Consultant in Medical Microbiology/ Infectious Diseases

The Great Western Hospitals NHS FT; Swindon; On-site; GBP 78,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare facility in Swindon seeks a Medical Microbiologist to lead infection management and provide clinical services. Responsibilities include ensuring quality standards, teaching, and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams. Ideal candidates will have prior experience in quality assurance and a strong commitment to enhancing patient care. This role offers dynamic clinical challenges within a supportive team environment.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate and postgraduate teaching experience is required.
• Experience in leading infection management initiatives.
• Proven ability to work collaboratively with medical teams.

Responsibilities

• Taking a leadership role within the Trust in infection management.
• Providing comprehensive infection services and direct clinical care.
• Engaging in departmental meetings and committees.

Skills

Leadership in infection management

Clinical care

Communication with multidisciplinary teams

Quality assurance performance

Quality standard compliance

Education

Consultant in Medical Microbiology

Job description

A Vacancy at Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

We are looking for Medical Microbiologists to join our existing team of 4 consultants in the department of Microbiology at Great Western Hospitals.

The appointees will cover a total of 13 PAs over one/two posts, with flexibility over how this is divided depending on individual requirements. Over the next year, we are aiming to broaden the scope of microbiology services offered at Great Western and are therefore particularly interested to hear from infectious diseases/medical microbiology jointly trained candidates who would be interested in helping us to drive transformation and service improvements for our patients.

GWH is part of the South 4 Pathology Partnership and works in close collaboration with Oxford University Hospitals, Buckinghamshire Healthcare, and Milton Keynes in the delivery and development of microbiology services. The appointees will be encouraged to develop strong working relationships with the medical microbiology team at OUH, and to take advantage of academic research and ongoing CPD opportunities offered. More formal support or mentoring could also be explored if desired for early career consultants.

Responsibilities

• Taking a leadership role within the Trust/ hospital / Health Board in matters relating to infection management.
• Provision of a comprehensive infection service. This includes direct clinical care and proactive liaison in a timely manner with consultant colleagues, other hospital staff, medical microbiology colleagues, Genito-Urinary Medicine physicians and lead respiratory physicians for tuberculosis management, general practitioners, antibiotic pharmacists, IPC nurses, health protection consultants and CCDCs concerning the diagnosis and management of patients, and control and prevention of infection.
• Regular departmental visits and commitments to specific units including Intensive Care, Haematology/Oncology, Medical/Surgical admission units, regular and ad hoc visits to wards, and departmental commitment to IPC.
• Regular departmental commitments to committees such as IPC meetings, Medicines Management Committee, Antibiotic Working Group, Sepsis Working group, Pathology Directorate meetings, Microbiology Management Committee
• Regular commitments to Orthopedic multidisciplinary team (MDT), Diabetic/ High Risk Foot MDT, Cardiology and antibiotic pharmacy rounds.
• Development of sub-specialty interests that fit in with Division needs and the strategic direction of the Trust.
• Responsibilities for teaching, examination and accreditation duties are required, and for contributing to undergraduate and post-graduate and continuing medical education.

STAR Values

• Service: We will put our patients first
• Teamwork: We will work together
• Ambition: We will aspire to provide the best service
• Respect: We will act with integrity

The hospital is conveniently placed on the outskirts of Swindon with excellent travel links, it is just 5 minutes from junction 15 of the M4, 75 miles from London and 35 miles from Bristol. It is in the midst of beautiful countryside, sitting at the foot of the Marlborough Downs and just south of the Cotswolds.

Additional Responsibilities for All Consultants

• Day-to-day supervision of diagnostic methods and examination of specimens.
• Authorisation and interpretation of results.
• Involvement in Policy and Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) preparation.
• Responsibility for quality assurance performance within the department, including taking part in all relevant External Quality Assurance programmes.
• Responsibility for achieving and maintaining full accreditation with United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) ISO15189 or equivalent. This also includes accreditation of Infection During Pregnancy Screening (IDPS) services by UKAS.
• Business planning, including the assessment and introduction of new methods, and forward planning for staff and equipment requirements.

Please find attached a full job description and person specification.

This advert closes on Monday 24 Nov 2025