Advanced Clinical Fellow Cellular Pathology for Portfolio Pathway

Job Overview

Successful appointees will be encouraged and supported in achieving the competencies required for a Portfolio Pathway application in Histopathology, thereby entering the Specialty Register and eventually taking up a consultant position. The job will consist of work in [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] Cellular Pathology Department. Cellular Pathology is now fully consolidated and located in a purpose-built integrated Pathology Building on the New Cross Hospital site. Our services provide patient care to Walsall NHS Trust, Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust, Dudley Group Foundation Trust, and [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]. Annual workload: 100,000 histology requests, 154,000 specimens, supporting 59 MDTs. The current clinical establishment comprises 31 Consultant Histopathologists, 4 locum consultants, one Consultant Healthcare Scientist, one Specialty Doctor, and 10 Histopathology Trainees.

Main Duties of the Job

• Develop specialist interests in two or more areas of histopathology (e.g., Gynae, Skin, Haemopath, Lung, Respiratory, Non-Gynae Cytology, Urology and Renal).
• Portfolio Pathway fellows will be treated as equivalents to core and specialist trainees in Histopathology.

Working for Our Organisation

[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands, rated “Good” by CQC. The Trust is committed to flexible working and diversity.

Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities

• Participate in ongoing research activities within the department.
• Be flexible to take full advantage of the post.
• Play a full part in the rota and provide cover for colleagues.
• Take part in medical audit and research.
• Ensure clinical governance requirements are met.
• Adequate arrangements for hospital staff involved in patient care.

Person Specification

Qualifications – Essential

• FRCPath Cellular Pathology (Histopathology) examination
• Previous training in Cellular Pathology
• Previous experience at senior registrar or consultant level

Qualifications – Desirable

• Understanding of NHS clinical governance structure, audit process and participation in research

Experience – Essential

• Ability to work well in a multidisciplinary team and maintain good relations with colleagues
• Commitment to specialty, self-directed learning, understanding of Portfolio Pathway requirements in the UK

Experience – Desirable

• Evidence of teaching and training others

Further Details

Contact: Dr Anjali Bhatnagar, Consultant Cellular Pathologist – [contact hidden], tel [contact hidden]. Additional contact: Dr Kelvin Robson, Clinical Head of Department – [contact hidden].

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Application

Apply online via the NHS Jobs portal. This vacancy may close early if it receives a high number of applications.