Applications are invited from Consultant Cellular Pathologists to join the Pathology Services team based at the main Hospital site on the beautiful Island of Guernsey, in the Channel Islands. Guernsey has a population of 65,000 and benefits from a flat 20% tax rate, no VAT or Council tax. It has some of the British Isles finest and best-kept beaches, an especially mild and sunny climate, and an offbeat, historic harbour town in St. Peters Port, the islands capital. This is a full-time post, and the successful candidate will work alongside the current Pathologist who reports in a general capacity within histopathology and cancer multidisciplinary team workloads. You will ideally have experience in at least three of the following disciplines; skin, gynae, breast, lung, urology and GI, with a willingness to expand into other areas. Part of the role will be supporting Biomedical Scientists in achieving the IBMS Diploma in Expert Practice in Histological Dissection. The Department processes approximately 5,000 requests a year for primary and secondary care and visiting clinicians. Skin specimens are the largest group type followed by gastrointestinal, gynaecology, breast, urological. Large specimens are from the following surgical procedures: laparoscopic radical prostatectomy, breast surgery, upper and lower GI surgery (oesophagectomy, gastrectomy and colectomy), hysterectomy, orchidectomy, nephrectomy, thyroidectomy, laryngectomy and cervical lymph node dissection for head and neck cancers. The Cellular Pathology Team comprises; Consultant Cellular Pathologists (x2) Biomedical Scientists Section Head x 1, BMS x 3, Trainee BMS x 1, Health Care Scientific Assistant / Anatomical Pathology Assistant x 1 and Administration staff x 2. This is a small, friendly department, with a good team working spirit. The overall Pathology Department employs 50 staff across five disciplines processing 160,000 requests a year across Haematology, Blood Transfusion, Clinical Chemistry, Medical Microbiology and Cellular Pathology. Role Requirements: Full GMC registration on the Specialist register Royal College of Patholigists Membership FRCPath Diploma or equivalent qualification. If you are newly qualified, and UK trained, you must be a holder of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), or within six months of award of CCT by date of interview. All other applicants will be required to show evidence of equivalency to the UK CCT/of the UK CCT. The benefits of working in Guernsey include: A higher-than-UK salary. A relocation payment of £5,000* A generous four year private rental allowance to support the cost of private rental accommodation* A continental lifestyle, where the people are friendly, and crime is very low. *Full T
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