Job summary
We have a vacancy arise for a Consultant post in Cellular Pathology. This will be based at Royal Blackburn Hospital and is a full time, permanent post.

The working week will be Monday-Friday 9am to 5pm with no expectation of providing on call for this post.

The successful applicant will join our team of consultants and will be required to provide a comprehensive histopathology service.

Main duties of the job
You will be expected to co-operate with other members of the Pathology Directorate to ensure effective administrative arrangements are made in the laboratory, which will include:

• Recruitment and appointment of junior medical staff, BMSs and secretarial staff having dealings with the histopathology department.
• The arrangement of rosters of staff, the allocation of duties to them and their instruction in necessary organisational matters.
• Co-ordination with staff in other professional disciplines and health care workers outside the hospital.
• Attendance at Board meetings and other committees when pathology issues are being discussed and to participate in resource management.
• Continuing management responsibility by agreement with other consultants in the Cellular Pathology Department, specifically for the service in their charge and for administrative duties associated with these services and the proper functioning of the department, though they may delegate certain responsibilities to the senior staff within the department.

About us
Royal Blackburn Hospital is a major referral centre for HPB, Head and Neck and Urology Cancer Services and we also receive cancer resections from Colorectal, Breast and Gynae Units. It is a national screening unit for Bowel cancer screening patients. The Department is recognised for 4 Cellular pathology STs and in addition supported by 2 Senior Clinical Fellows.

Applicants are expected to be experienced in all aspects of histopathology and non-gynae cytology and there are opportunities to develop special interests although experience in breast, urology, colorectal and skin pathology would be more beneficial to the post.

Our Hospital is situated close to the motorway networks and at close proximity to beautiful countryside of Ribble Valley and the Lake District and is 40 minutes away from Manchester.

Details
Closing date: 19 November 2026
Pay scheme: Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade: Consultant
Salary: £113,565 to £150,569 a year per annum
Contract: Permanent
Working pattern: Full-time
Reference number: 438-CA840

Essential qualifications

• Full and specialist registration (and with a licence to practise) with the General Medical Council (GMC) (or be eligible for registration within six months of interview)
• MBChB or equivalent or evidence of equivalent qualifications
• FRCPath or evidence of equivalent qualification
• If an applicant is UK trained, they 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/CESR

Desirable qualifications

• Evidence of academic excellence in Pathology

Essential experience and skills

• Wide range of experience in Histopathology and Non-Gynae Cytology
• Evidence of Clinical Leadership
• Evidence of commitment to audit and improving clinical practice/service development
• Effective communication skills, both written and oral.
• Good organisation skills.
• Works well within a multidisciplinary environment.
• Resident within 30 minutes travel time to Blackburn.
• Evidence of interest in personal development e.g. through research and/or publications
• Meets professional health requirements in line with GMC Standards/ Good Medical Practice

Desirable experience and skills

• Interest in other specialist areas including Dermatopathology, Oral/Head and Neck pathology.
• Qualified to perform autopsies
• Management course/ certificate.
• Computer skills
• Evidence of developing new diagnostic services
• Car owner/driver

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. 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.

UK registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see the NHS Careers website.

Employer
Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Contact: Dr. Rupesh Wahane, Consultant Histopathologist HOD, rupesh.wahane@elht.nhs.uk
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