Locum Consultant Cellular Pathologist

A six-month locum consultant cellular pathologist post in the histopathology department at Mid and South Essex NHS Foundation Trust. The work is diagnostic histopathology: reporting surgical specimens from most major specialties, sharing the frozen section rota and taking part in multidisciplinary meetings. Workload is set daily through the RCPath workload point system, and specialist lymphoreticular, paediatric and neuropathology work is excluded.

Fellowship of the Royal College of Pathologists and GMC registration are needed.

• Deliver a high-quality diagnostic histopathology service
• Report surgical specimens from upper and lower GI, breast, urology, gynaecology, renal, dermatology, plastic surgery, maxillofacial and ENT
• Cover the rota elements of non-gynae diagnostic cytopathology, post-mortems, and small and large specimen surgical pathology
• Undertake an appropriate share of the frozen section rota
• Work flexibly with colleagues to support timely reporting of histology and cytology requests
• Contribute to developing general and specialist histology to support high-quality reports
• Participate in multidisciplinary clinical meetings
• Contribute to developing and maintaining standard operating procedures
• Maintain and develop standards through clinical audit, evidence-based research and appraisal

• FRCPath
• MBBS or equivalent

• GMC registration

• Broad and wide histopathology experience equivalent to specialist registrar training
• Interest and experience in supporting juniors in training
• Participation in preparing and delivering audits

• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Meticulous attention to detail

• CCT registration