Consultant Chemical Pathologist: Sponsorship Available

  • Full Time
  • United Kingdom
  • 113,565 to 150,569 £ / Year

University Hospital of North Midlands NHS Trust

Job summary

Applications are invited from enthusiastic and forward-thinking Chemical Pathologist to join our team of 0.2 WTE Chemical Pathologist, two Consultant Clinical Scientists, six Principal, three Senior and two STP trainee Clinical Scientists. This is a replacement post and the successful candidate must work well as a team and be keen to drive improvements to the clinical service.

North Midlands and Cheshire Pathology Services (NMCPS) formed in 2020 as collaboration between The University Hospital of North Midlands (UHNM), Mid Cheshire and East Cheshire NHS Trusts (MCHT). UHNM are the host provider of the network. All laboratories are UKAS accredited and provide a comprehensive range of biochemistry tests including protein electrophoresis, mass spectrometry and molecular genetics.

Main duties of the job

The successful applicant will be based at one site, which is flexible and can be agreed on appointment, with some cross site working required. Flexible working, including home working, is supported.

Lipid clinics are provided at MCHT and UHNM physically and virtually by the current post holders. The department is currently exploring opportunities to develop a robust, efficient and forward-thinking service through partnership working across the wider network. There are opportunities to link with teams in nutrition, Diabetes, Endocrinology, and with GP services across multiple ICBs and a future vision to develop Chemical Pathologist training opportunities.

Research, teaching and training are strong attributes of our department, we are involved in leading and supporting a number of clinical trials; some members of the team have dedicated PAs in the R&D department. You will be encouraged to support educational activities within the department, the Trust and more widely in the local Universities. Members of our team are honorary lecturers at Manchester and Keele Universities. A training budget will be provided in addition to a number of learning opportunities in place locally. The department supports HSST, STP and FY1 trainees and is keen to explore supporting more medical trainees with the support of the post holder.

The start date could be postponed for a good candidate awaiting completion of CCT.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • MBBS, MBChB or equivalent medical qualification.
  • FRCPath or equivalent qualification in Clinical Biochemistry.
  • Full registration (with a licence to practice) with the General Medical Council (GMC).
  • Entry on the General Medical Council (GMC) Specialist Register via one of the following: Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) for Chemical Pathology (the proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of the interview) – Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration Portfolio Pathway (formerly CESR) for Chemical Pathology.

Desirable

  • Higher Medical Degree PhD/MD
  • Recognised teaching skills course / medical education qualification.

Experience & Training

Essential

  • Evidence of thorough and broad training and experience in biochemistry
  • Significant experience in the organisation and delivery of a clinical biochemistry service
  • Experience of delivering training programmes & presentations to various levels of staff.
  • Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems.
  • An awareness of current speciality specific developments, initiatives and issues.
  • Knowledge of the principles involved in research.
  • Evidence of audit and the implementation of change following the audit
  • Experience of working across boundaries to develop networks with key stakeholders
  • Ability to prioritise workload in response to service need
  • Ability to work autonomously and be accountable for own actions
  • Ability to motivate and support others to achieve goals
  • Able to utilise initiative to solve problems and develop the service
  • Ability to work as part of the wider team
  • Experience of delivering training programmes & presentations to various levels of staff.
  • Good influencing and networking skills
  • Excellent written and communication skills
  • Ability to maintain confidentiality and deal with situations in a sensitive manner
  • Ability to follow complex instructions and make the complex simple
  • Ability to contribute directly to the production of strategy and policy documentation
  • Ability to develop medium- and long-term plans to meet service need and ensure sustainability
  • Ability to apply evaluative and reflective techniques to personal practice, events and activities
  • Ability to understand, interpret and critically analyse data and information
  • Experience of delivering a quality improvement project

Desirable

  • Experience obesity clinics.
  • Publications in relevant peer-reviewed journals in the last five years.
  • Experience in the provision of diagnosis and management of patients with lipid disorders
  • Experience in provision of metabolic medicine clinics
  • Evidence of audit and the implementation of change following the audit
  • Evidence of having undertaken original research.
  • Evidence of specialist interest in other clinical areas
  • Experience of working across boundaries to develop networks with key stakeholders
  • Evidence of specialist interest in other clinical areas

Personal Qualities

Essential

  • Positive mindset in respect of supporting organisational change; learning, and continuous improvement.
  • Effective interpersonal and intrapersonal skills including high degree of self-awareness and self- regulation
  • Takes responsibility and is accountable for delivering to their agree objectives
  • Consistently professional, collaborative and compassionate in their approach.
  • Works with patients and people at the fore – operates to a customer service ethos
  • Acts to support and enable effective teamwork
  • Delivers work of consistent and predictable high quality
  • There is a frequent requirement for prolonged concentration
  • Emotional effort; the post holder will at times be exposed to distressing and emotional circumstances
  • Ability to travel to and work across multiple sites
  • Demonstrates the leadership behaviours for improvements oWillingness oHumility oCuriosity oSelf-Discipline oPerseverance

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: 15 October 2026

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