Consultant in Cellular Pathology: Sponsorship Available

Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

We are a friendly department and would welcome any interested candidates to visit the Trust or to get in touch to ask any questions that you might have. The team is also open to discussing other sub-specialty interests you might like to explore in a potential job plan. Shortlisted candidates are encouraged to visit the Trust and meet senior members of staff and management teams. Details will be shared following shortlisting.

The department has UKAS accreditation to ISO151589:2022. It processes and reports, per year, approximately 23,000 surgical specimens (approximately 18,000 for the NHS with 16% from general practitioners), 1200 diagnostic cytopathology specimens and 1000 semenology samples.

Main duties of the job

The laboratory was designed in collaboration with the staff and has modern equipment including height adjustable dissection benches and a recently introduced Sakura Tissue-Tek Prisma Plus automated slide stainer and coverslipper, and a Dako Omnis immunohistochemistry immunostainer. Another similar immunostainer is being brought in to meet the increasing demands of immunohistochemistry and molecular pathology. The laboratory currently operates with two digital scanners which are used on a daily basis.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Fully registered with the GMC
  • CCT (or equivalent for non-UK applicants of equivalent status), or be accredited (or equivalent), and be on the GMC Specialist Register in the specialty appropriate for this consultant post at the time of taking up the consultant appointment. Alternatively, candidates can hold or be within 6 months of their CCT at interview or have applied to be on the GMC Specialist register via CESR.
  • FRCPath (UK) or equivalent

Clinical Experience

Essential

  • Clinical training/experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK CCT
  • Expertise in full range of Cellular Pathology workload
  • Ability to lead a multi-professional team and take full and independent responsibility for clinical care of patients
  • Sub-speciality interests will be supported. The department is particularly interested in pathologists practising hematopathology, gynaecological Pathology, uropathology and GI pathology.

Management Administration

Essential

  • Demonstrable ability to manage priorities
  • Demonstrable multi-disciplinary team leadership skills
  • Evidence of participation in audit and understanding basic principles of management
  • Flexible approach to work organisation
  • Evidence of management/leadership skills training
  • Intermediate to Advanced level IT skills

Teaching & Research

Essential

  • Ability to teach clinical skills to trainees, laboratory staff and multi disciplinary teams
  • Interest in leading multi-professional education
  • Publications in peer reviewed journals is desirable
  • Ability to supervise postgraduate research

Personal Attributes

Essential

  • Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team
  • Enquiring, critical approach to work
  • Caring and empathetic attitude to patients
  • Ability to communicate effectively with colleagues, health professionals, hospital staff and other agencies.
  • Commitments to Continuing Professional Development
  • Willingness to undertake additional professional responsibilities at local, regional or national level
  • Willingness to work in other areas of the Trust or Trust wide sites if required as directed by the department Clinical Lead

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: 28 September 2026

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