Consultant Histopathologist

The job plan is for a 10 PA working week (7.5 Clinical PAs and 2.5 Supporting PAs).

The post holder and the Chief Executive (or nominee) will review the job plan each year to ensure that it meets the objectives of the Trust and the personal development plan of the post holder.

The post holder's job plan will be initially reviewed after 3 months with the opportunity to increase the number of PA's contracted.

The histology requests cover a wide spectrum of pathology including general surgery, colorectal (including Bowel Cancer Screening), breast screening cases, dermatology, respiratory, head and neck, gynaecology, ophthalmology, orthopaedics, soft tissue tumours, urology and endoscopic and CT guided biopsies.

Approximately 10% of the requests are received from general practitioners with approximately 90% of requests generated from within the trust.

The department of Cellular Pathology is a single department that is currently based on two sites. The Cellular Pathology laboratory is consolidated on to the Winchester site whilst consultant presence is maintained on both sites. The laboratory participates in appropriate external quality assurance (EQA) schemes. Pathology has a Clinisys fully integrated Laboratory Information System covering all departments.

The laboratory system is capable of receiving electronic orders from the rest of the Hospital, reports are visible to the hospital electronically.

Facilities exist to search computerised records in histology and cytology for research, audit and teaching purposes. A voice recognition dictation system is available for pathologists to dictate surgical pathology, non-gynaecological cytology and post-mortems.

For further information about this role please see Job Description & Person Specification document attached.

If you have any further queries, please do not hesitate to contact us.

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