Consultant in Histopathology - Skin

Job description

Job responsibilities

Clinical

This post will work within a team of consultant colleagues to provide a comprehensive skin pathology service in the Oxford University Hospitals, including performing or supervising cut ups, microscopy, or other diagnostic techniques, reporting cases, and supporting clinical meetings and case discussions. OUH Trust in partnership with Oxford University aims to be at the forefront of modern diagnostic techniques.

A willingness to adopt new diagnostic techniques into CellularPathology and undertake training where necessary is essential. The department is advanced in the adoption of digital pathology.

Oxford University Hospitals is the hub of the South 4 Pathology Partnership. Cellular Pathology across the South 4 Pathology Partnership works in collaboration. Support of colleagues and services in the partner trusts will be an increasing component of the post as digital pathology and an integrated laboratory information management system facilitate closer working across the sites. As a consultant in a specialist centre, the appointee will be expected to develop sufficient expertiseto support complex referral cases, and to work closely with colleagues to assure the quality of the work of the whole team.

Teaching/Research

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust is a teaching hospital trust, and the post-holder will be required to participate in programmes for teaching clinical students, training junior doctors and inclinical examinations. It is expected that this will be an integral part of everyday clinical activity. The post-holders contribution to teaching, training and research will be included in the regular jobplan review.

Clinical Governance

The post-holder will participate in all clinical governance activities, including clinical audit, clinical effectiveness, risk management, quality improvement activities as required by the Trust, and external accrediting bodies.

Personal and Professional Development

The post-holder will be required to keep themselves fully up to date with their relevant area of practice and to be able to demonstrate this to the satisfaction of the Trust. Professional or study leave willbe granted at the discretion of the Trust, in line with the prevailing Terms and Conditions of Service, to support appropriate study, postgraduate training activities, relevant courses and other appropriate personal development needs.

Management

The post-holder will be required to work within the Trust's management policies and procedures, both statutory and internal, accepting that the resources available to the Trust are finite and that all changes in clinical practice or workload, or developments requiring additional resources must have prior agreement with the Trust.

They will undertake the administrative duties associated with therunning of their service under the direction of the Clinical Lead, Clinical Director, and operational managers.

Person Specification

Qualifications/Training

Essential

• Full GMC registration with licence to practice
• FRCPath or equivalent
• 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
• Specialist training in skin pathology

Desirable

• Higher Medical Degree
• Specialist qualification in skin pathology

Experience

Essential

• Independent reporting of complex skin cases
• Evidence of ability to make decisions at consultant level and to manage complex clinical problems.

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

• Ability to lead a clinical team at the level of a consultant in a teaching hospital.
• Effective administrative and time management skills. Training in clinical management.
• Understanding of management roles in NHS pathology and willingness to engage with and participate in management.
• Evidence of ability to work in a clinical team at the level of a consultant in a teaching hospita
• Evidence of significant contribution to successful teamwork
• Willingness to share cases and seek second opinions appropriately
• Good spoken and written English
• Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills
• Experience of formal and informal contributions to teaching and training.
• Evidence of effective and sustained contribution to clinical governance, clinical risk management and clinical audit activities

Desirable

• Management qualification.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills necessary for explaining complex situations to professionals and non-professionals
• Education qualification
• Peer reviewed publications Research grants

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Oxford University NHS Foundation Trust

Address

John Radcliffe Hospital

Headley Way, Headington

Oxford

OX3 9DU

Employer's website

https://www.ouh.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)