Job overview

Locum Appointment for service (LAS) in Histopathology (ST3 equivalent or above)
 
Applications are invited for a Locum Appointment for Service (LAS) to work in Barts Health is one of the UK’s leading healthcare providers and the largest Trust in the NHS. Together, our hospitals - Newham University Hospital, St Bartholomew’s, The Royal London and Whipps Cross - deliver high quality clinical care to the people of East London and further afield.
 
The successful candidate will participate in the macroscopical and microscopical investigation of a wide range of specimens under consultant supervision. They will carry out the duties according to departmental rotation.  The hospitals offer a full portfolio of services to the local community and are home to some of the UK’s leading specialist centres. The upheaval of COVID-19 has provided our consultant team with the opportunity to implement flexible working, both geographic and temporal, enabling us to deliver an efficient service in spite of the restrictions of lockdown. Going forward, we hope to retain and capitalise upon these changes which we feel  allow us  to maintain a healthy  work-life balance whilst continuing to  provide an excellent service for our users, both of which are major priorities for our Department. Our digital capabilities are expanding and we are in the process of implementing large volume slide scanning, remote frozen section macroscopy and reporting, and glass / paper free working.  

Main duties of the job

The post is based in the state-of-the-art Pathology and Pharmacy building at the Royal London hospital in Whitechapel. Cellular pathology services are provided along specialist lines. The department provides a high quality service and the appointee will be a full and active member of the team.
 
Applicants are required to hold full GMC registration MBBS, or equivalent and a minimum of 2 years training in histopathology. Familiarity of the UK system would be desirable as well as a pass at any part of the FRCPath exam.
 
A job description applicable to the post is appended, together with details of the department. This post is full time but those interested in part time work are also encouraged to apply. 

For informal discussion, please contact, prof Dan Berney, TPD [email protected] or Dr Abigail Lee, Clinical Lead for Cellular Pathology at [email protected] (020 32460214)

Working for our organisation

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.