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Job summary

Main area
Histopathology
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Contract
12 months (Fixed term NHS Locum consultant)
Hours
Full time - 10 sessions per week (TBC)
Job ref
337-MS-1675-OK
Employer
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Northwick Park
Town
Harrow
Salary
拢105,504 - 拢139,882 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
05/01/2025 23:59

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London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust logo

Locum Consultant in Histopathology

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

  • Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country鈥檚 top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
  • St Mark鈥檚 Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
  • Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
  • Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre. 聽

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Find out more about our Trust and why you should join us

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Our vision at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is to put 鈥淨uality at our HEART鈥. Find out more about

We are clear that our vision can only be achieved by our staff, who are our most valuable asset.

Our vision is driven by our HEART values and behaviours which were developed together with our staff.

  • H onesty
  • E quity
  • A ccountability
  • R espect
  • T eamwork

These values describe how we interact with each other and our patients and must underpin everything we do to achieve our vision.

LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that鈥檚 job share, part time or another flexible pattern. 聽If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

Job overview

Consultant Cellular Pathologist, special interest in Head & Neck, Uropathology, Lung, Gastrointestinal, liver and Breast Pathology. Gynaecological histology and non-gynaecological cytology cover might be required.

The Cellular Pathology Department which is based at Northwick Park Hospital requires a one-year fixed term locum consultant in Cellular Pathology, with a聽special interest in Head & Neck, Uropathology, lung, Gastrointestinal, liver and Breast Pathology聽who will work alongside an established team of twelve other pathologists.聽

Candidates wishing to work part time or additional PAs will also be considered.

There is a stratified payment system in place for internal backlog management that allows payments reflective of complexity to be made for additional cases undertaken.

Main duties of the job

The department of Cellular Pathology at NPH was joined by the St Mark鈥檚 Academic Unit of Gastrointestinal Pathology in 1995 and by the CMH department in 2002. It occupies levels 4WX and 6X, part of the wing of the campus that houses the endoscopy suite, St Mark鈥檚 and the Northwick Park Institute for Medical Research (NPIMR). This wing is also close to the theatre block.聽 It includes the Regional Cytology Training School facilities. Within the department are two interconnecting seminar rooms (seating for up to 60 persons).

Working for our organisation

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond.

Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

We run major acute services at:

  • Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country鈥檚 top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK
  • St Mark鈥檚 Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease
  • Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice
  • Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre. 聽

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The appointee will be expected to take on the duties of a specialist working mainly in Head & Neck, Uropathology, Lung, Gastrointestinal, Liver and Breast Pathology. Gynaecological histology and non-gynaecological cytology cover might be required.

The Departments routine workload includes a broad spectrum of screening and diagnostic cases together with network, national and international referral cases.

St Marks is one of the largest review centres in the UK for GI pathology, especially for polyposis, complex inflammatory bowel disease and cancer cases.

The diagnostic workload within the Department for Gastrointestinal Pathology ranges from 13,500-15,000/year.

This is a great opportunity for pathologists who wish to consolidate and further enhance expertise in these areas and participate in research and other academic activities.

For more information on this post/s, please refer to the Job Description attached to this advert.

Person specification

Qualifications / Skills

Essential criteria
  • FRCPath or evidence of equivalent qualification
  • 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
  • Full registration (and a licence to practise) with the General Medical Council (GMC) (or eligible for registration within six months of interview)
Desirable criteria
  • Management qualification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Experience in GI, liver and breast pathology
  • IT Skills and computer literacy
Desirable criteria
  • Experience training graduates
  • NHS experience within the last 3 years

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Documents to download

Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dr Adriana Martinez
Job title
Histology Clinical Lead
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
02088693306
Additional information

Informal enquiries are welcome and may be made by contacting Dr Adriana Martinez

Clinical Lead for Histopathology

Cellular Pathology | St Mark鈥檚 and Northwick Park Hospitals

Histopathology Office Tel:聽020 8869 3306

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