Consultant Histopathologist

The department in Hull Royal Infirmary operates a subspecialist system of reporting serviced by teams of consultants.

The Histopathologist Team at York Hospitals report a wide range of histopathology samples as well as attending and providing specialist input at MDTs.

SHYPS is in partnership with the National Pathology Imaging Co-operative (NPIC) and seeks to implement and deploy digital pathology in the very near future.

The principal duties of the post include reporting biopsies, resections and other pathology specimens within the successful applicants areas of practice, preparation for and attendance at multidisciplinary team meetings, participation in departmental meetings, supervision and support of Biomedical Scientist colleagues within the cut-up service, and involvement in specimen dissection where required. The post also includes opportunities for management, leadership, service development and quality improvement activities.

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Our Trust continues to strongly encourage our staff to be vaccinated against COVID19, this remains our best defence to protect our patients, ourselves and everyone else.

We are holders of the Gold Award from the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme, which is helping actively promote SaBRE - Supporting Britains Reservists and Employers. This means that York Teaching Hospital has provided its statement of intent to support all Defence personnel and we welcome their application to work for us.

The Trust is committed to meeting the needs of employees and applicants with a disability or mental health condition. Our support for these schemes includes encouraging applications from people who are disabled or have a mental health condition, offering adjustments to make our application process accessible.

York & Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides a comprehensive range of acute hospital, community & specialist healthcare services for approximately 800,000 people in & around York, North & East Yorkshire & Ryedale.

Our mission is to be a valued & trusted partner within our care system, delivering safe effective care to the population we serve.

We're situated in a fantastic part of the country: home to two national parks, a beautiful coastline, & the city of York, which is consistently voted one of the best to live in the UK. The area around Hull has some of Britain's most impressive and attractive countryside, with a great many places of natural beauty and historic interest.

It's our privilege to be the largest provider of healthcare in the region & we are incredibly proud of our 8,500 staff, working across 9 hospital sites, supporting safe, high quality patient-centred care on a day-to-day basis.

Qualifications

Desirable: - Postgraduate thesis; - Relevant higher degree

Experience

Essential: - Must be able to demonstrate a high level of clinical experience and competence in cellular pathology