Job overview

University College London Hospitals is seeking to appoint a full time Consultant in Haematopathology (10PA) with a commitment to high quality patient care, innovative service models, delivery of performance targets, and excellence in education/training.

The post-holder will be expected to have experience of dealing with complex haematopathological specimens and to have experience reporting under the auspices of an SI-HMDS.

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.

There is no on-call commitment, but participation in the post mortem rota is possible.

CV required for application

Main duties of the job

The appointee will be expected to take on the duties of a specialist working in Haematopathology. The successful candidate will be expected to assist in providing a diagnostic service to UCL Hospitals and to other hospitals/departments that refer cases for expert opinion.

The department’s routine workload includes a broad spectrum of screening and diagnostic cases together with network, national and international referral cases. UCLH has one of the largest blood disease treatment centres in Europe and its oncological unit is one of the biggest centres for bone marrow transplants and cutting-edge immunotherapies such as CAR-T therapies. This is a great opportunity for pathologists who wish to develop and consolidate diagnostic skills in this area as well as acquiring knowledge of state-of-the-art immunohistochemical techniques applicable to haematological malignancies. Diagnostic skills in liquid haematopathology, including aspirate morphology, flow cytometry and molecular techniques can be acquired via secondment to the haematology laboratories at the Halo.

Working for our organisation

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, and excellent education.

We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites: 

·       University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing) 

·       National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery 

·       Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals 

·       University College Hospital Grafton Way Building 

·       Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine 

·       University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre 

·       The Hospital for Tropical Diseases 

·       University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street 

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology. 

We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.