Consultant in Medical Microbiology

National health service; Basingstoke; On-site; GBP 114,000 - 151,000; Full time

Job summary

Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Basingstoke is seeking a Consultant in Medical Microbiology or Microbiology & Infectious Disease to take up an 8PA post, joining an established microbiology service. The role includes clinical duties, on-call responsibilities and close collaboration with infection prevention, antibiotic stewardship and departmental leadership.

The post requires full GMC registration with a licence to practise, CCT in Microbiology/Infectious Disease, and senior clinical

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Undertake result reporting in core hours.
• Respond to clinical and laboratory enquiries in line with RCPath KPIs.
• Provide out of hours clinical advice on a 1:7 rota including weekends, week nights and bank holidays.
• Remote access to LIMS and other Trust systems for on-call work.
• Ensure important findings reach requesting clinicians promptly and advise on action.
• Participate in ward rounds and management of patients in hospital and community.
• Supervise and support junior doctors and trainee clinical scientists.
• Liaise with infection prevention team and DIPC for outbreak management and infection control input.
• Support leads for antibiotic usage, Infection Control and department management.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

IT skills

LIMS knowledge

Education

MBBS or equivalent

GMC registration

MRCP (UK) & FRCPath

CCT in Microbiology/Infectious Disease

Entry onto GMC specialist register

UK NHS experience

Tools

LIMS

Job description

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.

About us

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.

Details

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

Professional Qualifications

• EssentialFull 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
• DesirableUK/NHS experience

Clinical Experience

• EssentialAbility to demonstrate a high level of clinical experience and competence in the management of infection & Antimicrobial StewardshipExperience of ward based clinical microbiology liaison & consultation.
• DesirableExperience in Antibiotic Review/Stewardship ServiceExperience in care of inpatients & outpatients with HIV, TB, HepatitisOutpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy Service; Infection Clinic experiencePrevious experience as Infection Control DoctorAttendance at relevant courses

Clinical Skills

• EssentialLaboratory & Clinical experience in bacteriology, virology, mycology & parasitologyGood IT skills/experience of LaboratoryInformation Management Systems (LIMS)
• DesirableDemonstration of research experience in clinical microbiologyGood Clinical Practice (GCP) training & certification

Research & Teaching

• EssentialUnderstanding of clinical governance and the individual responsibilities it impliesKnowledge of the principles of clinical audit and evidence of participationExperience of teaching / training junior medical staff
• DesirableExperience of teaching medical studentExperience of supervising trainee Microbiologists

Other Specific Requirement

• EssentialAbility to communicate effectively with clinical colleagues and support staffExcellent communication skills in both spoken and written EnglishAbility to present effectively to an audience, using a variety of methods, and to respond to questions and queriesAbility to develop effective working relationships on an individual and multi- disciplinary basis with all levels of staffAbility to organise and prioritise workload & to delegate responsiblyAbility to take responsibility and show evidence of leadership

Discovery and Barring Service Check

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 SponsorshipApplications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab). From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab). UK RegistrationApplicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name: Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Hampshire Hospitals Aldermaston Road Basingstoke RG24 9NA United Kingdom
Employer's website: [website not provided]

Job summary

This appointment is for an exciting clinical position in an active and friendly Clinical Microbiology/Infection service. We are looking for a Consultant in Medical Microbiology or Microbiology & Infectious Disease to take up an 8PA consultant post as a replacement to join our existing team of consultants. The team is supported by two excellent OPAT nurses, 2 HSST trainees, 1 STP trainee, 1 clinical scientist, 2 LTFT SpRs and 2 FY2s (one shared with GU medicine). The department operates a two-consultant duty model during normal working hours with one covering Basingstoke & North Hampshire Hospital (BNHH), one covering Royal Hampshire County Hospital, Winchester (RHCH), as well as providing advice to primary care. Authorisation of laboratory results is shared between the consultant team and a clinical scientist. The laboratory scientific team are based in the Microbiology laboratory at Basingstoke Hospital. There is an essential services laboratory at RHCH which