Job summary
- Main area
- Histopathology
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent: 12 Month FTC/CESR applicants also considered
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
- Other
- Job ref
- 423-7161725
- Employer
- Airedale NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Airedale General Hospital
- Town
- Steeton
- Salary
- £105,504 - £139,882 pro rata per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/05/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant Histopathologist (YC72)
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Be part of our future landscape
At Airedale, we are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We actively encourage applications irrespective of people’s age, lived experience of living with a disability or long-term conditions, gender, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.
Increasing our diversity and supporting our organisation to be more inclusive is a key priority here at Airedale and our teams are at the centre of how we work towards this.
We appreciate all people may have diverse and individual needs and we pride ourselves on supporting all people to thrive and flourish at work. We have frameworks in place that support reasonable adjustments and flexible working for colleagues throughout their working lives which starts at recruitment.
These are exciting times for Airedale. We have the once-in-a-career opportunity to be involved in the planning and building of a completely new hospital here on our Steeton site by 2030. By joining us now you’ll be a key part of our journey over the next few years, with the chance to input into a state-of-the-art, modern healthcare facility that will deliver care to our communities for decades to come. We are also on the journey to a new electronic patient record, part of our wider ambition for our digital future – a future that builds on our significant telemedicine and digital care success. Ultimately, what makes Airedale special is our people. Not just our staff, but our volunteers, patients, visitors, and wider population who make up the Airedale family. This is a Trust that sits at the heart of our community, and our communities are very proud of their Trust.
Job overview
Applications are invited for the post of Consultant Histopathologist at Airedale NHS Foundation Trust which are being offered due to retirements.
Airedale is a high performing Trust, situated in some of the finest countryside in England, including the Yorkshire Dales National Park. This post offers the successful candidate exposure to a wide range of interesting pathology in a highly regarded, supportive department as well as living in one of the most beautiful parts of Yorkshire where there is a high quality of life and plentiful opportunities for an excellent work/life balance. Our local town of Skipton has been voted as the best place to live in the UK by the Sunday Times, commending its top-class schools, great transport links, low crime and beautiful surrounding countryside.
The department has an approved establishment of six Consultant Histopathologists. We are looking for enthusiastic and well-motivated colleagues who can work well in a friendly, collaborative department. The wide range of histopathology and non-gynaecological cytology work will be shared equitably between the five WTE Histopathologists, with scope for developing lead roles or areas of special interest. There is no requirement to undertake post-mortem work or to report cervical cytology.
The appointees will have a well-equipped, newly refurbished office, modern microscope with digital imaging and IT facilities.
Whole time, part time or job share applicants are welcomed.
Main duties of the job
Applicants should hold the FRCPath or equivalent and must be on the Specialist Register, or within six months of being admitted to the Register for trainees if currently in a Training Programme within the UK. If you are a trainee, currently on a UK Training Programme, and are not yet on the Specialist Register, please provide details of your expected Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) date on your application form.
There are excellent housing, educational and recreational facilities available in the area in the nearby towns of Skipton and Ilkley. Airedale has good transport links with easy access to the Yorkshire Dales National Park, North York moors and Lake District as well as the cities of Leeds and Manchester.
Working for our organisation
Airedale NHS Foundation Trust is an award winning integrated Trust (consistently in the top 10 nationally for quality of care), set in a beautiful location extending from the Pennines in the south, to the upland hills and valleys of the Yorkshire Dales National Park in the north, providing genuine opportunities for a great work-life balance.
We provide high quality, personalised, acute, elective, specialist and community care for a population of over 250,000 people across West and North Yorkshire and East Lancashire in an area extending from the fringes of north Bradford to parts of the Yorkshire Dales National Park.
The hospital is on a green field site between Keighley and Skipton and has been substantially upgraded over the last ten years. The Pathology laboratories are newly refurbished, well equipped and the department has full ISO15189 accreditation.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
For full details of the advert please see the full job description and person specification attached.
Person specification
Education
Essential criteria
- FRCPath or evidence of equivalent.
- Full and specialist registration (and a licence to practice) with the General Medical Council (GMC) (or 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 the date of interview.
- If an applicant is either partially or non-UK trained, they will be required to show evidence of equivalence to the UK CCT/Specialist Registration
Desirable criteria
- Progression through training programmes and achievement of professional qualifications in appropriate timeframe.
- Training occurred as part of structured training programme working with a range of specialists in various settings.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of a wide range of general diagnostic work in histopathology and non-gynaecological cytopathology (including fine needle aspiration cytology) appropriate to this department’s repertoire and workload.
- Able to take responsibility for delivering service without direct supervision
Desirable criteria
- Experience of independent working at Specialist Registrar or Consultant level.
- Experience in multiple specialist areas eg. breast, colo-rectal, gynaecological, head and neck, skin or urological pathology.
- Areas of special interest complementary to existing Consultants.
- Training and experience in general autopsy practice. Experience of performing coronial autopsies.
Research/Audit Experience
Essential criteria
- Understanding of the practical contribution of histopathology to the conduct of clinical trials.
Desirable criteria
- Publications demonstrating research or critical appraisal skills.
- Higher degree, prizes or honours.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Afruj Ruf
- Job title
- Managing Director for Integrated Pathology
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01535 293476
- Additional information
Dr Ritesh Sachdev, Consultant Histopathologist & Clinical Lead
Telephone number: 01535 293468: e-mail: [email protected]
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