Job requirements
Essential
24 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Qualifications
Fully registered with the GMC
- Qualifications
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.
- Qualifications
FRCPath (UK) or equivalent
- Clinical Experience
Clinical training/experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCT
- Clinical Experience
Expertise in full range of Cellular Pathology workload
- Clinical Experience
Ability to lead a multi-professional team and take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
- Clinical Experience
Sub-speciality interests will be supported. The department is particularly interested in pathologists practising hematopathology, gynaecological Pathology, uropathology and GI pathology.
- Personal Attributes
Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team
- Personal Attributes
Enquiring, critical approach to work
- Personal Attributes
Caring and empathetic attitude to patients
- Personal Attributes
Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, health professionals, hospital staff and other agencies.
- Personal Attributes
Commitments to Continuing Professional Development
- Personal Attributes
Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional or national level
- Personal Attributes
Willingness to work in other areas of the Trust or Trust wide sites if required as directed by the department Clinical Lead
- Teaching & Research
Ability to teach clinical skills to trainees, laboratory staff and multi disciplinary teams
- Teaching & Research
Interest in leading multi-professional education
- Teaching & Research
Publications in peer reviewed journals is desirable
- Teaching & Research
Ability to supervise postgraduate research
- Management Administration
Demonstrable ability to manage priorities
- Management Administration
Demonstrable multi-disciplinary team leadership skills
- Management Administration
Evidence of participation in audit and understanding basic principles of management
- Management Administration
Flexible approach to work organisation
- Management Administration
Evidence of management/leadership skills training
- Management Administration
Intermediate to Advanced level IT skills
Desirable
Not listed in the available specification.
Job overview
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.
Detailed job description and main 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.
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
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This advert is for Consultant in Cellular Pathology with Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Swindon, England. It is listed as a Consultant Medical doctor Pathology role. The advertised salary is £113,565 - £150,569 Per Annum. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 12 Oct 2026.
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