Locum Consultant in Infection

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

Job summary

An esteemed NHS Trust seeks a full-time Locum Consultant in Infection for a 12-month role. The consultant will handle infection management, assist in team meetings, and ensure high standards of clinical care. Ideal candidates will possess strong leadership and clinical experience in microbiology, along with a valid GMC registration.

Qualifications

• Requires GMC registration and primary medical qualification.
• CCT in microbiology or joint CCT in infectious diseases.
• Experience in clinical supervision and infection management is essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide input to infection management and participate in multidisciplinary team meetings.
• Be involved in undergraduate teaching and clinical supervision.
• Participate in the infection service consultant on-call rota.

Skills

Clinical Leadership

Infection Management

Communication

Organization

Education

Primary Medical Qualification

Full GMC registration

Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in microbiology

Job description

Go back Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Locum Consultant in Infection

The closing date is 07 July 2025

This post is for a full-time Locum Consultant in Infection for 12 months, to work within an evolving Infection Service based in the Department of Pathology at Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (LTHTR). The Consultants offer a 24-hour advisory service to clinicians and other clients of the service. The size and nature of the Trust inevitably means that this is a busy and demanding role, involving response to numerous telephone requests for advice, ward rounds, multi-disciplinary team (MDT) meetings and clinical liaison, both ward-and telephone-based. Participation in the joint ward round with the Antimicrobial Pharmacist and rounds on other specialist unit's e.g. critical care, Neurosurgery, Orthopaedics, Surgery, Nephrology, will be agreed among the consultants according to personal interest & may rotate between the consultants with mutual agreement. Currently some of the ward rounds and MDTs are taking place through Microsoft Teams.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will:

• Provide input where required to infection management of patients and contribute to Microbiology Multidisciplinary team meetings.
• Participation in the joint ward round with the Antimicrobial Pharmacist and rounds on other specialist unit's e.g. critical care, Neurosurgery, Orthopaedics, Surgery, will be agreed among the consultants according to personal interest & may rotate between the consultants with mutual agreement. Currently some of the ward rounds and MDTs are taking place through Microsoft Teams.
• Be involved in the management of patients on the OPAT service.
• Be involved in the Undergraduate Teaching of medical students.
• Be involved in the clinical supervision of Higher Specialist Scientific Training.
• Participate in the Infection Service Consultant on-call rota (one in 6) for Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
• Assume a continuous commitment for care of patients, even if employed less than full-time and ensure that adequate arrangements are made for leave and off duty periods.
• Promote high professional standards of clinical care for patients, both direct patient care and by the maintenance of continuing professional development.
• Develop links with General Practitioners operating in the area.

About us

The Microbiology Laboratory at Royal Preston Hospital was built in 1989 is situated in the Department of Pathology at Royal Preston Hospital. It is accredited for its clinical work by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (Excluding Andrology). Equipment includes BactAlert Blood Culture System, Vitek 2 organism identification and antibiotic sensitivity testing system, Maldi-Tof mass spectrometer for organism identification and UF5000i urine analysers in bacteriology. In virology, a range of molecular testing is undertaken using three Roche cobas 4800 automated extraction platforms, the Hologic Panther and Cepheid GeneXpert. Automated serological analysis is performed with the Roche Cobas e601 analyser for high volume screening supported by Diasorin Liaison XL for other investigations. The Department is accredited for the training of BMS staff and is approved for the training of medically qualified Microbiologists. Specialist Trainees of appropriate experience participate in the rota at a level compliant with European Working Time Directive and are always supervised by a named consultant. Currently this means that on occasions, the consultant will be second on-call, supporting the Specialist Trainee who is first on-call.

Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached Job description, Person specification and Specialty/ Trust Brochure for further details on: What we can offer Job Plan/On-call Requirements The Team

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Primary Medical Qualification
• Applicants that are non-UK trained, will be required to show evidence of equivalence to the UK CCT
• Full GMC registration
• Other relevant higher degrees
• Applicants that are UK trained must be a holder of a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), in microbiology or joint CCT in infectious diseases and microbiology or be within six months of award of CCT by date of interview.

Experience and Skills

• Trained Clinical Supervisor
• Must be able to demonstrate a high level of clinical experience and competence in the management of Infection and laboratory liaison.
• Trained Educational Supervisor
• Experience of Infection Prevention, Antibiotic Review Service and Outpatient Antimicrobial Therapy.
• Experience in other medical specialities.

Management

• Evidence of Clinical Leadership
• Evidence of commitment to audit and improving clinical practice/service development
• Attendance at recognised management course.

Research and Development

• Evidence of interest in personal development e.g. through research and/or publications

Health

• Meets professional health requirements in line with GMC Standards/ Good Medical Practice

Personal

• Evidence of effective communication skills
• Good organisation skills (with examples)
• Works well within a multidisciplinary environment
• Resident within 30 minutes travel time to Preston / Chorley.
• Car owner / Driver

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.

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

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Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust