Consultant Pathologist

Applications are invited for a Consultant Pathologist post within the Department of Cellular Pathology, Victoria Hospital, Kirkcaldy. This is a full time replacement post to join a team of 7 other pathologists within a busy District General Hospital Department. The role includes reporting all aspects of histopathology with the scope to develop an area of special interest. Participation in the hospital autopsy service would be desirable.

NHS Fife serves a population of around 360,000. Cellular Pathology is based within the Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy, however provides the pathology service for Queen Margaret Hospital in Dunfermline and for GPs throughout Fife. We also provide the pathology service for the Regional Endoscopy Unit that includes patient referrals from NHS Lothian and NHS Forth Valley.

You will join a team of mutually supportive, forward thinking and committed Consultant colleagues. The department benefits from high quality biomedical scientist, technical and secretarial support and has full UKAS accreditation to ISO 15189. Advanced BMS specimen dissection is established and is an area for expansion. The department is in the process of deploying the Philips digital pathology system. We receive in the region of 20,000 surgical pathology cases and around 1000 diagnostic cytology requests per annum and this continues to increase each year.

We enjoy close links with other Scottish Pathology Departments via the Scottish Pathology Network. We are involved in training pathology trainees, who rotate to NHS Fife on the NHS Lothian training scheme. There are also departmental links to the University of St. Andrews Medical School.

Kirkcaldy is on the south coast of the Kingdom of Fife, across the Firth of Forth from Scotland’s vibrant capital, Edinburgh which is readily accessible with excellent transport links. There are many lovely towns and villages in rural Fife including the historic University town of St. Andrews – the “Home of Golf”.

Candidates must be on the specialist register or within 6 months of an approved CCT at the date of interview. For candidates following the CESR route, they must have confirmation from the GMC that CESR has been awarded at the time of application. In addition, you must hold the FRCPath or equivalent level qualification.

This post offers the exciting opportunity to practice pathology to a high standard with supportive clinical colleagues in an area affording an enviable quality of life.

Interviews will be held on Friday 30 June 2023.

Informal enquiries and visits are welcomed. Please contact Dr Fiona Murdoch, Consultant Pathologist and Clinical Lead for Cellular Pathology fiona.murdoch2@nhs.scot or Dr Kate Struthers Deputy Clinical Lead kate.struthers@nhs.scot

NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.