Specialist Doctor - Darlington, County Durham, United Kingdom - County Durham and Darlington NHS Foundation Trust

Description

The general Histology workload includes a wide range of biopsy types and resection specimens and post is for a general Pathologist at associate specialist grade but there is support for specialised reporting in Skin, Breast and GI pathology aided by Digital pathology; The digital pathology facility will also allow development of flexible and home based work.

The department has introduced Advanced Practitioners in dissection and BMS screening staff to support Consultant staff and the appointee will be involved in their training and development.

The post holder would be expected to work closely with consultants within the Trust, and with Advanced Practice BMS and other lab staff, promoting and maintaining the high quality of these services.

The basic contract is for 10 programmed activities. We provide hospital services from two acute sites - Darlington Memorial Hospital and University Hospital of North Durham.

We have a centre for planned care in Bishop Auckland and provide care from community hospitals in Chester-le-Street, Shotley Bridge, Barnard Castle, Sedgefield and Weardale as well as over 80 other community based settings and providing care in patients' homes.

We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) candidates as BAME and disabled people are currently under-represented

From April we are unable to offer sponsorship for healthcare roles that do not meet the minimum salary £23,200, to apply you must have Right to Work in the United Kingdom.

If you are in the UK on a VISA please ensure you have no restrictions that would prevent you from taking this post

The post is based at University Hospital of North Durham ,but the successful applicant will be able to support services on other Trust sites, particularly Darlington Memorial Hospital.

Mortuaries are present both at University Hospital of North Durham and Darlington Memorial Hospital. The directorate provides Pathology services to the Trust and also to the general practitioners in the local area.

Although we report a range of general pathology, our expertise and specialism is focused on Breast, GI, gynae, skin pathology aided by Digital pathology.

The department is supportive of all staff and we will provide an opportunity for off-site reporting and flexible working.

We have a strong training culture, with clinical histologist training every year and good experience of developing staff to support completion of training
Team working experience
Service improvement and improving quality
Supervision of advanced practioners, more junior staff
Evidence of effective team building skills
Good computer and keyboard skills
Teaching and training for advanced practitioners and junior doctors.
IT literate in all modules in Microsoft Office
Able when needed to travel across Trust sites to meet the requirements of the post

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