Consultant Cellular Pathologist in London

The closing date is 23 February 2026. Applications are invited for a Consultant Cellular Pathologist to join a mutually supportive and committed team of 8 pathologists. This post offers the exciting opportunity to practice pathology to a high standard with supportive colleagues in an area affording an enviable quality of life with close links to the vibrant capital city of Cardiff and beautiful Welsh Coast and Countryside. The post would suit either a first-time consultant looking to develop within an innovative team or an established consultant histopathologist wishing to further develop within a new environment and wanting to relocate to pastures new.

Services at Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board have a bright future ahead of them and you are invited to be part of that, to help shape and design how the services look in the future. Applicants should either be on the Specialist Register or be a Specialist Registrar within six months of their expected date of receipt of a CCT at the time of interview. Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

We work closely together with our clinical colleagues within Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board and provide a wide range of services, generating a broad and varied cellular pathology workload. This includes specimens from dermatology, gynaecology, head and neck, lung, breast and gastrointestinal, including bowel screening specimens. Together we will provide and develop a wide ranging cellular pathology service to primary, secondary and tertiary care colleagues. There are opportunities to participate in the coronial autopsy for all Consultants. This is currently an optional element of the job plan.

The Health Board has cancer unit status for breast, colorectal, lung, upper GI, urology, gynaecology, head and neck and skin. The workload is shared according to RCPath workload points and the appointee will be encouraged to develop a specialist interest to complement that of the existing team. The Department has an excellent immunohistochemistry department which sees a constantly expanding IHC repertoire. In addition, the department has a lead Pathologist for Molecular pathology and works closely with The All Wales Genomics service. The department actively takes part in teaching and training of both medical and laboratory staff.

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend, Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf. We live by our core values:

• We listen, learn and improve
• We treat everyone with respect
• We all work together as one team

We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15,000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve. Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

You will be able to find a full job description and person specification attached within the supporting documents. Please note, applicants should either be on the Specialist Register or be a Specialist Registrar within six months of their expected date of receipt of a CCT / CESR (CP) at the time of interview. If you are interested in this consultant post but are not due to obtain your CCT within the next 6 months we would still be very keen to hear from you. Please feel free to register your interest in this post by forwarding an expression of interest and your expected CCT date via email.

Qualifications and Eligibility

• FRCPath or evidence of equivalent qualification
• 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) with a license to practice
• 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

Skills and Abilities

• Proven leadership skills and a responsible attitude
• Commitment to provision of a strong clinically-orientated service
• Interest in teaching and training medical and non-medical staff
• Good interpersonal skills and ability to work well in a multi-disciplinary environment within and outside the department
• Good organisational skills, ability to work to deadlines & prioritise workload
• Able to work on own initiative & work well within a team
• Welsh Language Skills (Level 3 and above/B2) are Desirable for this Role.

Knowledge and Experience

• Broad knowledge of Histopathology, Gynae & Non Gynae Cytopathology
• Experience and participation in audit and/or quality improvement in last 18 months
• Experience of teaching undergraduates/postgraduates
• Previous experience of working in the NHS or equivalent healthcare system

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.