Consultant in Medical Microbiology

performs blood culture incubation, respiratory PCR and a number of other diagnostic tests to support rapid infection and infection control decision making.

Clinical duties include the following:

• Undertake result reporting in core hours
• Respond in a timely manner to clinical and laboratory enquires (in line with RCPath KPIs)
• Out of hours clinical advice on call on a 1:7 rota including weekends, week nights and bank holidays.
• Remote access is available to allow remote interrogation of LIMS and other Trust electronic systems (radiology, prescribing) when on call.
• Ensure that important findings rapidly reach the requesting clinicians and advise regarding appropriate action
• Be involved in the clinical management of patients in the hospital and community. This includes both daily ward rounds to ITU and complex infection patients as described above.
• Supervise and support the junior doctors and trainee clinical scientist in Microbiology as appropriate to their
  stage of training and needs.
• Liaise with the infection prevention nurses and DIPC and ensure day to day input as appropriate to operational infection prevention work including outbreak investigation and management, should this be required.
• Support the leads for antibiotic usage, Infection Control and department and Pathology management as appropriate.

Our vision is to provide outstanding care for every patient. Patient care is at the heart of what we do at our three sites:
Basingstoke and North Hampshire Hospital, Royal Hampshire County Hospital in Winchester and Andover War Memorial Hospital. Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust provides medical and surgical services to a population of approximately 600,000 people across Hampshire and parts of West Berkshire. Our ambition is to have a culture that places people at the heart of all we do, where we all belong, and where learning, improvement and excellence thrive.

We provide specialist services to
people across the UK and internationally. We are one of only two centres in the UK treating pseudomyxoma peritonei (a rare form of abdominal cancer) and we are leaders in the field of tertiary liver cancer and colorectal cancer. The trust employs more than 9,000 staff and has a turnover of over 500 million a year. As a Foundation Trust, we are directly accountable to our members through the governors.

The Council of Governors represent the interests of their constituencies and influence the future plans of the Foundation Trust.

Pay scheme:
Hospital medical and diagnostic staff. Grade:
Consultant. Salary: 113,565 to 150,569 a year.

• Essential Full GMC registration with a licence to practice
• Entry onto GMC specialist register or within 6 months of CCT at time of interview
• oMBBS or equivalent
• MBBS or equivalent
• MRCP (UK) & FRCPath or equivalent qualification
• CCT in Microbiology/Infectious Disease or Microbiology or equivalent
• Desirable UK/NHS experience

• Essential Ability to demonstrate a high level of clinical experience and competence in the management of infection & Antimicrobial Stewardship Experience of ward based clinical microbiology liaison & consultation.
• Desirable Experience in Antibiotic Review/Stewardship Service Experience in care of inpatients & outpatients with HIV, TB, Hepatitis Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy Service;
  Infection Clinic experience
  
  Previous experience as Infection Control Doctor Attendance at relevant courses

• Essential Laboratory & Clinical experience in bacteriology, virology, mycology & parasitology
  
  Good IT skills/experience of Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS)
• Desirable Demonstration of research experience in clinical microbiology
  
  Good Clinical Practice (GCP) training & certification

• Essential Understanding of clinical governance and the individual responsibilities it implies
  
  Knowledge of the principles of clinical audit and evidence of participation
  
  Experience of teaching / training junior medical staff
• Desirable
  
  Experience of teaching medical student
  
  Experience of supervising trainee Microbiologists

• Essential Ability to communicate effectively with clinical colleagues and support staff
  
  Excellent communication skills in both spoken and written English Ability to present effectively to an audience, using a variety of methods, and to respond to questions and queries
  
  Ability to develop effective working relationships on an individual and multi- disciplinary basis with all levels of staff
  
  Ability to organise and prioritise workload & to delegate responsibly
  
  Ability to take responsibility and show evidence of leadership

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. Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who…