Consultant Chemical Pathologist

North Bristol NHS Trust

Job summary

We are pleased to advertise this exciting post for a Consultant Chemical Pathologist to join the Department of Clinical Biochemistry at North Bristol NHS Trust. This post will focus on delivering against a Cardiometabolic Medicine (CMM) portfolio with clinical sessions spread across:

  • Weekly Lipid Clinic based at Bristol Royal Infirmary
  • Weekly Bariatric medicine clinic within the Specialist Weight Management Service at Southmead Hospital
  • Clinical Liaison with secondary care specialities such as Diabetes and Endocrinology and MASLD multi-disciplinary teams

Additionally, there will be an expectation to work within the consultant leadership and senior management teams for the Department of Clinical Biochemistry at Southmead Hospital, delivering on the clinical validation and advisory service through participation in the duty biochemist rota. The post also offers the opportunity of a funded 1.0 programmed activity (PA) session in Research for suitable candidates, delivering activity for the Diabetes, endocrinology and metabolic medicine research team at North Bristol NHS Trust against an exciting portfolio of clinical research.

Main duties of the job

Direct clinical care (including unpredictable on-call) * Bariatric/Obesity medicine – 2.0 PAs

* Clinic – 1.0PA

* Admin – 0.25PA (1 hour per clinic)

* MDT – 0.625PA (T3/T4 MDT and GLP-1 MDT)

* Triaging 0.125 PA (30min)

* Lipid clinic – 2.0 PAs

* Clinic – 1.0PA * Admin – 0.5PA

* MDT – 0.25PA

* Project work – 0.25PA

* Laboratory – 3.625PA

* Duty Biochemist – 2.375PA

* DCB Weekly meeting – 0.25PA

* Laboratory Management – 1.0PA

* Non-resident on-call – 1 in 4 -> 1 in 6 frequency Supporting Professional Activities – 2.5PA

* Research PA – 1.0PA

* CPD etc – 1.5PA

Person Specification

Qualifications and Registration

Essential

  • FRCPath in Chemical Pathology or equivalent
  • Full and specialist registration (and a licence to practise) with the General Medical Council (GMC) (or eligible for registration within six months of interview)
  • 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
  • Applicants that are non-UK trained, will be required to show evidence of equivalence to the UK CCT.

Desirable

  • Higher academic qualification (e.g MD or MSc

Other

Essential

  • Willingness to travel to and work in other sites necessitated by the role.

Training and Experience

Essential

  • Recent experience and familiarity of UK hospital systems and practices (or equivalent)
  • Sub-specialty training in the diagnosis and management of lipid disorders and obesity medicine
  • Able to take responsibility for delivering service without direct supervision

Desirable

  • Experience of managing LDL or other Lipoprotein -apheresis
  • Experience of managing patients with post-bariatric surgery complications

Further Training, Management, Audit

Essential

  • Evidence of recent CPD/ reasonable training progression at this stage of career.
  • Experience in audit project and written up
  • Knowledge of contemporary NHS management issues.
  • Knowledge of political context within which we operate.

Desirable

  • Completion of a general management course or programme.

Research, Teaching, Publications

Essential

  • Proven teaching ability.
  • Willingness to undertake teaching of medical under-graduates & postgraduates as well as other healthcare professionals within the realm of clinical and laboratory roles.
  • Knowledge of the principles involved in research
  • Experience as a clinical trial sub investigator or principal investigator
  • Evidence of involvement in both laboratory and clinical research

Desirable

  • Evidence of peer-reviewed research output in the field of endocrine or obesity research
  • Ability to increase the academic profile of the department
  • Demonstration of involvement in clinical directorate management.

Leadership and teamwork

Essential

  • Proven ability to build and maintain effective teams
  • Have a positive attitude towards members of the wider healthcare team
  • Ability to practice independently as a consultant
  • Evidence of good organizational and compassionate leadership skills
  • Evidence of positive development and change management
  • An understanding of positive leadership in the context of healthcare.
  • Ability to take on responsibility and show evidence of leadership

Desirable

  • Demonstration of knowledge of NHS management structures
  • Management experience

Communication skills

Essential

  • Is empathetic and sensitive to the needs of others including patients and colleagues.
  • An ability to explain complex and sensitive information, sometimes under stressful circumstances to others.
  • Must be able to influence and persuade effectively.
  • Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills to write and present management reports as required.
  • Ability to develop effective working relationships on an individual and multi-professional basis with all levels of staff both within and across divisions
  • Ability to be a flexible team member

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 14 July 2026

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