The successful candidate will play an important role in the redesign of service provision in light of the Health Board's Clinical Futures strategy, and the Welsh Government Future Delivery of Pathology Services in Wales document.

You will be working within a team to provide a clinical and laboratory Cellular Pathology service to a catchment population of 600,000. The laboratory has full UKAS ISO15189 accreditation, and is networked to provide a comprehensive Cellular Pathology service to the area.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will play an important role in reporting the Health Board's current histopathology backlog with the bulk of the work being GI and skin backlogs but the ability to report other specialties will be beneficial.

About us

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy opening in November 2020. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.

Job description
Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description

For these positions, you will already be fully registered with the GMC and hold a Licence to Practice

This position involves Regulated Activity with children and adults as defined by the Safeguarding Vulnerable Groups Act (amended by the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012) and the following checks will be undertaken following any conditional offer: an adults and children's barred list check

Candidates for Consultant posts must also be on the GMC Specialist Register or working towards Specialist Registration via CESR/European Community Rights) and must hold FRCPath qualification.

Person Specification
Qualifications
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Clinical Governance
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Clinical Experience
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Research
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Teaching
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Management
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Other Requirements
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