About this role
Job summary
Successful appointees will be encouraged and supported in achieving the competencies required for a Portfolio Pathway application in Histopathology, thereby entering the Specialty Register and eventually taking up a consultant position.
The job will consist of work in BCPS Cellular Pathology Department. Cellular Pathology is now fully consolidated and located in a purpose-built integrated Pathology Building located on the New Cross Hospital site and our services provide patient care to Walsall NHS Trust, Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust, Dudley Group Foundation Trust, and the Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust.Our annual workload this year is 100,000 histology requests with around 154,000 histology specimens, supporting 59 MDTs across the region. The annual workload for the gynae cytology screening work for the West Midlands is approximately 400,000 samples. In addition, there are 4,000 non-gynae cytology samples.
The current clinical establishment comprises 31 Consultant Histopathologists 4 locum consultants and one Consultant Healthcare Scientists one Specialty Doctor, and 10 Histopathology Trainees. The clinical workforce is fully sub-specialised with each Consultant Histopathologists providing specialist expertise in one to four individual specialties, depending upon individual interest and workload.
Main duties of the job
he successful candidate will also be encouraged to develop specialist interests in two or more areas of histopathology. Portfolio Pathway fellows will be treated as equivalents to core and specialist trainees in Histopathology
The specialties of interest would be as follows
Gynae Skin Heampath Lung Respiratory Non Gynae Cytology Urology and Renal
About us
The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We're passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.
We are delighted that we have been rated as "Good" by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.
The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.
Job description Job responsibilities
Successfulcandidate will be actively encouraged to participate in ongoing researchactivities within the department. The holder is expected to be flexible in order to take full advantage of the post. The post is designed to facilitate the incumbent to apply for Portfolio Pathway (formerly CESR). In conjunction with colleagues, to play a full part in the rota for the department. To provide cover for colleagues in respect of periods of leave. In conjunction with colleagues, to take part in medical audit and research as appropriate. In conjunction with colleagues, to ensure that the requirements of clinical governance are met. To ensure that there are adequate arrangements for hospital staff involved in the care of patients
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
FRCPath Cellular Pathology (Histopathology) examination Previous training in Cellular Pathology Previous experience working in Cellular Pathology (Histopathology) at senior registrar or consultant level
Desirable
Understanding of NHS clinical governance structure, audit process and participation in research
Experience Essential
Ability to work well in a multidisciplinary team and maintain good relations with colleagues Commitment to the specialty, able to evidence self-directed learning, understands the requirement for achievement of competencies for Portfolio Pathway (formerly CESR) in the UK
Desirable
Evidence of teaching and training others
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.
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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 The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust
Address Black Country Pathology Services based at New Cross Hospital
Wednesfield Road
Wolverhampton
WV10 0QP
Employer's website https://www.royalwolverhampton.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)