Job summary
We are inviting applications from clinical leaders to become the Clinical Director for the NHS East and South East London Pathology Partnership. This is a five year, fixed term appointment.

The Pathology Partnership is jointly owned by Barts Health NHS Trust, Homerton Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust and Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust. The organisation is hosted by Barts Health.

The role is open to pathology consultants from any of the three Trusts and to consultant clinical scientists from within the Pathology Partnership.

The Pathology Partnership is categorised by NHSE as a 'thriving' pathology network and has been through a complex transformation to create an integrated pathology network across seven hospitals. This role will be crucial to the Partnership's next phase of development.

Main duties of the job
The Clinical Director will:

• Be responsible for providing high-level clinical, operational and strategic business planning and leadership to ensure that the Pathology Partnership supports high quality patient care and ensure operational compliance with strategic agenda.
• Be a non-voting member of the Partnership Strategic Management Board and a member of the senior leadership team helping lead and direct a multi-professional team of staff in creating and delivering the strategy of the Pathology Partnership; providing a clear sense of direction articulated in a clinical strategy.
• Be dedicated to ensuring modern clinical science is fully utilised to the benefit of the care of our patients and create an organisation where those working within it are fully committed to these aspirations.
• Provide Clinical Leadership and ensure all staff are represented. Meet with team members on a regular basis to ensure that operations and clinical aspects of strategic projects are harmonised.
• Have professional responsibility for medical and clinical workforce in the Pathology Partnership, promoting the highest professional standards and accountability.
• Manage Specialty Clinical Leads and a Deputy Clinical Director (when appointed).
• Agree a system of delegated responsibility within the Pathology Partnership Executive team and be jointly responsible for its effective functioning.

About us
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment where staff treat one another with dignity and respect. We aim to create an equitable working environment where every individual can fulfil their potential.

Barts Health supports The Pregnancy Loss Pledge and commits to supporting their staff through the distress of miscarriage

Details
Closing date: 17 August 2026
Date posted: 03 August 2026
Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade: Consultant
Salary: £113,565 to £150,569 a year
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 5 years
Working pattern: Part-time
Reference number: 259-MED8203139RLH
Job locations: Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel Rd., London, E1 1FR, United Kingdom

Job description
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the job description and person specification for the main responsibilities of this role.

Person Specification
Experience
Essential

• Have experience in leadership and the management of resources and people.
• Evidence of engagement with wider Pathology department
• Experience of clinical governance and of the measures to ensure patient safety.
• Experience of leading complex change.
• Experience as a practicing pathologist.
• Credible to medical and other clinical and scientific colleagues.
• Experience of implementing national NHS strategies
• Experience of partnership working and amalgamating services across hospitals.
• Experience working in acute hospital settings as well as collaborative work with local users.

Desirable

• Track record of innovation
• Track record of managing and developing staff.
• Track record of addressing poor performance.
• Track record of achieving financial targets.

Knowledge and Skills
Essential

• Demonstrable leadership and management skills.
• Exceptional organisational skills.
• Demonstrate an understanding of high-level leadership requirements of a pathology provider within a complex medical environment.
• Sound knowledge of clinical governance and effective systems of management such as risk assessment, incident management, job planning, appraisal and clinical assessment.
• Understanding of the academic needs of deaneries and the different Universities and other educational institutions that interact with the Pathology Partnership.
• Understanding of specialist healthcare science activities and management knowledge acquired through higher specialist training.
• Good understanding of issues within three Trusts, East and South East London and Pathology in the UK.
• Able to think and act strategically and to articulate a clear vision and sense of direction.
• Good communication skills, able to influence and motivate.
• Able to lead continuous change and improvement in services, encouraging the use of new clinical and service technologies with a multidisciplinary team.
• Promoting a lean laboratory

Desirable

• Sound understanding of Pathology informatics systems and integration with other systems.
• Skills in quality improvement.
• Able to prioritise and manage competing demands
• Effective motivator with strong influencing skills and personal credibility.
• Ability to analyse highly complex issues and identify potential solutions.
• Focused on delivering objectives and improvements to patient services.
• Understands other functional perspectives e.g. Finance, HR
• Can take a corporate approach to key issues.
• Strong but also inclusive leadership and management style.
• Values and utilises teamwork and experience of working across boundaries.
• Excellent communicator, facilitating discussion and involvement.
• Ability to communicate specialist information to large audiences/ conferences.
• Strong influencing Strong influencing and negotiation skills.
• Has links with wider health and social care community.
• Evidence of continuing professional and leadership and managerial development.

Qualifications
Essential

• FRCPath or equivalent.
• Employed at consultant level.
• Leadership or management qualification/degree.
• Evidence of continuous professional and leadership development.

Desirable

• Higher research degree

Attitudes and Values
Essential

• Articulates values-based leadership
• Understands and supports the vision and values of the Trusts and the Pathology Partnership.
• Acts as a role model for senior as well as more junior colleagues.
• Team player, able to develop a culture that values colleagues and enables them to engage in problem solving and decision making.
• Motived for the role
• Have and role model honesty, integrity, and appreciation of ethical dilemmas.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details
Employer name: Barts Health NHS Trust
Address: Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel Rd., London, E1 1FR, United Kingdom
Employer's website: Apply through our website

Employer contact details
For questions about the job, contact:
Chief Executive
Andrew Knott
andrew.knott3@nhs.net