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Locum Consultant Histopathologist | Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 15 July 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £99,532 - £131,964 pro rata per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 14 August 2024 |
| Location: | Sutton-in-Ashfield, NG17 4JL |
| Company: | Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6453501/214-CSTO24-6453501 |
Summary
This is a full time fixed term role until 31st March 2025
The successful candidate will join a current establishment of 6.25 WTE Consultants and 3.0 WTE Specialty Doctors.
The department is accredited for postgraduate training and currently there is an ST3 trainee rotating through the department as part of East Midlands (North) rotation. There is also an FY2 trainee as part of Trust rotation. The department has a successful record of CESR training.
The appointee must have full registration with the GMC or within six months of attaining a CCT in Histopathology at the time of the Appointments Committee. Applicants that are non-UK trained, will be required to show evidence of equivalence to the UK CCT. The Department is a teaching and training department and the appointee will be expected to deliver undergraduate teaching (tutorials) and to participate in training Speciality Trainees in Histopathology.
The Department is moving to using digital pathology for primary diagnostics, the appointee will be supported to transition to Whole Slide Image reporting and offered the opportunity to contribute to the future development of digital pathology diagnostics.
The successful candidate will be expected to:
Provide advice on the diagnosis, staging and prognosis of patients suffering from disease. Reporting and interpretation of specimen submitted to the department in line with RCPath guidelines.
Take joint responsibility with colleagues for quality assurance within the department including taking part in national external quality assurance programmes, where appropriate.
Participate in the annual appraisal and job planning process.
Work with relevant clinical teams in the provision of comprehensive Histopathology service to the users, including advice regarding appropriate specimen collection and investigations, interpretation of reports and the preparation of policies, procedures and guidelines. Answer phone calls to and from clinical colleagues, if required.
Be jointly responsible for the supervision, training and management of any junior staff in the department.
Be jointly responsible in the smooth and efficient running of the Histopathology department
This is a general histopathology post, and the appointee is expected to support service delivery by complementing existing team members.
We are an award-winning NHS Foundation Trust providing acute and community healthcare services for 420,000 people across Mansfield, Ashfield, Newark, Sherwood and parts of Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.
We are working closely with partners in health and social care through the Mid Nottinghamshire Integrated Care Partnership to take collective responsibility for managing resources, delivering NHS standards, and improving the health of the population we serve.
We put the patient at the centre of everything that we do, and it is our aim to make sure that every patient is treated as we would want a member of our own family to be treated. At the same time we expect our staff to be caring, kind and courteous to each other and to look out for each other. We believe that we are truly a clinically led organisation.
We are truly proud to be the HSJ Trust of the Year for 2020, and we are proud of our CQC ratings.
Please see attached job description and person specification for full details of main responsibilities
This advert closes on Sunday 28 Jul 2024
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