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University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust logo
Full-time
On-site
Derby, Derbyshire, United Kingdom

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together.

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

With over 14,000 members of staff you can expect huge variety and new opportunities every day! Our staff go above and beyond and take pride in caring for our patients.

University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust is fully committed to promoting inclusion, equality, diversity and human rights in employment and delivery of its services.  The Trust is committed to providing an environment where all employees, patients, carers and visitors experience equality of opportunity by means of understanding and appreciating the value of diversity.

As a Trust we promote an inclusive environment and welcome applications from a diverse pool of talent and backgrounds.  All individuals are valued and given every opportunity to succeed based on merit.

The Trust actively encourages applications from members of our Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities. These groups are under-represented in our organisation, and it’s important to us that our workforce reflects the diversity of our communities as much as possible.

Armed Forces and Disability Confident guaranteed interview scheme

To further support the pledges in the Armed Forces Covenant and to make a positive contribution to support ex-armed forces personnel (veterans) make the transition to civilian life, the Trust has introduced a Guaranteed Interview Scheme for veterans who meets the essential criteria set out in the person specification, to help them overcome barriers to find civilian employment. The scheme will operate for all external recruitment.

The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer and committed to both employing and retaining people with disabilities.  This commitment is to guarantee an interview for any candidate that has disclosed a disability under the Equality Act 2010 and who meets the essential criteria set out in the person specification.  Reasonable adjustments under the Equality Act 2010 will be considered upon request.

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Join us and help make a real difference to our Trust.

Here’s more about the role and what we’re looking for; 

Job overview

We are looking for a speciality doctor to join our current team of medical and biomedical scientist staff with a primary aim to aid in specimen dissection. Dissection will include a wide range of specimens but will be predominantly focused on an immediate need to assist in breast dissection.

The Cellular Pathology Department is based on the site of Royal Derby Hospital. This is a very busy UKAS accredited department with an interesting, varied and growing workload, covering most specialities except medical renal biopsies, neuropathology and paediatric/neonatal pathology.

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We are looking for a speciality doctor to join our current team of medical and biomedical scientist staff with a primary aim to aid in specimen dissection. Dissection will include a wide range of specimens but will be predominantly focused on an immediate need to assist in breast dissection. 

Discussions surrounding short and long term educational needs will be welcomed alongside the departmental service needs. A mentor will be provided for support and there will be opportunity to support consultants in reporting histopathology specimens as well as participating and attending multidisciplinary team meetings. 

 The current cellular pathology service aspires to provide an integrated service contributing to all aspects of diagnosis, screening and monitoring of disease. This is an exciting opportunity to be part of an enthusiastic and expanding team keen to deliver a modern clinically orientated service. Appointing to this post will be a milestone in the progressive transition of this cellular pathology service. 

Working for our organisation

As a trusted organisation at the heart of our communities, we recognise the important role we can play in supporting the public, patients, our own people and local partners in achieving the best of health for the local population and the communities in which they live by providing Exceptional Care Together

Our fundamental Values of Compassion, Openness and Excellence underpin how we intend to work as a Trust and the associated behaviours are becoming embedded in all aspects of how we work.

In return we will offer:

•    Development opportunities, including both professional and leadership development
•    On-going support through every step of the way from recruitment to when you join our team and beyond.
•    A variety of other staff benefits including employee assistance programme, discounted gym membership, onsite fitness classes, car schemes

Key Facts about our Trust:

•    We see on average 4810 OP appointments per day.
•    We are the 4th busiest Trauma & Orthopaedic outpatients department in England – an average of 2077 per week.
•    An average of 1115 patients are seen in A&Es across our network every day – 3rd largest in the country.
•    Our hospitals admit an average of 195 emergency patients daily.
•    Last year we undertook almost 33,700 planned surgical operations in our 57 operating theatres.
•    We are one of only 7 Trusts nationally with more than 50 operating theatres.
•    We carry out more than 140 elective procedures each working day.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

 Main Clinical Activities  

  • Specimen dissection accounting for 50% of the job role.  

  • Work alongside consultant colleagues to provide a diagnostic and interpretative Cellular Pathology Service. This will include reporting and dissecting a range of specimens under the supervision of consultant colleagues as appropriate. 

  • Take part, with other consultant colleagues, in regular multidisciplinary team meetings. 

  • Provide appropriate annual leave and other authorised absence cover for your colleagues 

  • Provide assistance and supervision to laboratory staff in relation to all aspects of specimen processing. 

Educational and other activities  

  • This includes participation in the preparation and writing policies and SOPs; collecting and analysing audit and surveillance data; responses to various documents; writing educational PowerPoint presentations. 

  • Involvement in quality assurance performance within the department, including taking part in all relevant national external quality assurance (NEQAS) programmes. 

  • Involvement in achieving and maintaining full accreditation to UKAS ISO 15189 standards. 

  • Teaching and training a wide range of health care workers and junior medical staff  

Managerial Arrangements 

The appointee will work closely with other service providers such as the Biomedical Scientists and administration staff in the day-to-day provision of an efficient and effective Cellular Pathology service at UHDB NHS Foundation Trust.  

The employee will assist with the responsibility for use and security of the Trust’s assets, including their own use, and ensuring correct use by others.  

You will also be expected to support business planning including introduction of new methods, assist with Policy and SOP preparation.  

There are a number of regular departmental meetings that oversee the various aspects of laboratory where attendance may be . The appointee will take an active role in matters of Clinical Governance including audit and training that relate to the laboratory and clinical activities of the Cellular Pathology Department.  

Service Development Activities  

  • Participate with developmental activities to improve the service alongside Cellular Pathology Consultants as appropriate. 

  • Assisting management in business planning, including the assessment and introduction of new methods and forward planning. 

  • Attendance at local and regional cancer network meetings as appropriate  

The Trust provides an induction course for all new employees (including SAS doctors), attendance at which is mandatory. 

Revalidation  

As part of the process of revalidation the post holder will be expected to comply with the annual appraisal processes which are established in the Trust.  

This will include a requirement to collect feedback information, to quality assurance/improvement and maintain CPD in line with GMC Good Medical Practice. 

Research  

Research is not a requirement of the post but there are facilities to undertake research and the hospital has several active research groups operating in different areas.  

The Trust comprises research-active Teaching Hospitals with a developing culture of research and innovation across the whole organisation. All clinicians are expected to engage in research, development & innovation according to their subspecialty interests.  

Engagement of clinical staff in research covers a spectrum of involvement, ranging from awareness of the studies and trials taking place in their areas, to assisting with the identification of research participants, to those who win research funding and assume the role of Chief Investigator for multi- centre trials and studies.  

Staff who wish to undertake research require the approval of the Trust R&I Department and relevant ethical approval, and must adhere to the National Framework for Research Governance. 

 Clinical Governance

All members of staff have a responsibility to abide by all clinical governance policies, practices and codes provided by the Trust and have an equal responsibility with management for developing and maintaining appropriate systems and practice for maintaining safe working practices. The post holder is expected to demonstrate a firm commitment to the principles of clinical governance, including:  

  • Co-operating and liaising with clinical governance committees and leads as appropriate and developing a programme of personal continuing professional education and development, within available resources and within the workload and priorities of the service. 

  • Attending and contributing to the Trust’s Clinical Governance Programme, including the Trust’s Clinical Incident Reporting systems, Adverse Incident Policy and other umbrella policies. 

  • Encouraging and promoting an open climate within the Trust to enable training grade staff to participate fully in Trust wide programmes.  

Copies of Trust wide clinical governance policies are available on the Trust intranet site. The postholder will participate in clinical governance activities, including clinical audit, clinical effectiveness, risk management and quality improvement activities as required by the Trust and external accrediting bodies. 

Our Trust aims to provide the highest quality care to patients within Derbyshire and South East Staffordshire and we want the very best people to work with us.

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IMPORTANT INFORMATION

If we receive a high number of applications for this position we reserve the right to withdraw the post before the closing date, therefore it is advisable that you apply as early as possible to avoid disappointment.

At UHDB , we offer different ways to work flexibly to each and every one of our colleagues,  many of whom already work flexibly at all sites of the Trust.

For our roles we are open to discussing the possibility of part-time/ reduced hours/ compressed hours/ flexible start and finish times/ fixed/flexible shifts/annualised hours/ term time hours/ hybrid working – working partly in the trust/partly at home.

Why don’t you talk to us at interview about the flexibility you would like to explore and what it means to you, and we will discuss what’s possible for the job and team, and the opportunities we might be able to create together.

We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise to work with you to look at all the available options.

Most of our posts are subject to a DBS check, however having a criminal record will not necessarily bar you from obtaining a position. Please be aware that all new employees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.

All correspondence relating to your application will be sent to you via our trac.system account. Please ensure that you regularly check your emails; this includes junk/spam, as your security settings may not recognise the sender.

Anyone from outside of the UK (excluding from the Republic of Ireland) will need permission from UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) to work in the UK and may also need entry clearance before travelling here.

UKVI is responsible for managing migration. To obtain a visa or entry clearance, you will need to meet certain requirements and demonstrate you have the right the work in the UK via:

  • the points-based immigration system
  • the EU settlement scheme
  • eVisa 

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