Consultant in Histopathology

**Main area**
- Histopathology**Grade**
- Consultant**Contract**
- Permanent**Hours**
- 10 sessions per week (Full-Time)**Job ref**
- 180-CON-4600**Employer**
- Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust**Employer type**
- NHS**Site**
- Addenbrooke's Hospital**Town**
- Cambridge**Salary**
- £93,666 - £126,281 per annum pro-rata**Salary period**
- Yearly**Closing**
- 08/01/2024 23:59**Interview date**
- 13/02/2024Job overview

Applications are invited for the post of (10PA) Consultant in Histopathology (Gastrointestinal & Hepatopancreatobiliary) at Addenbrooke’s Hospital.

Main duties of the job

In order to be considered applicants must meet the essential criteria outlined in the person specification.

You will be fully registered with the GMC and ideally have a CCT in Histopathology or be within six months of award of CCT at the time of interview. Applications are welcomed from those unable to work full time for personal reasons or those wishing to job-share.

As part of our commitment to supporting the medical workforce in the part they play in delivering an excellent caring service to patients, all newly appointed Consultants attend our five-day Consultant Development programme within a year of joining the Trust. Leadership is a key requirement of doctors’ professional work and this innovative programme is designed to support Consultants to hone the leadership and management skills they need to succeed at CUH.

Working for our organisation

The applicant must have demonstrable skills in listening, reading, writing and speaking in English that enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues, as set out in the GMC’s Good Medical Practice (2013). Non-UK applicants must possess the IELTS/OET exam before obtaining a GMC licence to practice.

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The primary duties of this post will be reporting gastrointestinal specimens, medical and lesional liver biopsies, pancreatic resections and liver transplant graft specimens.

The successful appointee will be expected to contribute to the Hepatopancreatobiliary (HPB) on-call rota. The department is staffed by a team of over 50 specialist Histopathologists.

The successful appointees may also be able to participate in the departmental postmortem rota.

The department is fully digitised and successful applicants will be expected to move towards digital reporting as part of the national drive to digitise Histopathology services.

Please refer to the Job description and Person specification attached for further details on the main responsibilities and duties for this post.

Person specification

**Qualifications**:
Essential criteria
- Score 1-5Standards

Essential criteria
- Score 1-5Professionalism

Essential criteria
- Score 1-5Clinical Skills

Essential criteria
- Score 1-5Specialty Specific Skills (related to the post)

Essential criteria
- Score 1-5Clinical Governance (improving patient care)

Essential criteria
- Score 1-5Communication Skills

Essential criteria
- Score 1-5Personal Skills

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- Score 1-5Understanding of the NHS

Essential criteria
- Score 1-5Professional Development

Essential criteria
- Score 1-5**Applicant requirements**:
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

**Further details / informal visits contact**:
**Name**
- Dr Michael Eden

**Job title**
- Clinical Lead for Histopathology

**Telephone number**
- 01223 596250

**Additional information**- or alternatively by telephone 01223 596250.