Locum Consultant in Haematological Histopathology

This post will work within a team of consultant colleagues to provide a comprehensive Haematological Histopathology service in the Oxford University Hospitals, including performing or supervising cut ups, microscopy, or other diagnostic techniques, reporting cases, and supporting clinical meetings and case discussions. The ability to provide support in alternative specialty pathology also would be an advantage, and additional programmed activities may be available for this.

• FRCPath or equivalent
• 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
• 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.
• Specialist training in Haematological pathology
Desirable criteria
• Specialist training in other pathology, Essential criteria
• Independent reporting of complex Haematological cases cases
• Evidence of ability to make decisions at consultant level and to manage complex clinical problems., Ability to lead and to support the leadership of others.
• Effective administrative and time management skills. Training in clinical management.
• Understanding of management roles in NHS pathology and willingness to engage with and participate in management.
• Evidence of ability to work in a clinical team at the level of a consultant in a teaching hospital
• Evidence of significant contribution to successful teamwork
• Willingness to share cases and seek second opinions appropriately
• Highly developed communication and interpersonal skills
• Experience of formal and informal contributions to teaching and training.
• Evidence of effective and sustained contribution to clinical governance, clinical risk management and clinical audit activities
Desirable criteria
• Management qualification.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills necessary for explaining complex situations to professionals and non-professionals
• Good spoken and written English
• Education qualification
• Peer reviewed publications Research grants, You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
  
  The Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research.
The Trust comprises of four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton Hospital in Banbury. Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. Many of our recruitment programmes use values-based interviewing to identify those who have the skills we seek, who share our values and who are able to deliver compassionate excellence from the outset. We know that this makes a significance difference to your job satisfaction and above all the outcomes and experience of our patients and their families., OUH Trust in partnership with Oxford University aims to be at the forefront of modern diagnostic techniques. A willingness to adopt new diagnostic techniques into Cellular Pathology and undertake training where necessary is essential. The department is advanced in the adoption of digital pathology, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is one of the largest NHS teaching trusts in the country. It provides a wide range of general and specialist clinical services and is a base for medical education, training and research. Find out more here www.ouh.nhs.uk The Trust comprises four hospitals - the John Radcliffe Hospital, Churchill Hospital and Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre in Headington and the Horton General Hospital in Banbury. Our values, standards and behaviours define the quality of clinical care we offer and the professional relationships we make with our patients, colleagues and the wider community. We call this Delivering Compassionate Excellence and its focus is on our values of compassion, respect, learning, delivery, improvement and excellence. These values put patients at the heart of what we do and underpin the quality healthcare we would like for ourselves or a member of our family. Watch how we set out to deliver compassionate excellence via the OUH YouTube channel.