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Forensic Pathologist - UOD1899

University of Dundee – Health and Medical

The Centre for Forensic Medicine & Dentistry operates from the mortuary facilities provided by Police Scotland, located within the city centre, with clinical academic staff also retaining offices within the Dundee Dental School building on the City Campus. For over thirty years the Centre's primary role has been to provide impartial and independent forensic pathology and odontology services to the Scottish Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS), and to help in the investigation of deaths reported to the Procurators Fiscal for Tayside through a contract served by the University. Subsidiary to its clinical commitments, the Centre is dedicated to the provision of high-quality medical education and specialist training in the fields of forensic medicine and dentistry and continues to offer a range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses unique within the United Kingdom.

The Centre deals with a range of cases including road traffic fatalities, suicides, accidents at home and work, homicides and sudden natural deaths, as well as in-hospital deaths under anaesthesia and other unexpected hospital deaths. The Centre also undertakes autopsy examinations at the request of families ("consented examinations") and for individuals who have died overseas ("repatriated cases"). It currently performs on average 550 post-mortem examinations per year, approximately 25% of which are external examinations (under the Scottish "view and grant" system), 65% as one-doctor autopsy dissections, and 10% as two-doctor ("corroborated") autopsies. The Centre has a staffing level of three consultants, one forensic pathology specialty trainee and two part-time forensic odontologists, supported by clerical and technical staff offering in-house histopathology services.

The Centre also provides a range of research and degree programmes at undergraduate and postgraduate level in the fields of forensic medicine, pathology and dentistry. Additional to existing teaching and research links with the School of Medicine, School of Dentistry and Law School, the Centre's staff also have scope to develop links for multidisciplinary teaching and research collaboration in the Centre for Anatomy and Human Identification (CAHID) and the Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science. Dundee University is also one of only a handful of universities in the UK using Thiel embalming methods.

Your priorities will include:

  • Service provision through undertaking clinical workload (autopsies, report writing and interpretation of ancillary investigations), ad hoc attendance at locus and undertaking weekend autopsies for suspicious deaths, on call provision (1:3), meetings with next of kin, COPFS and attendance at court. All work is to be completed within the contractual deadlines.
  • Education and supervision of forensic and histopathology trainees in autopsy examination as well as the delivery of undergraduate and postgraduate education for the University of Dundee.
  • Effective communication and teamworking with other agencies in Scottish death investigation.
  • Contribution to the development of the speciality through feedback into local, regional and national clinical governance meetings and CPD.

Who we're looking for:

  • A candidate who has successfully obtained the Part 2 examination (FRCPath) in Forensic Histopathology or General Histopathology with the certificate of higher autopsy training (CHAT). The candidate must be within 6 month s of CCT if still in training.
  • Must hold a GMC registration and membership with the Royal College of Pathologists.
  • Must live within the local vicinity (Tayside region) to be able to engage with oncall duties.
  • Hold a UK driving licence and vehicle to facilitate oncall duties.
  • A candidate who works well within the team, exhibits good written and verbal communication, exhibits attitudes and skills essential to the job and will enjoy being part of a unit who engages with supervision and education.

We are one of the UK's leading universities, internationally recognised for our expertise across a range of disciplines and research breakthroughs in multiple areas, including science, medicine and engineering, amongst many others. Our purpose is to transform lives, locally and globally, which we do as a community of staff (Professional Services and academic Schools), students and alumni. Professional Services directorates are key to delivering the University strategy and driving change across the University.

For further information about this position please contact (Dr. Tamara McNamee email address: t.mcnamee@dundee.ac.uk}.

The diversity of our staff and students helps to make the University of Dundee a UK university of choice for undergraduate, postgraduate and distance learning. Family friendly policies, staff networks for BME, Disabled and LGBT staff, membership of Athena SWAN, the ECU Race Equality Charter and Stonewall as well a full range of disability services, create an enjoyable and inclusive place to work.

Location: Dundee
Salary: £107,114
Hours: Full Time
Contract Type: Permanent
Placed On: 4th April 2025
Closes: 1st May 2025
Job Ref: 5331
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