Consultant Thoracic and Head and Neck
Consultant
Main area
Histopathology
Grade
Consultant
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 10 sessions per week (The department works and extended day over 7 days)
Job ref
287-LCL-53-25-A
Department name
LUH - Medical Staffing
Site
Liverpool Clinical Laboratories
Town
Liverpool
Salary
£109,725 - £145,478 per annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
19/12/2025 23:59
Job Overview
This is an exciting opportunity for suitable candidates to apply for a specialised histopathology Consultant position at Liverpool Clinical Laboratories, which is part of Liverpool University Hospitals Foundation Trust.
Liverpool Clinical Laboratories wish to appoint a Consultant in Cellular Pathology with special interests in Thoracic Pathology and a second area, including Head and Neck pathology, open to discussion with the clinical director. We are a well established and successful tertiary referral centre with regional and national repute. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to the growth of our service in a friendly and stimulating environment. The cellular pathology service is the main training centre for cellular pathology trainees and has strong academic links with University of Liverpool. All of this coupled with the recent move to purpose built new laboratory facilities on site and full roll out of digital pathology makes this the perfect time to be joining our dynamic and expanding department.
Candidates not on the GMC specialist register requiring CESR are encouraged to apply. A fixed term role may be utilised for CESR candidates.
Main duties of the job
The appointees will have a significant commitment to the indicated subspecialty where close collaboration exists between clinicians and pathologists.
Applicants seeking full time (10 PAs) or less than full time are encouraged to apply. Flexible and home working is supported by teams.
The successful applicant will be involved in the whole range of diagnostic work for the respective subspecialty and will also have an opportunity to contribute to teaching and training of junior medical staff and biomedical scientists and to research.
Working for our organisation
Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.
UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.
For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.
Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services
For roles at Liverpool Women's, visit their careers page.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
For a full description of the role, including an overview of the cellular pathology department and the detailed person specification for the post, please see the attached job description.
Person specification
Qualifications And Training
Essential criteria
- MBBS or equivalent
- Full and specialist registration (and a licence to practise) with the General Medical Council (GMC), or 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
- FRCPath. (or equivalent training or experience)
Desirable criteria
- Higher degrees relevant to post.
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience in cellular pathology sufficient to gain the above qualifications
- Skills and experience that fit in with the Department's current and future requirements
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of special expertise or interest in relevant specialties.
Skills and knowledge
Essential criteria
- Evidence of ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Evidence of communication skills
- Evidence of ability to lead
- Evidence of ability to teach junior staff and undergraduate students
- Evidence of involvement in clinical audit
- Commitment to Clinical Risk Management and Clinical Governance
- Experience in and commitment to teaching both medical and non-medical staff
- Evidence of commitment to continuing professional development and lifelong learning
Desirable criteria
- Evidence of IT skills
- Evidence of research and publications in relevant subjects
- Evidence of involvement in teaching programmes
- Recognised teaching skills courses
- Recognised management and leadership courses
Please ensure you check the email account (including junk/spam boxes) from which you apply regularly as we will use this to contact you regarding your application.
Posts advertised to 'internal staff' are open to employees of hospitals within University Hospitals of Liverpool Group and you should confirm your employment within your application form.
Note: Under current Home Office Immigration Rules we are currently unable to offer right to work visa sponsorship for Band 2 and 3 roles with a salary of less than £25,000 pa as they do not meet the UK Visas & Immigration criteria.
Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
We reserve the right to close any vacancies from further applications when we have received a minimum number of applications from which to make a shortlist. Please ensure you apply without delay if you wish to be considered for this role.
Candidates applying for the role of Healthcare Assistant on the staff bank should note that due to the nature of the role, workers must be aged 18 or above when commencing in post. Applicants are therefore welcome from those aged over 18 or within 3 months' of their 18^th birthday.
The Trust is committed to promoting a healthy work-life balance and achieve fair, equitable and consistent practice. We welcome flexible working requests and will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements from day one of your employment. Not all roles are suitable for every flexible working opportunity all of the time. Flexible working options may include reduced hours, compressed hours, fixed shifts, time back in lieu and home working.
The Trust is committed to promoting equality and diversity; we value the contribution of individual talent, skills, knowledge and experience and aim for a workforce demography representative of the local community. We encourage applicants from the following groups that are currently under-represented in our workforce black, Asian and minority ethnic, lesbian, gay, bisexual and Transgender (LGBTQ+), disabled, male and age 16-24.
Trust policy requires that the cost of submitting & processing the successful applicant/s DBS application be recovered via salary deduction following start in post. The amount of £23 (standard disclosure) or £43 (enhanced disclosure) will be deducted from salary, in manageable monthly instalments for up to 3 months following commencement of employment. Bank posts require upfront payment. DBS applications submitted from 2nd December will be subject to the new DBS fee of £26.50 (standard) and £54.50 (Enhanced).
From April 2017, Skilled visa applicants and their adult dependant(s) will be required to provide a criminal record certificate from each country they have lived in consecutively for 12 months or more in the past ten years.
Applicants requiring sponsorship may wish to determine the likelihood of obtaining sponsorship for this position by assessing themselves against the criteria on the gov.uk website - https://www.gov.uk/check-uk-visa.
This organisation has a zero-tolerance approach to the abuse of children, young people and vulnerable adults. All staff must ensure they adhere to the organisations safeguarding children and adults' policy and comply with the Local Safeguarding Children and Adult Board procedures.
Staff should be mindful of their responsibility to safeguard children and adults in any activity performed on behalf of the organisation in line with the requirements of statutory guidance and legislation.
All employees (and volunteers)are expected maintain their safeguarding knowledge and skills by completing mandatory safeguarding training which includes understanding and recognising the signs of abuse and neglect and taking appropriate action.
As an organisation, we have adopted the Merseyside Domestic abuse workplace scheme which supports our staff who are experiencing Domestic Abuse /any forms of sexual violence.
If you have any personal requirements that will enable you to participate in our recruitment process please contact a member of the Recruitment Services by phone on 0151 706 4666 at the earliest opportunity to ensure that measures can be put in place to enable your application for this post.
Please note: new entrants to the NHS will commence on the first pay point of the relevant band.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
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