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Specialist Grade - Histopathology
| Posting date: | 13 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £96,990.00 to £107,155.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £96990.00 - £107155.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 20 June 2025 |
| Location: | Maidstone, ME16 9QQ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | C9359-25-0447 |
Summary
1. To provide a high standard of care in an appropriate and timely fashion to any patient (cases) for whom you have clinical responsibility. This will include any cases distributed to you or to a trainee under your supervision. In addition, any cases of consultant colleagues when you are covering for annual leave. 2. To participate in clinical and other service activities and developments with the aim of ensuring a high standard of patient care across the Trust. 3. To work in close co-operation with other medical, professional and managerial colleagues, both within and outside the specialty, to provide high quality health care to the patients of all trusts served, and to make a contribution to future thinking about the Trusts strategic direction. 4. To participate fully in and share leadership of the clinical governance of the specialty covering its Trust-wide activities. To attend clinical governance meetings as detailed in the Trusts Guide to Job Planning unless on agreed leave or other unavoidable commitments. 5. To participate actively in departmental audits, sharing co-ordination of audit activities within the department and implementation of change. 6. To take an active responsibility for undergraduate and postgraduate teaching, training and supervision. 7. To assume responsibility, both personally and corporately with consultant colleagues, for the management of junior medical staff. You are expected to be involved in their professional development, both clinical and personal as per guidance from the Deanery. 8. To ensure that all doctors in training for whom you have supervisory responsibilities undertake delegated clinical tasks that are within their level of competence and knowledge. 9. To ensure at all times that you comply with the General Medical Councils published guide Good Medical Practice including the Duties of a Doctor. The main duties are those of a Consultant Histopathologist in a sub specialist department reporting for a regional cancer centre and three general hospitals. The duties include specialist reporting, MDM preparation and attendance, clinical audit and governance responsibilities, teaching and training. There are opportunities for Coronial work available for qualified individuals.