Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Consultant Histopathologist
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Consultant in Cellular Pathology
We have a vacancy for a part-time Consultant post in Cellular Pathology based on 4 sessions per week. This post will be based at Royal Preston Hospital and is a permanent post.
The working week will be flexible over a Monday - Friday between 9.00 - 17:00. The sessions are worked flexibly according to the demands of the service. This would be 16 working hours per week (Monday to Friday), which could be worked flexibly between 8am and 6pm according to service demands and agreement with Head of Department.
There will be no expectation of providing on call for this post.
The successful applicant will join our team of consultants and will be required to provide a comprehensive histopathology service. You would not be required to report neuropathology cases.
You will also be required to develop specialist interests to complement the existing specialist Cancer services.
Main duties of the job
You will be expected to co-operate with other members of the Pathology Directorate to ensure effective administrative arrangements are made in the laboratory, which will include:
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- Recruitment and appointment of junior medical staff, BMSs and secretarial staff having dealings with the histopathology department.
- The arrangement of rosters of staff, the allocation of duties to them and their instruction in necessary organisational matters.
- Co-ordination with staff in other professional disciplines and health care workers outside the hospital.
- Attendance at Board meetings and other committees when pathology issues are being discussed and to participate in resource management.
- Continuing management responsibility by agreement with other consultants in the Cellular Pathology Department, specifically for the service in his/her charge and for administrative duties associated with these services and the proper functioning of the department, though he/she may delegate certain responsibilities to the senior staff within the department.
We are in collaboration discussion with the other 3 trusts in Lancashire and Cumbria including Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust and Morecambe Bay Hospitals NHS Trust. A central laboratory Hub has been proposed.
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Modern Education Centres are based at both Royal Preston and Chorley and South Ribble Hospital sites and offer excellent library and study facilities, including PC/Internet support for staff and students as well as high tech simulation facilities.
All new Consultants are actively encouraged to be research active and supported in every way to carry out research in this trust.
All newly appointed substantive consultants are enrolled on the award-winning Consultant Leadership Programme and as part of that, mentorship is available.
All consultants have annual appraisal with a trained appraiser and are supported with the revalidation process.
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Dr Amany Said
- Job title: Consultant Histopathologist - HOD
- Email address: amany.said@lthtr.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 01772 522140
Informal enquiries and requests to visit the Hospitals are welcome and should be made, following shortlisting, with Mr. Steve Canty, Medical Director and Silas Nicholls, Chief Executive (01772) 522692
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