# Locum Consultant in Cellular Pathology

**Company**: West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
**Location**: Watford
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: contract
**Salary**: £113,565 to £150,569 a year PA
**Category**: Healthcare
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking a Locum Consultant in Cellular Pathology (10 PAs) for a one-year fixed-term appointment to join our established team of 10 consultants within a busy, high-performing department at West Hertfordshire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

Based at our fully accredited laboratory in Hemel Hempstead, you will contribute to a broad range of subspecialties, with significant workloads in gynaecological, dermatopathology, gastrointestinal and breast pathology, as well as opportunities to participate in diagnostic cytology, mortuary, andrology and MDT work.

This is an exciting time to join, with pathology service developments across the Herts & West Essex ICB and major hospital improvements underway. Applicants must hold specialist registration (or be within six months), FRCPath or equivalent, and demonstrate a collaborative, flexible approach.

Core hours are Monday to Friday with occasional MDT and service commitments; the detailed job plan will be discussed at interview.

**Main duties of the job** You will deliver high-quality histopathology and diagnostic cytology reporting, participate in subspecialty cancer diagnostics, provide MDT input, and contribute to autopsy and andrology services where appropriate. Responsibilities include workload management, timely reporting, audit participation, governance, teaching, and supporting service development.

You will work closely with consultant colleagues, laboratory staff, and clinicians across multiple sites to ensure excellent patient care. We are looking for a dynamic team player with broad cellular pathology experience, excellent communication skills, and the ability to work flexibly within a multidisciplinary team.

**Benefits** We offer a variety of flexible working options as we recognise the importance of a good work life balance.

**Person Specification** Essentials:

- Full and specialist registration (and a licence to practise) with the General Medical Council (GMC) (or be eligible for registration within six months of interview)

- CESR/CCT in histopathology

- 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

- FRCPath or show evidence of equivalent qualification

Desirable:

- Experience in Gynaecology, Skin, Cytology

- Management and Leadership experience.

## Skills

### Required
- Cellular Pathology
- Histopathology
- Diagnostic Cytology
- MDT work
- Gynaecology
- Dermatopathology
- Gastrointestinal pathology
- Breast pathology

### Nice to have
- Management
- Leadership
- Cytology
- Skin

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