# Senior Clinical Fellow in Histopathology > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-clinical-fellow-in-histopathology/39490a3a-3df8-4937-9189-f18881c9b6d2 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/senior-clinical-fellow-in-histopathology/39490a3a-3df8-4937-9189-f18881c9b6d2.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust - **Town:** Stevenage - **Region:** East of England - **Country:** England - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Pathology - **Grade:** Senior - **Salary:** £65,048 pa - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time - 40 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-06-14T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-06-01T10:10:02.797Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Hertfordshire/Stevenage/East_North_Hertfordshire_Teaching_NHS_Trust/Histopathology/Histopathology-v7968285 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7968285?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.enherts-tr.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Applications are invited for two permanent Senior Clinical Fellow posts in Histopathology, commencing as soon as possible. This is an excellent opportunity within the Pathology department at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust. The successful applicant will form part of the Trust’s pathology department and will be a part of a team that includes 8 consultants, one locum consultant and 3 Senior clinical fellows providing a comprehensive Cellular Pathology service.  The department provides a comprehensive range of services for our resident population of approximately 600,000 residing mainly in East and North Hertfordshire and extends to the borders of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, West Hertfordshire and Essex. The Histopathology Service supports the various clinical specialties. These include the Breast cancer service, General Surgery, Upper GI Surgery, Colo-rectal Surgery, Urology, Ophthalmology, Plastic Surgery, Orthopaedics, Gastroenterology, Gynaecology & Obstetrics (including active colposcopy unit), ENT, Dermatology, Respiratory Medicine Care for the elderly medicine, Paediatrics, Rheumatology. The department also receives GP samples from east & north Hertfordshire district. ### Main duties of the job - To participate in surgical cutup, surgical reporting, cytology reporting,  participating in frozen section service, thus ensuring the delivery of a high-quality histopathology, cytopathology service. - To advise and be available for consultation on clinical matters both generally and on an individual patient basis with clinical colleagues in the hospital, general practitioners and Trust staff. - To participate in the department’s teaching, audit, and educational activities. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities In the paragraphs above you have read an overview about the role we would like to offer and general information about main duties of the post holder. Please see attached – job description which describes in full details the duties, responsibilities and reporting relationships of the advertising role. ## Job Details Applications are invited for two permanent Senior Clinical Fellow posts in Histopathology, commencing as soon as possible. This is an excellent opportunity within the Pathology department at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust. The successful applicant will form part of the Trust’s pathology department and will be a part of a team that includes 8 consultants, one locum consultant and 3 Senior clinical fellows providing a comprehensive Cellular Pathology service. The department provides a comprehensive range of services for our resident population of approximately 600,000 residing mainly in East and North Hertfordshire and extends to the borders of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, West Hertfordshire and Essex. The Histopathology Service supports the various clinical specialties. These include the Breast cancer service, General Surgery, Upper GI Surgery, Colo-rectal Surgery, Urology, Ophthalmology, Plastic Surgery, Orthopaedics, Gastroenterology, Gynaecology & Obstetrics (including active colposcopy unit), ENT, Dermatology, Respiratory Medicine Care for the elderly medicine, Paediatrics, Rheumatology. The department also receives GP samples from east & north Hertfordshire district. ## Job Description To participate in surgical cutup, surgical reporting, cytology reporting, participating in frozen section service, thus ensuring the delivery of a high-quality histopathology, cytopathology service. - To advise and be available for consultation on clinical matters both generally and on an individual patient basis with clinical colleagues in the hospital, general practitioners and Trust staff. - To participate in the department’s teaching, audit, and educational activities. ## Responsibilities In the paragraphs above you have read an overview about the role we would like to offer and general information about main duties of the post holder. Please see attached – job description which describes in full details the duties, responsibilities and reporting relationships of the advertising role. ## Person Specification ### Teaching **Essential** - Experience of supervising undergraduates, doctors in training and other colleagues **Desirable** - Ability to teach clinical skills - Experience in organising educational activities ### Experience **Essential** - Good range of experience in general histopathology - Experience in Histopathology/Cytology at ST3 level or equivalent **Desirable** - NHS experience ### Qualifications **Essential** - MBBS or qualification of an equivalent level - FRCPath Part 1 ### Clinical Governance **Essential** - Able to evidence engagement with clinical governance and the identification of errors and the learning from errors - Able to show situational awareness and application of good decision making - Can evidence leading on patient safety issues and achieving a change in practice ### Fitness to Practive **Essential** - Up to date and fit to practice safely and aware of own training needs - Evidences engagement with appraisal and revalidation ## Documents - [job description (pdf, 386.4kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10334504) - [showcasing our teaching commitment (pdf, 5.0mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2905) - [must read guidance notes - application forms (pdf, 91.9kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=549) - [policy statement - recruitment of ex-offenders (pdf, 101.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=551) - [guidance on secondments for internal applicants (pdf, 101.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2748) - [guidance notes for applicants - how your data is used and stored (pdf, 416.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=550) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.