Consultant Cellular Pathologist

We are an NHS award winning department playing a leading role in the modernisation of pathology services in SE Wales in line with the Health Board's Clinical Futures strategy, and the Welsh Government "Future Delivery of Pathology Services in Wales" document. We currently provide all services in house with no outsourcing to external providers.

We are heavily involved in the design and creation of the All Wales Digital Pathology Programme. We utilise AI algorithms for the diagnosis of several specimen types, and are working to implement its use in the reporting of HER2 and associated ISH.

The successful candidate will benefit from a new office, bespoke new microscope, IT packages including laptop, digital equipment and secretarial support.

We have a fully supportive laboratory providing a wide range of immuno's and are willing to look into expanding the repertoire and technologies and clinical needs change.

You will be working within a team to provide a clinical and laboratory Cellular Pathology service to a catchment population of 650,000. The laboratory has full UKAS ISO15189 accreditation, and is networked to provide a comprehensive Cellular Pathology service to the area.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will play an important role in reporting the Health Board's current histopathology cases/backlog with a range of specialties available for reporting which are: Skin, Lung, Head and Neck and GI.

We welcome part-time/ full time applicants.

Job responsibilities

For these positions, you will already be fully registered with the GMC and hold a Licence to Practice.

This position involves Regulated Activity with children and adults as defined by the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act (amended by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012) and the following checks will be undertaken following any conditional offer:

• adults and childrens barred list check

Candidates for Consultant posts must also be on the GMC Specialist Register and must hold FRCPath qualification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

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Clinical Experience

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Clinical Governance

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Research

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Teaching

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Other Requirements

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Management

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Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

£114,099 to £166,585 a year per annum pro rata