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Job requirements
Essential
16 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Independent reporting of complex gynae cases
- Experience
Evidence of ability to make decisions at consultant level and to manage complex clinical problems.
- Skills and Knowledge
Ability to lead and to support the leadership of others
- Skills and Knowledge
Effective administrative and time management skills. Training in clinical management.
- Skills and Knowledge
Understanding of management roles in NHS pathology and willingness to engage with and participate in management.
- Skills and Knowledge
Evidence of ability to work in a clinical team at the level of a consultant in a teaching hospital
- Skills and Knowledge
Evidence of significant contribution to successful teamwork
- Skills and Knowledge
Willingness to share cases and seek second opinions appropriately
- Skills and Knowledge
Good spoken and written English.
- Skills and Knowledge
Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills.
- Skills and Knowledge
Experience of formal and informal contributions to teaching and training
- Skills and Knowledge
Evidence of effective and sustained contribution to clinical governance, clinical risk management and clinical audit activities
- Qualifications/Training
FRCPath or equivalent
- Qualifications/Training
Applicants that are UK trained, must ALSO be a holder of a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), or be within six months of award of CCT by date of interview. OR, Applicants that are non-UK trained, will be required to show evidence of equivalence to the UK CCT
- Qualifications/Training
Specialist training in gynae pathology
- Qualifications/Training
Full and Specialist registration (and with a licence to practise) with the General Medical Council (GMC) or be eligible for registration within six months of interview.
Desirable
5 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Skills and Knowledge
Management qualification.
- Skills and Knowledge
Excellent written and verbal communication skills necessary for explaining complex situations to professionals and non-professionals
- Skills and Knowledge
Education qualification
- Skills and Knowledge
Peer reviewed publications Research grants
- Qualifications/Training
Higher medical degree
Job overview
This post will work within a team of consultant colleagues to provide a comprehensive gynaecological histopathology service in the Oxford University Hospitals, including performing or supervising cut ups, microscopy, or other diagnostic techniques, reporting cases, and supporting clinical meetings and case discussions. The ability to provide support in alternative specialty pathology also would be an advantage, and additional programmed activities may be available for this.
Main duties of the job
OUH Trust in partnership with Oxford University aims to be at the forefront of modern diagnostic techniques. A willingness to adopt new diagnostic techniques into Cellular Pathology and undertake training where necessary is essential. The department is advanced in the adoption of digital pathology.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Oxford University Hospitals is the hub of the South 4 Pathology Partnership. Cellular Pathology across the South 4 Pathology Partnership works in collaboration. Support of colleagues and services in the partner trusts will be an increasing component of the post as digital pathology and an integrated laboratory information management system facilitate closer working across the sites. As a consultant in a specialist centre, the appointee will be expected to develop sufficient expertise to support complex referral cases, and to work closely with colleagues to assure the quality of the work of the whole team.
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 Gynaecological Histopathology with Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Oxford, England. It is listed as a Consultant Medical doctor Pathology role. The advertised salary is £113,565 - £150,569 per annum (pro rata). The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 11 Oct 2026.
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