Job summary

North Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are recruiting for two Consultant Cellular Pathologists within Pathology. The post holders will complement and develop existing services and join an existing team of Consultant Cellular Pathologists based at The University Hospital of North Tees site.

Whilst the duties of the appointment will be primarily at the hospital stated, the Tees Valley Collaborative Service will create a Hub at North Tees and two Essential Service Laboratories at South Tees sites. It is envisaged that medical staff will be able to work primarily from the base site whilst also having a commitment to attend other hospital sites in Tees Valley Pathology as necessary.

To participate in providing a comprehensive cellular pathology reporting service to the population of Teesside, Durham and parts of Cumbria and North Yorkshire (population 1.6 million).

The team is supported by specialist trainees and Advanced Practitioner BMS in dissection and reporting. We also have good working relationships with our colleagues in neighbouring Trusts, working together to develop services as part of regional Speciality Reference Groups. A digital imaging project board has been successful in securing bid money to develop a regional digital imaging solution for cellular pathology reporting.

Main duties of the job

Appointees are expected to undertake routine case reporting, including frozen section reporting, for a general surgical case mix and participate in relevant sub-specialty team reporting of complex resection specimens. A declared interest in a sub-specialist area of cellular pathology would be advantageous.

There is no requirement to report cervical cytology or diagnostic cytology. However, if a diagnostic cytology interest and expertise can be demonstrated inclusion in the cytology reporting rota will be considered.

Appointees are not required to undertake adult hospital interest autopsies unless they have a specific autopsy interest. There is no requirement to undertake perinatal autopsies.

Coronial autopsies are not part of the NHS duties of the post and any autopsies undertaken at the behest of H.M. Coroner are accommodated using a time shifting mechanism and with the agreement of the clinical director.

Appointees are expected to provide advice and support to clinical colleagues, to be available to discuss histopathological findings and to contribute to the audit and monitoring of the effectiveness of the clinical services.

Appointees will be expected to provide pathology support to one or more cancer multidisciplinary teams, to contribute to the supervision and training of medical, scientific and technical staff within the directorate, maintain relevant CPD activity and contribute to the effective running of the directorate by service planning and development.

About us

At North Tees & Hartlepool NHS Foundation Trust our main priority is, and always will be, to provide safe and high quality care to our patients every day; the kind of care we would want for ourselves and our loved ones. We want our organisation to be the best place to work with the right staff, in the right roles, at the right time, to ensure we deliver exceptional patient care and experience.

We will support staff through providing an inclusive and supportive workplace with health and well-being initiatives, staff benefits and opportunities for personal and professional development. Staff recognition is very important to us; as well as performance reviews and appraisals, we recognise staff through Star and Team of the month, colleague recognition - a note of thanks, Managers Awards, Shining Stars and Service Awards.

We support the Making Every Contact Count approach to behaviour change in the promotion of health and wellbeing of individuals and communities.

We recruit for values and "Together we are North Tees & Hartlepool"