University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Consultant, special interest in Gastrointestinal Pathology (Subst)
The closing date is 23 April 2026
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.
Person Specification
Knowledge and Qualifications
* 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.
* MD or PhD
Experience
* Evidence of completed training programme in Cellular Pathology.
* Specialist experience in gastrointestinal pathology
* Specific experience at a Consultant level in the cut-up and reporting of complex oncological resections
Clinical Governance Management & IT
* Participation in clinical audit and attendance at appropriate courses.
* Proven and published audits.
Teaching and Research
* Ability to teach pathology to trainees, undergraduate medical students and biomedical scientists.
* Willingness to participate in research and clinical trial work.
* Able to collaborate in an active research programme.
* Record of completed research. Published peer-reviewed papers in sub-speciality areas
Personal and people development
* 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.
* Able to be a dynamic team member within the department and to contribute broadly to the running of the department.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
£109,725 to £145,478 a year + London weighting
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