East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust
Locum Consultant Histopathologist
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About the Role
Our complete commitment to developing careers means we’re looking for proactive, motivated, forward thinking and dynamic individuals to join our clinical team. This post is an important part of our ongoing development of medical services at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, offering the successful applicant the opportunity to work closely with the existing Pathology Consultants to provide a high standard of care across the Trust. We are seeking consultants with enthusiasm, commitment and drive to work closely with colleagues throughout the organisation and within the community to help lead the organisation.
Job Details
This is a fixed-term appointment, based at Lister Hospital in Stevenage. The post comprises 10 programmed activities (PAs). There is no on call commitment.
Key Responsibilities
- To participate in surgical cutup, surgical reporting, cytology reporting, Frozen section reporting, thus ensuring the delivery of a high quality histopathology, cytopathology service.
- To advise and be available for consultation on clinical matters both generally and on an individual patient basis with clinical colleagues in the hospital, general practitioners and Trust staff.
- To participate in the training of the Clinical fellows.
- To be responsible for interpretation of results and advise on appropriate further investigations where necessary.
- To participate in the management of the service and work with laboratory staff and pathology management team to set clinical priorities and resolve operational problems.
- To lead laboratory staff on clinical matters. The Consultant Pathologist will instruct and work with laboratory staff in the day to day handling of cases.
- To participate in audit, accreditation and quality assurance schemes.
- To undertake Continuing Professional Development (CPD) as required by the Royal College of Pathologists.
- To comply with the Trust mandatory training program.
- To work with colleagues on setting the strategic clinical direction and development of the pathology service and to participate in administrative duties as required.
- To advise and discuss with the pathology management team changes in methodologies or introduction of new equipment, consumables or new tests.
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About Us
At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.
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Hospitals We Run
- The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
- New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
- Hertford County, Hertford
- Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda.
Work Life Balance
We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits contact:
- Name: Dr Samita Agarwal
- Job title: Head of Cellular Pathology
- Email address: samita.agarwal@nhs.net
- Telephone number: 01438 314333
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