Consultant Microbiologist

Give clinical advice to staff across the Liverpool health economy face to face and via telephone. Lead the clinical consults service including ITU ward rounds Engage in ward rounds and speciality MDTs Work with the OPAT team at Aintree hospital Assist in the delivery of the AMS strategy for the Trusts Engagement and liaison with the microbiology laboratory to ensure high quality work is being carried out and is compliant with UKAS accreditations Support the IPC teams on all sites, including IPC Dr roles.

Supervision and education for medical trainees and STPs Take part in the on-call service, which currently stands at 1:13 There are opportunities to deliver on site clinical microbiology to other Trusts in the city Work with Infectious Diseases team based at the Royal Liverpool Hospital Work with the operational team to drive service and quality improvement projects, Clinical responsibilities will predominantly be providing a clinical infection consultation service on Aintree and Royal sites.

Main duties will include:

• Attendance at twice weekly virtual ward rounds and MDTs
• Ward based reviews of complex infection cases (via referral system)
• ITU and HDU Ward Rounds
• Contribution to the OPAT service (ward reviews, follow up, virtual ward rounds)
• Supervision and training for infection trainees
• Responding to requests for advice in a timely manner
• Liaising with laboratory staff to provide day to day supervision of diagnostic methods and examination of specimens.
• Authorisation and interpretation of result
• Take part in the development of the laboratory service and to support the ongoing strategic aspects of the diagnostic service.
• Partake in laboratory operational and management meetings as well as taking a clinical role within the quality aspects of the laboratory.
• Good leadership skills.
• Evidence of ability to lead a clinical team at the level of consultant in a teaching hospital
• Effective administrative and time management skills
• Evidence of significant contribution to successful teamwork
• Articulate with excellent verbal and written communication skills (in English) suitable for patients, relatives and health care professionals
• Experience of formal and informal contributions to teaching and training
• Evidence of effective and sustained contribution to clinical governance, clinical risk management and clinical audit activities

• Peer reviewed publications Research grants, Experience of inpatient and outpatient management of infection and ward based infection consultations
• Experience of laboratory microbiology
• Evidence of ability to make decisions at consultant level and to manage complex clinical problems
• Effective teaching skills suitable for undergraduate & postgraduate teaching, supervision & appraisal
• Experience in supporting a microbiology laboratory service
• Experience of overseeing laboratory quality assurance / quality improvement
• Teacher training
• Prior supervisory experience/training, CCT in either Medical Microbiology OR Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases (proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of interview)
• Applicants that are non-UK trained, will be required to show evidence of equivalence to the UK CCT
• Full and Specialist Registration (and with licence to practice) with the General Medical Council (GMC), or be eligible for registration within six months of interview
• MBBS/MBChB
• Higher Medical Degree PhD/MD
• Other subspecialty interest, You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

We wish to appoint a full time (10 PAs) or less than full time Consultants in Clinical Microbiology to join an existing team of Clinical Microbiologists within Liverpool Clinical Laboratories.

The post will be suitable both for applicants from a clinical background who hold CCTs (or equivalent) in either Microbiology or joint accreditation in Infectious Diseases and Microbiology. The postholder will join a group of 14 consultants working across the fantastic city of Liverpool who deliver the clinical microbiology service to over 2000 inpatients, and the surrounding community services. There are many tertiary specialist units who require our expertise, including maxillofacial, bone marrow transplant, cardiothoracic surgery and neurosurgery We work closely with our  and the Tropical School of Medicine The laboratory is housed in a new, state of the art building on site at the Royal Liverpool Hospital.

Working alongside the laboratory is an integral part of this role, Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises…