Senior Clinical Fellow | Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust
| Posting date: | 12 September 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £37,068 - £57,570 +£2,162 LW per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 October 2024 |
| Location: | Middlesex, HA7 4LP |
| Company: | Royal National Orthopaedic Hospital NHS Trust |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | 6601486/392-MS51-SCF |
Summary
An exciting opportunity has become available at the RNOH, a national tertiary referral centre for musculoskeletal disease, for a pathologist (non-pathologists need not apply) to become a specialist in the field of bone and soft tissue pathologist. We are looking for an individual who wishes to develop excellence in the field. How this is achieved will depend on the skills and ambitions of the candidate. The department is also ‘going digital’ providing an opportunity for an individual to be involved if that is an interest which they would like to pursue. The department is fortunate to be in a position to expand to address the unmet demand for well trained musculoskeletal pathologists across the UK.
The successful candidate must have FRCPath or equivalent, be registered (or can become registered quickly) with the GMC, and have the IELTS test (if required).
The individual will
• Will have experience in general pathology including the gross dissection of complex specimens
• Show that that they are interested in developing and modernising the field of pathology,
• Have the ability to develop excellence in the field in some area of the field of pathology
• Be able to show an eagerness to excel in any field of pathology
This post has been developed to provide an individual who wishes to excel in the field of pathology the opportunity to develop skills to do just that. The Fellow will be trained in skills which are transferable and have the potential to be usefully employed in all areas of diagnostic pathology. The skills acquired will allow the individual to continue to develop over their career and to respond to changes that are likely to take place over the coming decades because of the greater use of technology.
The Fellow will acquire high level diagnostic skills by supporting the 5 consultants in delivery of the clinical service. The experience and training will provide the successful candidate the opportunity to become a highly competent specialist consultant histopathologist over the 24months of the fellowship. Ideally, we would like to see the Fellow obtain a sarcoma post for which there is an unmet need across the UK and abroad however the skills acquired in this post would make then competitive for other areas in pathology if that is what they wished to pursue.
The Cellular and Molecular Department at the RNOH has full UKAS accreditation. It is one of 5 National Commissioning Group bone tumour pathology units in the UK. The RNOH pathology service is more or less similar in size to the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital in Birmingham in terms and sees more tumour cases than the other 3 units.
The Cellular and Molecular Pathology Department provides the pathology service for the London Sarcoma Service. This service is delivered from the RNOHT NHS Trust.
A particular strength of the unit is that it is strong in research and development, and has contributed to the development of diagnostic molecular pathology in the field of sarcoma. This is reflected the number of peer-reviewed publications that have been generated from the unit over the last 10 years
The appointed individual will undertake the cut up of complex musculoskeletal pathology cases under supervision of a consultant histopathologist, and will supervise more junior / less experienced staff undertaking this task.
The individual will draft histopathology reports on specimens received from RNOH and from referred hospitals. In the first instance these reports will be jointly authorised with a consultant histopathologists but with time, it would be expected that the appointee would have gained sufficient knowledge and experience to sign out cases.
The reports are based on the interpretation of the microscopic features of tissue, the gross and/or radiological findings and appropriate additional tests including immunohistochemistry, fluorescence in situ hybridisation, and PCR-based tests including generation sequencing in the light of clinical information. The clinical information should be provided by those requested the tests, but information can also be accessed at the multidisciplinary meetings.
This advert closes on Tuesday 24 Sep 2024
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