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Job summary

Main area
Histopathology
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Contract
6 months (fixed term funding)
Hours
Full time - 10 sessions per week
Job ref
309-UCLH-6618
Employer
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
University College London Hospital
Town
London
Salary
£105,504 - £139,882 Per annum inclusive plus London weighting
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
10/08/2025 23:59

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Locum Consultant Cellular Pathologist - special interest Uropathology

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

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Job overview

University College London Hospitals is seeking to appoint a full time Locum Consultant in Uropathology (10PA) with a commitment to high quality patient care, innovative service models, delivery of performance targets, and excellence in education/training.

Uropathology is a recognised specialist service based within the Cellular Pathology Department
The post holder will be expected to have experience in dealing with complex urological oncology resection specimens, urological biopsies and urological frozen sections.
The UCLH Uro-Andrology service is the specialist centre for penile cancers for the North Central London Cancer Network. Reviews of urological specimens from extra-network locations also form part of the caseload. 
Consultants also need to be available for dealing with queries in their specialist field from a wide variety of clinical and other staff.

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Main duties of the job

As a Locum Consultant in Uropathology at UCLH you will join a team of Consultant colleagues to report a range of urological specimens including bladder and prostate biopsies, TURP, TURBT, cystectomies, prostatectomies and orchidectomies. As UCLH is the Tertiary Specialist Centre for Penile Cancer in North London, there will also be a variety of penile specimens ranging from biopsies to radical excisions. Frozen section experience would be an advantage as well as previous expertise with complex Uropathology specimens and interest in teaching and research. There is no on-call commitment and postmortems are not required.     

Working for our organisation

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research. 

We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites: 

·       University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing) 

·       National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery 

·       Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals 

·       University College Hospital Grafton Way Building 

·       Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine 

·       University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre 

·       The Hospital for Tropical Diseases 

·       University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street 

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology. 

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description. 

Please note, due to anticipated high volumes of applications, this vacancy may close earlier than the listed closing date. You are advised not to delay submitting your completed application

Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff* 

* UCLH top trust to work at in England - In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England – for the third year in a row. 

UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff – To find out more, visit: Flexible working. 

To discover more about what makes UCLH a great place to work, visit: Why Choose UCLH? 

Person specification

Knowledge and Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • FRCPath or equivalent.
  • 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.
  • 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. If an applicant is non-UK trained, they will be required to show evidence of equivalence to the UK CCT.
  • MBBS or equivalent.

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of completed training programme in Cellular Pathology.
  • Specialist experience in uropathology pathology

Clinical Governance Management & IT

Essential criteria
  • Participation in clinical audit and attendance at appropriate courses.

Teaching and Research

Essential criteria
  • Ability to teach pathology to trainees, undergraduate medical students and biomedical scientists.
  • Willingness to participate in research and clinical trial work.

Personal and people development

Essential criteria
  • Ability to communicate with clarity and intelligently in written and spoken English; ability to build rapport, listen, persuade/ negotiate.
  • Ability to work flexibly within specialist teams, to take responsibility, lead and make decisions where appropriate.
  • Ability to see patients as people, ability to empathise and work co-operatively with others.

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dr. Alex Freeman
Job title
Consultant Pathologist
Email address
[email protected]
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