Senior Clinical Fellow - Histopathology

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

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Job summary

The Cellular Pathology Department in East Lancashire provides a fast and efficient diagnostic and consultative service to hospital doctors on both RBTH and BGTH sites and General Practitioners from the designated catchment area. The histology laboratory is modern and wellequipped and centralised at Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital. The department receives up to 35,509 surgicals and 3,297 non-gynae cytology specimens. ELHT is a major referral centre for HPB, Head & Neck and Urology cancer services and we receive major surgical resections fromthese specialities. We also have active screening and symptomatic breast cancer services. Our lab receives colorectal resection specimens including specimens from polyp screening, inflammatory and neoplastic skin biopsies and gynaecological specimens. We have developed a degree of subspecialisation interests and at least up to 4 consultants cross cover each of the cancer teams.

Main duties of the job

This is a fixed term full-time post (10 PA) that the selected candidate will join into the current team of 13 WTE Consultant Histopathologists.

1x 6 Months Fixed Term Post
1x 12 Months Fixed Term Post

The post is based at Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital.

Main duties of the role will be dissection of surgical histology specimens according to established protocols, supervised by Consultant Pathologist colleagues.

About us

East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust provides a caring service to a population of 550,000 in the Pennine Lancashire area. Services are provided from our two main sites, the Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital and Burnley General Teaching Hospital and from our community rehabilitation wards at Pendle Community Hospital, Accrington Victoria Hospital and Clitheroe Community Hospital.Our current five-year clinical strategy 'Fit for the Future' provides a robust clinical platform to ensure we deliver safe, personal effective services in the community and in our hospitals.We treat almost 700,000 patients every year in our hospitals and community settings, using state-of-the-art equipment and facilities. We provide a full range of acute hospital and adult community services and we are a specialist centre for hepatobiliary, head and neck and urological cancer services, robotic assisted surgery, specialist cardiology services and we are also a network provider of Level 3 Neonatal Intensive Care. We are a nationally accredited Centre for Endometriosis and Uro-Gynaecology Surgery.

Date posted

16 July 2024

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Doctor - other

Salary

£55,329 a year £55,329 - MT04

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

6 months

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

435-MQ84-24

Job locations

Royal Blackburn Hospital

Haslingden Rd

Blackburn

BB2 3HH

Job description

Job responsibilities

For more details about the job role and main responsibilities, please view the Job Description and Person Specification available to download on this job advert.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For more details about the job role and main responsibilities, please view the Job Description and Person Specification available to download on this job advert.

Person Specification

Professional registration

Essential

GMC registered

Desirable

Previous experience in the NHS

Person Specification

Professional registration

Essential

GMC registered

Desirable

Previous experience in the NHS

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

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