Locum Consultant Histopathologist

Job summary

There are currently pathology laboratories at the Worcestershire Royal (Full pathology) and Alexandra Hospitals (providing haematology, and clinical chemistry services). Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS trust Histopathology Department which has ISO 15189 and HTA accreditation is based at Worcester Royal Hospital, with established voice recognition and extended BMS role in specimen dissection including all cancer resections.

In 2022 the department had a workload of over 37,000 histology and approx. 5,000 diagnostic cytology requests. The current consultant team consists of 6 substantive consultants and two locum consultants with 3 vacancies. The Royal College of Pathologists guidelines for staffing and workload have been implemented for workload management within the department among consultant Histopathologist.

Main duties of the job

A formal job plan will be agreed between the Post-holder and his/her Clinical Director, on behalf of the Chief Medical Officer, three months after the start date of the post. This will be signed by the Chief Executive. The job plan for the first three months will be based on the provisional timetable shown in the Job Description.

Direct Clinical Care:

9 PAs on average per week (includes clinical activity, clinically related activity, predictable & unpredictable emergency work)

Cross-site travel and clinical administration time is included in each session of DCC.

Supporting Professional Activities:

1 PAs per week (to meet the requirements for revalidation).

Job responsibilities

Our purpose is simple - Putting Patients First. We are looking for exceptional colleagues who can help us achieve this.

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

Our workforce is over 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us to achieve our Vision - working in partnership to provide the best healthcare for our communities, leading and supporting our teams to move 4ward. Our 4ward behaviours, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Our objectives are simple:

• Best services for local people
• Best experience of care and best outcomes for our patients
• Best use of resources
• Best people

Better never stops, and our Clinical Services Strategy provides a clear future vision for our Trust, our hospitals, our services and our role in the wider health and care system.

We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.