• Maintain clinical care standards and priority management.
• Collaborate across disciplines to ensure patient‑centered pathology services.

Skills

GMC registration

Leadership

Audit participation

Multidisciplinary teamwork

IT skills

Education

UK CCT or CESR

FRCPath (UK) or equivalent

Tools

IT systems proficiency

Job description

Job summary

We are a friendly department and would welcome any interested candidates to visit the Trust or to get in touch to ask any questions that you might have. The team is also open to discussing other sub-specialty interests you might like to explore in a potential job plan.

Shortlisted candidates are encouraged to visit the Trust and meet senior members of staff and management teams. Details will be shared following shortlisting.

The department has UKAS accreditation to ISO151589:2022. It processes and reports, per year, approximately 23,000 surgical specimens (approximately 18,000 for the NHS with 16% from general practitioners), 1200 diagnostic cytopathology specimens and 1000 semenology samples.

Main duties of the job

The laboratory was designed in collaboration with the staff and has modern equipment including height adjustable dissection benches and a recently introduced Sakura Tissue-Tek Prisma Plus automated slide stainer and coverslipper, and a Dako Omnis immunohistochemistry immunostainer. Another similar immunostainer is being brought in to meet the increasing demands of immunohistochemistry and molecular pathology. The laboratory currently operates with two digital scanners which are used on a daily basis.

About us

Our STAR values - Service, Teamwork, Ambition and Respect - are a golden thread running through everything we do. These values serve as a guiding principle, driving us towards our vision of delivering great joined up services to our local community. Whether at home, in the community, or within the hospital, our goal is to empower individuals to lead independent and healthier lives.

Job responsibilities

The appointed candidates will join an existing team of 6 senior medical staff including Consultants. On joining the department, you will become part of a well-established, friendly team and will help us continue to drive forward improvements in the service that we provide to our patients. As a senior member of the team, you will become a key part in the delivery of training and supervision to our junior colleagues.

As a Trust, we place high importance on staff wellbeing, you will be offered a wide variety of support to help you maintain your wellbeing and to help colleagues maintain theirs. The Trusts Health and Wellbeing team has won a National Award during 2020 for the work they have done locally.

Qualifications

• Fully registered with the GMC
• CCT (or equivalent for non-UK applicants of equivalent status), or be accredited (or equivalent), and be on the GMC Specialist Register in the specialty appropriate for this consultant post at the time of taking up the consultant appointment. Alternatively, candidates can hold or be within 6 months of their CCT at interview or have applied to be on the GMC Specialist register via CESR.
• FRCPath (UK) or equivalent

Clinical Experience

• Clinical training/experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCT
• Expertise in full range of Cellular Pathology workload
• Ability to lead a multi-professional team and take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
• Sub-speciality interests will be supported. The department is particularly interested in pathologists practising hematopathology, gynaecological Pathology, uropathology and GI pathology.

Management Administration

• Demonstrable ability to manage priorities
• Demonstrable multi-disciplinary team leadership skills
• Evidence of participation in audit and understanding basic principles of management
• Flexible approach to work organisation
• Evidence of management/leadership skills training
• Intermediate to Advanced level IT skills

Teaching & Research

• Ability to teach clinical skills to trainees, laboratory staff and multi disciplinary teams
• Interest in leading multi-professional education
• Publications in peer reviewed journals is desirable
• Ability to supervise postgraduate research

Personal Attributes

• Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team
• Enquiring, critical approach to work
• Caring and empathetic attitude to patients
• Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, health professionals, hospital staff and other agencies.
• Commitments to Continuing Professional Development
• Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional or national level
• Willingness to work in other areas of the Trust or Trust wide sites if required as directed by the department Clinical Lead

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. 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).

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