Histopathology Consultant - Gynae & lower GI

Provisional Assessment of Programmed Activities in Job Plan: The base contract will be for 10 programmed activities. This will be based on the nationally agreed whole-time contract. Provisional Assessment of Programmed Activities in Job Plan: Day Time Location Description of Activity Categorisation DCC, SPA, AR, ED* No of PAs Monday 08:30-12:30 BRI or at home** Colorectal MDT (1 session every 3 weeks) or Clinical Histopathology*** DCC 1.0 12:30-13:00 Break 1.0 13:00-16:30 BRI or at home Gynae Pathology MDT Prep or Clinical Histopathology DCC Tuesday 09:00-12:00 BRI or at home Gynae Pathology MDT Prep or Clinical Histopathology DCC 0.75 12:00-12:30 Break 0.375 12:30-13:30 BRI or at home Gynae Pathology MDT (1 session every 3 weeks) or Clinical Histopathology DCC 13:30-1700 BRI or at home Clinical Histopathology 0.875 Wednesday 09:00-13:00 BRI or at home Clinical Histopathology DCC 1.125 13:00-13:30 Break 13:30-17:00 BRI or at home Admin, audit, teaching, EQA, clinical governance, etc. SPA 0.875 Thursday 09:00-13:30 BRI or at home Colposcopy Meeting (1 session every 3 months) &/or Clinical Histopathology DCC 1.25 13:30-14:00 Break 14:00-15:00 BRI or at home Admin, audit, teaching, EQA, clinical governance, etc. SPA 0.25 15:00-17:00 BRI or at home Clinical Histopathology DCC 0.5 Friday 09:00-13:00 BRI or at home Skin MDT (rotational sessions****) or Clinical Histopathology DCC 1.0 13:00-13:30 Break 1.0 13:30-17:00 BRI or at home Colorectal MDT prep & clinical histopathology DCC Predictable emergency on-call work No on call commitment Unpredictable emergency on-call work TOTAL PAs 10.0 *Direct Clinical Care (DCC), Supporting Professional Activities (SPA), External Duties (ED) or Additional NHS Responsibilities (AR) **Flexibility is an important part of the professional contract. Although the default place of work is the Trust, Histopathology Consultants can spend up to 50% of their weekly contractual obligations working from home. Attending the histopathology department at BRI from 0900 to 1700 is mandatory on days when the Consultant is rotated to be on hot seat duty. ***Clinical Histopathology includes microscopy, gross pathology, frozen section analysis, hot seat duty, as well as trainee case checking and one-on-one double-header training. ****All full-time Consultant Histopathologists in the department share skin MDT duties on a rotational basis as per set by the Specialty Lead in the weekly rota. The Foundation Trust is keen to support newly appointed consultants and the appointee is encouraged to have a mentor. A number of senior colleagues are available for this purpose and the clinical lead will facilitate this once the appointee takes up the post. Programmed Activities Number Direct clinical care 8.875 Predictable on-call work Unpredictable on call work Supporting professional activities 1.125 TOTAL PROGRAMMED ACTIVITIES 10 An additional 1.0 PA will be available if successful candidates are available to perform additional clinical activity.