Consultant in HMDS

Leeds Teaching Hospitals; Leeds; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A large teaching hospital trust is seeking a Consultant Haematopathologist for a new post at St James's University Hospital. This role involves providing specialist diagnostic services and engaging in research and development within a team of experts. Candidates should possess full GMC Registration and higher subspecialty training in haematopathology. The position includes opportunities for career development and potentially offers the title of Honorary Senior Lecturer at Leeds University Medical School.

Qualifications

• Must hold full GMC Registration with a license to practice.
• Requires high level of clinical experience in haematopathology.
• Evidence of continuous career progression is needed.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist diagnostic services within the Haematological Malignancy Diagnostic Service.
• Participate in research and development across the department.
• Engage in multi-disciplinary team meetings to discuss diagnostic problems.

Skills

Laboratory diagnosis of haematological malignancy

Research skills

Interpersonal skills

Education

Full GMC Registration

Higher subspecialty training in haematopathology

Job description

This8 PA role is required to fill this new post within the HaematologicalMalignancy Diagnostic Service at the St Jamess University Hospital.

TheHaematological Malignancy Diagnostic Service is one of the largest specialistHaematopathology laboratories in Europe and currently serves a population of 6million across the North of England. The laboratory has extensive facilitiesand has high levels of expertise in flow cytometry, molecular diagnostics,immunohistology and informatics. The service provides fully integratedreporting compliant with the improving outcomes guidance. There is an activeprogramme of research and development across many areas of this service whichincludes involvement in national and international clinical trials. A majorpriority is developing diagnostic platforms to support precision medicine andseveral initiatives are underway.

Thesuccessful candidate will play a full part in the provision of the diagnosticservice, including support of multi-disciplinary teams across the region andwill be expected to contribute fully to the research and development plan forthe department. This will offer the opportunity to develop personal researchand clinical interests. The successful candidate will work as part of a team of7 consultants (including this post) and 6 consultant and principal gradeclinical scientists.

Main duties of the job

Thesuccessful applicant should possess FRCPath (or equivalent)and should be included on the Specialist Register or within 6 months of CCT atthe time of interview, if currently within a training programme within theUK. In accordance with the consultantappointment regulations, all other categories of doctors must be on theSpecialist Register.

This post issuitable for candidates from either a histopathology or haematology backgroundwho have skills and expertise in diagnostic Haematopathology. The post willrequire active engagement in research and development and prior experience andspecialist expertise in a particular area is highly desirable. A strong commitment to undergraduate andpostgraduate teaching is required.

Consideration will be given to applicantswho wish to work full or part time and those wishing to job share.

If shortlisted, you will be required togive a 10-minute presentation on:

"The opportunities andchallenges of an integrated haematopathology service".

INTERVIEWS WILL BE HELD: Tuesday 18November 2025

About us

1. BACKGROUND

Leeds TeachingHospitals is one the largest teaching hospital trusts in Europe, with access toleading clinical expertise and medical technology. We care for people from all over the countryas well as the 780,000 residents of Leeds itself. The Trust has a budget of £1.1 billion. Our 20,000staff ensure that every year we see and treat over 1,500,000 people in our2,000 beds or out-patient settings, comprising 100,000 day cases, 125,000in-patients, 260,000 A&E visits and 1,050,000 out-patientappointments. We operate from 7 hospitalson 5 sites all linked by the same vision, philosophy and culture to be thebest for specialist and integrated care.

Our vision is based onThe Leeds Way, which is a clear statement of who we are and what we believe, foundedon values of working that were put forward by our own staff. Our values are to be:

Accountable

Empowered

We believe that by beingtrue to these values, we will consistently achieve and continuously improve ourresults in relation to our goals, which are to be:

1. Thebest for patient safety, quality and experience

2. Thebest place to work

3. Acentre of excellence for specialist services, education, research andinnovation

4. Hospitalsthat offer seamless, integrated care

5. Financiallysustainable

Job responsibilities

In relation to this post, this appointment is for aConsultant Haematopathologist and is a new post following a reconfiguration ofservices internally in our Haematology department. An individual from a purelypathology background interested in working wholly in Haematopathology wouldalso be eligible to apply and in this instance, the clinical aspects of thepost described below could be negotiable. This is a 8 PA appointment to work aspart of the consultant team providing haematology services within the trust andin particular, will be involved in the provision of specialist diagnosticservices within the Haematological Malignancy Diagnostic Service (HMDS).

The post will be based in Bexley Wing at St JamessUniversity Hospital. HMDS is an internationally renowned haematopathologycentre serving a population of 6 million across the North of England, and isone of the largest services of its kind in Europe. The department provides afully integrated service compliant with the current improving outcome guidance.The department has excellent facilities for flow cytometry, the full range ofmolecular diagnostics including array based expression profiling and SNP analysisand next generation sequencing, immunohistology and informatics and theappointed person would have full access to all these specialised services.

The post holder will work within an experienced team ofaround 100 staff including 7 consultants and 6 principal and consultant gradeclinical scientists to process greater than 40000 specimens per year. Theduties will include the final reporting of specimens received within thelaboratory (bone marrow, peripheral blood and lymph node biopsies being themost common specimen categories), provision of specialist advice on diagnosticproblems and participation in haematology multi-disciplinary team meetings. Theywill be expected to have or develop an area of specialist diagnostic expertisethat is complementary with other members of the team. It would be expected thatthe appointee would develop and participate in relevant research anddevelopment within these areas.

It is intended that thepost holder will participate in the delivery of haematology clinical servicesto a degree commensurate with their above laboratory based duties and theirprevious experience and qualifications. The clinical aspects of the post arenegotiable depending on the candidates background. The clinical duties are notexpected to include responsibility for in-patient care.The successful candidate will be part of a large and established consultantgroup delivering the full breadth of haematology services across Yorkshire andbeyond with extensive research activity. The post offersmany opportunities for career development and involvement in research andinnovation. The title of Honorary Senior Lecturer at Leeds University MedicalSchool will also be offered (see below).

On-call dutieswill be for the HMDS laboratory only (see below). There is no requirement forclinical on-call cover.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Hold full GMC Registration with a license to practice.
• YOUR GMC NUMBER MUST BE CLEARLY STATED ON YOUR APPLICATION FORM.
• Eligibility to work in the UK.
• Is up to date and fit to practise safely.

Experience

• Must be able to demonstrate a high level of clinical experience and competence in the laboratory diagnosis of haematological malignancy and related disorders.
• Specifically, must demonstrate higher subspecialty training in haematopathologY.
• Evidence of continuous career progression consistent with personal circumstances.

Training, Research, Teaching & Audit

• Should have completed a recognised training programme in either Haematology or Histopathology.
• Evidence of the ability to carry out medical research.
• Experience in training undergraduate medical students and postgraduate doctors.
• Experience of participation in regular clinical audit.
• Previous experience of supervising research by junior staff.
• Previous attendance on Appraisal Techniques and Small Group Teaching Workshops.

Management, Interpersonal Skills & Other Requirements

• Understanding of current issues in the NHS.
• *Well organised and skilled in good time management.
• *Effective interpersonal skills.
• *Demonstrate ability to relate to and work within a team.
• -Hold full GMC Registration with a license to practice.
• -Entry on the GMC Specialist Register via:
• -CCT (proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of interview). Portfolio Pathway (or) international applicants should comply with the GMC specialty registration process. Portfolio Pathway applicants must be on the relevant Specialist Register at the time of application.
• Attendance at recognised management course.

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.