Consultant Histopathologist

Applicants are invited to join a team in the Department of Cellular Pathology at Swansea Bay University Health Board (SBUHB), the biggest medical facility in Wales providing unique national subspecialist services in a range of disciplines, including centralised national pathology diagnostic facilities. The Directorate is composed of Departments of Cellular Pathology, Laboratory Medicine (Haematology and Chemical Pathology) and Immunology. Microbiology services, although an integral part of the Directorate, are provided and managed by Public Health Wales.

The Directorate of Pathology is a Health Board wide service and part of the Morriston Service Delivery Unit.

The Department of Cellular Pathology incorporates Histopathology / Cytopathology laboratories at Morriston and Singleton Hospitals (both located in Swansea) serving primary and secondary care in Swansea, Bridgend and Neath, Port Talbot. In addition, it provides a regional diagnostic lymphoma service (part of the All-Wales Lymphoma Panel), South-Wales sarcoma diagnostic services and HER-2 testing to the hospitals in South-West Wales. The department is UKAS accredited under ISO 15189.

You must be fully registered with the GMC, be on the specialist register and have the Certificate of Completion of Training or be within 6 months of obtaining it by the date of the interview.

Consultants in the SBUHB benefit from a flexible approach to working practices including homeworking.

You will be joining a team of 13 Consultants across SBUHB and undertake diagnostic surgical pathology and cytology, with autopsy being optional.

With the implementation of "A Regional Collaboration for Health" (ARCH), Swansea University, NHS and industry established a unique platform for rapid translational research to improve health of the population and set a UK wide example for quality of care and medical research. Under ARCH, the Health Board is set to transform Cellular Pathology to academically integrated Cellular-Molecular Pathology, technologically and conceptually fit for the genomic era and precision medicine.

In this context, development of a specialist interest, teaching and research will all be essential components of the successful applicants' job plans. Continuous Professional Development will be actively supported.

You will be based in Swansea at one of the two Departmental sites, as per mutual agreement.

You will be employed under the terms and conditions of the Welsh Consultants Contract.

Other duties are described in the Job Description.

Swansea Bay University Health Board has responsibility for the health of around 390,000 people in the Neath Port Talbot and Swansea areas, with a budget of around £1 billion and employing 12,500 people. We are a University Health Board working in partnership with Swansea University, Swansea School of Medicine, the School of Health Science and the Institute of Life Science. The HB has three major hospitals providing a range of services:
Morriston and Singleton hospitals in Swansea and Neath Port Talbot hospital in Baglan, Port Talbot.

The Health Board is part of A Regional Collaboration for Health (ARCH), which is a partnership with Hywel Dda UHB and Swansea University. Aimed at improving the wellbeing and wealth of Southwest Wales.

Swansea is Wales' second largest city and sits on the five-mile sweep of Swansea Bay. An ideal base for exploring South-West Wales, there is also much on offer for visitors in Swansea itself. Swansea has a range of shops, cosy cafes, great restaurants, art galleries as well as being able to offer good outdoor lifestyle with its beautiful coastline and beaches on the Gower Peninsula.

Swansea also has excellent sporting facilities including the Wales National pool and  stadium home to the Ospreys and Swansea City Football Club.

For more details in relation to this post, please click on the supporting documents section to find the full job description and person specification. These are available bilingually, in both English and Welsh.

• Full and specialist registration (and licence to practice) with the General Medical Council or be eligible for registration within six months of interview
• Applicants that are UK trained, must ALSO be a holder of a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), or be within six months of award of CCT by date of interview. Applicants that are non-UK trained, will be required to show evidence of equivalence to the UK CCT
• FRCPath or show evidence of equivalent qualification
• Teaching qualification/Higher qualification in medical education

• Evidence of an ability to develop effective working relationships, on an individual and multi-disciplinary basis with all levels of staff ("Working Together")
• Evidence of working with management and clinical colleagues to improve a service ("Always Improving")
• Evidence of teaching and training of post/undergraduate clinical staff
• Evidence of initiating, progressing and…