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Job summary

Main area
Histopathology
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 10 sessions per week (there is no on-call commitment)
Job ref
309-UCLH-7702
Employer
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
UCH
Town
London
Salary
£109,725 - £145,478 per annum + London weighting
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
23/04/2026 23:59

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Consultant, special interest in Gastrointestinal Pathology (Subst)

NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant

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Job overview

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

UCLH is one of the largest review centres in the UK for GI pathology. The department’s routine workload includes a broad spectrum of screening and diagnostic cases together with network, national and international referral cases.

This is a great opportunity for pathologists who wish to develop and consolidate diagnostic skills in these areas as well as acquiring knowledge of state of the art immunohistochemical and molecular techniques applicable to relative malignancies.

 

CV required for application.

Main duties of the job

As a Consultant in Gastrointestinal Pathology at UCLH you will join a team of Consultant colleagues to report a range of GI specimens. 

The post-holder will be expected to have experience of dealing with complex gastrointestinal and abdominal sarcoma resection specimens and to have worked at a specialist centre.

The Consultants in the department are involved in collaborative research projects with clinical teams at UCLH and with biomedical researchers at University College London. The different sub-specialists actively participate in various multi-centre clinical trials and there are a number of ongoing and proposed research projects.

Frozen sections make up a small proportion of the GI workload. In addition, the post holder will be required to attend and present cases at the weekly MDT meetings. Consultants also need to be available for dealing with queries in their specialist field from a wide variety of clinical and other staff.

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. 

We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040. 

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. Applicants that are UK trained, 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.
  • MBBS or equivalent.
Desirable criteria
  • MD or PhD

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Evidence of completed training programme in Cellular Pathology.
  • Specialist experience in gastrointestinal pathology
Desirable criteria
  • Specific experience at a Consultant level in the cut-up and reporting of complex oncological resections

Clinical Governance Management & IT

Essential criteria
  • Participation in clinical audit and attendance at appropriate courses.
Desirable criteria
  • Proven and published audits.

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.
Desirable criteria
  • Able to collaborate in an active research programme.
  • Record of completed research. Published peer-reviewed papers in sub-speciality areas

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.
Desirable criteria
  • Able to be a dynamic team member within the department and to contribute broadly to the running of the department.

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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. Jayson Wang
Job title
Consultant Histopathologist
Email address
[email protected]
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