Consultant Histopathologist

Job summary

Worcestershire Acute Histopathology Department has ISO 15189 and HTA accreditation and is based at
Worcester Royal Hospital. The consultant team consists of 7 substantive
consultants and one locum consultant with 2 vacancies. There is established
voice recognition and extended BMS role in specimen dissection including all
cancer resections. In house HER 2, DDISH reporting for breast cancer is
routinely done. The department has introduced in-house testing of MMR for
Gynecological and GI cancers. The department is advanced in moving to digital
histopathology for significant volumes of work.
The department workload is over 37,000 histology and approx. 5000
diagnostic cytology requests. The Royal College of Pathologists guidelines for
staffing and workload have been implemented for workload management within the
department. The departmental staffing
comprises 1 head BMS, 30 technical staff (including BMSs and MLAs) and 6 APT's
and 2 mortuary assistants. The diagnostic work includes specimens from the breast, skin, urology, and gastrointestinal tract together
with gynecological, pulmonary and head & neck specimens.

AAC date is scheduled to be face to face on Tuesday 20th October 2026 - Candidates would also be expected to conduct a 5 minute presentation on the following title "Please discuss how the digital pathology and pathology networks can best be used to maximise efficiency and patients safety in Histopathology. Highlight the advantages and Disadvantages"Main duties of the jobThe successful candidate will participate in the
provision of a general histopathology and diagnostic cytopathology service. The
department operates a lead pathologist model for cancer MDT meetings without
any degree of subspecialisation; however, personal interests can be
accommodated. It is anticipated the full-time job plan will contain 10
programmed activities worked flexibly by mutual agreement. These will include
8.0 PAs for direct clinical care and 2.0 SPAs for supporting professional
activities. Laboratory duties are carried out on a rota basis by agreement with
consultant colleagues. They include the provision of a comprehensive diagnostic
histopathology service for The Trust. You will be supported by strong and
experienced reporting teams. The department is involved in undergraduate and
postgraduate teaching and is proactive in developing and adopting solutions to
maintain high quality sustainable reporting including an expanding scientist
reporting strategy, automated laboratory processes and imminent adoption of
digital image reporting. The successful candidate
should have an interest in Head and neck, skin, urology, gynae/colp and lung
reporting. These specialities are those Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS
trust is most in need of currently. Most other specialties can be considered.
There is the opportunity to participate in Mohs surgery and coronial post
mortems.

About us 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 more than 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. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our
everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.
Being open and honest
Ensuring people feel cared for
Showing respect to everyone

We are committed to developing a culture of continuous improvement by embedding the principles of our Improvement 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.

DBS Checks and Costs Any applicants who are offered posts requiring a
DBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check
(at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in Supporting
Information section for more details on DBS checks and costs.

Details Date posted
04 September 2026

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade Consultant Salary
113,565 to 150,569 a year

Contract Permanent Working  pattern

Full-time

Reference numberCJob locations

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust Charles Hastings Way…