Consultant Histopathologist with special interest in Gastro Pathology: Sponsorship Available

Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

The Departments of Cellular Pathology of the Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) are friendly and busy departments that support many multidisciplinary teams for cancer specialists including breast, upper and lower gastrointestinal, lung, urology, gynaecology, head and neck and haematology. Our surgical and medical colleagues are very appreciative of the high quality diagnostic service we provide and this is reflected in our excellent working relationships with our clinical colleagues.

The Pathology Department at The Royal Oldham Hospital is housed in a purpose built and innovatively designed laboratory providing a comprehensive clinical and diagnostic service across the Trust. The Department is UKAS Accredited. The state of the art facilities have been designed and constructed with the professional in mind.

Salford Royal Hospital is a teaching hospital and all consultants are involved in teaching medical students and training medical staff. Development of management skills is actively encouraged with Trust based courses and the opportunity for career progression within divisional management is available to all colleagues.

Main duties of the job

We commit to providing you with:

A consultant team with clear vision for the continued success of their department.

Support for your own personal development utilising our strong links with external stakeholders.

A flexible approach to job planning that delivers a working environment to best suit you and your team.

An opportunity for additional PA’s and coronial post mortem work.

A workload that is distributed amongst the team using Royal College guidelines for Histopathology and Cytopathology departments.

Opportunities to work with other local organisations to enhance your skills and experience.

Participation and support with local and national clinical trials.

Networking and development opportunities.

The Histopathology teams at The Northern Care Alliance (NCA), a group of two hospitals – Salford Royal Hospital and the Royal Oldham Hospital is looking to appoint quality driven Histopathology consultants to join our high performing team on our Oldham and Salford sites.

We provide a comprehensive, efficient and cost effective Cellular Pathology service to Northern Care Alliance services and Wrightington, Wigan & Leigh NHS Foundation Trust (WWL). We are looking to enhance our skilled and committed team of 24 general consultants with individuals who can drive our continued success and contribute to an exciting future.

Person Specification

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

Essential

  • Wide experience in Histopathology and Diagnostic Cytopathology
  • Evidence of audit work and where this has brought about change
  • An understanding of management in the context of the Health Service
  • Is able to influence and persuade effectively

Desirable

  • Experience in reporting GI
  • Evidence of participation in research

Professional Registration & Registration

Essential

  • Full and specialist registration with the General Medical Council with a valid license to practice
  • Certificate of Completion of Training in Histopathology or show evidence of equivalent training and experience
  • FRCPath or equivalent
  • Applicants that are UK trained must also be a holder of a 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

  • Post Graduate Degree e.g. MD, PhD, MSc
  • Evidence of Accredited Clinical & Educational Supervision of Medical Learners

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: 29 October 2026

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