Consultant in Microbiology/Infectious Disease or Microbiology/Virology

NHS; Scunthorpe; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS Trust is seeking a Consultant in Microbiology/Infectious Disease or Microbiology/Virology. The role involves providing high-quality healthcare across multiple sites and offers opportunities for teaching and research. The successful candidate will lead a team and ensure excellent clinical services in a supportive environment.

Qualifications

• Evidence of thorough training in Medical Microbiology and Infection Control.
• Applicants must have a special interest.

Responsibilities

• Ensure provision of a first-class clinical service.
• Provide effective leadership to junior doctors and medical students.

Skills

Leadership

Training Skills

Management ability

Education

Full and specialist registration with the GMC

Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT)

FRCPath

MRCP

PhD

Job description

Go back Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust

Consultant in Microbiology/Infectious Disease or Microbiology/Virology

The closing date is 18 May 2025

We are looking for Consultants in Infection. These two cross-site posts will bring together Infection care in the Humber Health Partnership; it includes the Microbiology Service covering the Path Links network and the combined Department of Infection at Hull University Teaching Hospitals. Path Links is a partnership between United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust (ULH) and North Lincolnshire and Goole (NLaG) Foundation Trust. The Department of Infection includes the Infectious Diseases service and the clinical microbiology service at Hull University Teaching Hospitals. The appointee will be able to choose their hospital base within the Path Links network and will be expected to provide cross cover duties to other hospitals covered by Path Links.

There is a one in six out of hours commitment and attracts 10 programmed activities per week. The employing organisation is North Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust on behalf of the Humber Healthcare Partnership. The Microbiology team sit within the Specialist Cancer & Support Services Care Group.

The successful applicant will have the opportunity to be appointed as Honorary Senior Lecturer at Hull York Medical School (HYMS). This honorary appointment is in recognition of contribution to teaching and research and holders of honorary titles may request access to HYMS and University premises and facilities, systems, and library services.

JD Approved by the Royal College

AAC Date TBC

Main duties of the job

As a senior employee of the NLAG Trust the post-holder will work in close co-operation with, and support, other clinical, medical, professional and managerial colleagues in providing high quality healthcare to the Trust's patients.

Integral to the responsibilities of the post are the following requirements:-

• To ensure the provision of a first class clinical service
• To provide effective leadership to junior doctors and medical students
• To undertake all work in accordance with the Trust's procedures and operating policies
• To conduct clinical practice in accordance with contractual requirements and within the parameters of the Trust's and Operational Group's services plans

To view a full job description and person specification please see attachments on this advert.

About us

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

Job responsibilities

As a Trust we are keen to offer and encourage flexible working opportunities to address health and wellbeing and work-life balance for our employees, this will have a positive impact on the care we provide.

Flexible working is part of a wider commitment to improve the quality and experience of working life and we recognise that it is a key contributor for the recruitment and retention of our employees.

We therefore support and encourage open conversations around a specific working pattern to suit your work-life balance or a multi-role career, if it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

Local flexible working arrangements are developed in partnership between the line manager and employee in order to ensure equality of access to flexible working, as far as practicable, regardless of role, shift pattern, team or pay, based on: patient/service user and staff experience, service delivery and work-life balance of colleagues.

We are committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to carry out their duties to the best of their abilities. As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to support the effective care of our patients.

We strongly value the different perspectives and ideas a diverse workforce brings to deliver better outcomes for our patients. We welcome applications irrespective of peoples age, disability, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or other personal circumstances.

In line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the Recruitment & Workforce team will use and hold your personal data for the intended purpose and in line with the Recruitment & Workforce Privacy Statement.

We are committed to safeguarding the welfare of children/vulnerable adults and expect the same commitment from all staff and volunteers.

Please be aware that all newemployees starting work with us will be charged for the cost of their DBS check, if it is required for their role.

Should we receive a high volume of applications the advert may be closed earlier than stated. To view a full job description and person specification please see attachments on this advert

To learn more about Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust, and discover the unique benefits on offer to employees, view our latest videos, plus more, please visit our recruitment website at

https://join.humberhealthpartnership.nhs.uk/

Person Specification

Education

• Full and specialist registration (and a license to practice) with the General Medical Council (GMC) (or eligible for registration within six months of interview)
• Applicants that are UK trained, must ALSO be a holder of a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), or be within six months of award of CCT by date of interview. Applicants that are non-UK trained, will be required to show evidence of equivalence to the UK CCT
• FRCPath or show evidence of its equivalent qualification
• Applicants have undertaken undergraduate medical training in English OR have the following scores in the academic lnternational English Language Testing System (IELTS) - Overall 7.5, Speaking 7, Listening 7, Reading 7, Writing 7 OR have achieved at least grade B in the medicine version of the Occupational English Test, in each area, speaking, listening, reading & writing
• Other relevant higher qualification e.g MRCP / DTM&H, PhD / MD

Experience/Skills

• oEvidence of thorough and broad training and experience in Medical Microbiology and Infection Control
• oEvidence of a special interest
• oManagement ability and understanding (or willingness to learn)
• oTraining Skills

Disclosure 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.

Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust