Job summary
- Main area
- Chermical pathology and metabolic medicine
- Grade
- YC72
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 349-CSS-6198347*
- Employer
- Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Wythenshawe Hospital, MFT
- Town
- Manchester
- Salary
- £99,532 - £131,964 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 31/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant in Chemical Pathology
YC72
Job overview
Consultant Chemical Pathologist (Directorate of Clinical Biochemistry)
(Full time, permanent 10 PA. Cross site Wyth / TGH / AH)
Main duties of the job
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and committed Consultant Chemical Pathologist to join the Clinical Biochemistry team at Manchester University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. The post is a full-time post.
The successful candidate will be based primarily at Wythenshawe Hospital with some commitments at Trafford General Hospital and Altrincham Hospital. Working alongside the team of Clinical Scientists you will offer support to general biochemistry clinical and laboratory services. In addition, the successful candidate will be expected to provide clinical services to the Trust including managing lipid disorders in an outpatient setting at Trafford General and Altrincham General Hospitals. The Clinical Biochemistry Directorate consists of four satellite laboratories serving all the Hospitals in the MFT group – Altrincham General Hospital, Hospitals at the Oxford Road Campus (ORC comprises of Manchester Royal Infirmary, The Royal Manchester Children’s Hospital, The Manchester Royal Eye Hospital and Saint Mary’s Hospital for Women and Children), North Manchester General Hospital, Trafford General Hospital, Withington Hospital, and Wythenshawe Hospital.
Working for our organisation
MFT is England’s largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We’re creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you’ll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We’ve also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we’ve launched in September 2022.
We’re proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What’s more, we’re excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience you’ll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the ‘Supporting Documents’ heading. So that you’re even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, you’ll need to take time to read the ‘Candidate Essentials Guide’ that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how ‘we care for you as you care for others’. Most importantly, it also contains critical information you’ll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the ‘NHS England’ website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at [email protected].
We’re looking forward to hearing from you!
Person specification
Qualifications and Training
Essential criteria
- MB ChB or equivalent
- 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)
- Applicants who 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 who are non-UK trained will be required to show evidence of equivalence to the UK CCT.
- FRCPath or equivalent
Desirable criteria
- MD, PhD, or other higher degree
Teaching and Audit
Essential criteria
- Experience of Audit
- Teaching of junior medical staff
- Trained Clinical Supervisor
Desirable criteria
- Teaching of medical students
- Experience of supervision of ST1 level training workplace-based assessment and MSF
- Trained Educational Supervisor
Academic Achievements and Research
Desirable criteria
- Publications in recognised Clinical Journals
- Specialist interest in areas complementary to other consultants in the departments
- Research projects relating to the specialist area
Interpersonal/ Professional Skills
Essential criteria
- Organisations skills
- Communication skills
- Leadership skills
Desirable criteria
- Involvement in service development and/or quality improvement processes
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Tim Morris
- Job title
- Joint Clinical Director, Clinical Biochemistry
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0161 276 4839
- Additional information
Jo Adaway Joint Clinical Director, Clinical Biochemistry
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