Substantive Consultant Paediatric & Perinatal Pathologist | Barts Health NHS Trust - London
Applications are invited for the post of Consultant Paediatric Pathologist at The Royal London Hospital.
The paediatric pathology team provide diagnostic paediatric and perinatal pathology services for Barts Health NHS Trust and Homerton University Hopsital NHS Trust.
Barts Health is one of the country’s largest NHS Trusts and has one of the UK’s busiest children’s hospitals. The Royal London is one of only two centres in the UK who diagnose and treat retinoblastoma, and is also a tertiary referral centre for paediatric inflammatory bowel disease.As such the pathology department receives a broad range of paediatric surgical cases including enucleations for retinoblastoma, diagnostic and intra-operative frozen sections for Hirschsprung’s disease, paediatric gastro-intestinal, skin, benign head and neck, bone and soft tissue, urology and breast lesions.
The perinatal pathology service (including autopsy) supports four large maternity units in east London which collectively deliver around 20,000 babies each year. Approximately 2000 placentas are referred annually for histopathology and in the last two years a regular cross-site Placenta MDT has been established to discuss complex cases with pathology that has potential for recurrence in future pregnancies.
The successful candidate will share the paediatric and perinatal pathology workload equally with the current Paediatric pathologist. However there are plenty of opportunities to develop specialist areas of interest particularly in retinoblastoma, paediatric GI, skin and placental pathology and this is actively encouraged.The department supports histopathology residents from ST1 to post FRCPath part 2 and participation in training is expectedApplicants are required to hold full GMC registration with a licence to practice and to be on the GMC’s Specialist Register for Paediatric and Perinatal Pathology.
A job description applicable to the post is appended, together with details of the department. This is a full time post, however those interested in working less than full time are also encouraged to apply.
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
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.
Please refer to the job description and person specification for the main responsibilities of this role.
This advert closes on Tuesday 4 Feb 2025