Senior Clinical Fellow - Microbiology

NHS; Liverpool; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 74,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Liverpool is seeking a Senior Clinical Fellow in Microbiology. The role involves clinical consultations, advising on laboratory testing, and authorising laboratory reports. Qualified candidates should have an MBBS/MBChB and experience in clinical microbiology. The position offers a salary range of £65,048 to £73,992 per annum and is fixed-term until August 2026.

Qualifications

• MBBS/MBChB or equivalent medical qualification.
• Full GMC registration required.
• Evidence of completion of CMT or equivalent is mandatory.

Responsibilities

• Clinical review of new culture reports including blood cultures.
• Providing clinical advice and authorisation of laboratory reports.
• Engaging with Infection Prevention and Control.

Skills

Clinical microbiology experience

Educational supervision

Infection control knowledge

Clinical judgement

Education

MBBS/MBChB or equivalent medical qualification

Full GMC registration

MRCP or equivalent

Infection/microbiology related qualification

Job description

Go back Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Senior Clinical Fellow - Microbiology

The closing date is 01 October 2025

Senior Clinical Fellow - Microbiology 40 Hours per week Fixed Term until August 2026 This advert is for working in the Microbiology Department in Liverpool Clinical Laboratories as a Clinical Fellow. We provide microbiology laboratory and clinical services to a wide range of hospitals and community care provides. We also run the national Brucella reference laboratory.

Main duties of the job

Clinical Microbiology Clinical Fellow post to cover the following

Clinical consults service - clinical review of new culture reports including blood cultures and sterile fluids. Follow up of complex cases. A key member of the IE MDT

Clinical telephone advice - call lines open 9am - 5pm providing advice to users around laboratory testing, result interpretation and complex clinical queries

Authorisation - reviewing laboratory reports and authorising for our users

About us

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust comprises Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital & Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

We are part of NHS University Hospitals of Liverpool Group, formed on 1 Nov 2024 from the coming together of LUHFT and Liverpool Women's NHS Foundation Trust. The Group was born from a shared aim to improve the care we provide our patients.

UHLG is one of the largest employers in the region, with over 16,800 colleagues dedicated to caring for our communities - from birth and beyond.

For the 630,000 people across Merseyside, we are their local NHS. We provide general and emergency hospital care, alongside highly specialised regional services for more than two million people in the North West.

Aintree University Hospital is the single receiving site for adult major trauma patients in Cheshire and Merseyside and hosts a number of regional services including an award-winning stroke facility. Broadgreen Hospital is home to elective surgical, diagnostic and treatment services, together with specialist patient rehabilitation. Liverpool Women's Hospital specialises in the health of women and babies, delivering over 7,200 babies in the UK's largest single site maternity hospital each year. The Royal Liverpool University Hospital is the largest hospital in the country to provide inpatients with 100% single bedrooms and focuses on complex planned care and specialist services.

For roles at Liverpool Women's, visit their careers page.

Job responsibilities

As above, to be a key member of the team and under supervision carry out clinical consults, phones and authorising. You will progress to covering ITU ward rounds and other specialist ward rounds across the Trusts we work with.

You will work within the laboratory carrying out bench round reviews, and engage with Infection Prevention and Control as well as Public Health - UKHSA

Person Specification

Qualifications

• MBBS/MBChB or equivalent medical qualification
• Full GMC registration
• Evidence of completion of CMT or equivalent
• MRCP or equivalent
• Infection/microbiology related qualification, e.g., Diploma in Medical Microbiology, MSc in Microbiology, DTM&H
• Evidence of continuing professional updating

Experience

• Clinical microbiology or Infectious disease experience
• Demonstrate an appropriate knowledge base
• Ability to apply sound clinical judgements to problems.
• Experience of Microbiology & Infection patient management
• Experience of Educational Supervision, teaching skills, developing Infection or Microbiology teaching and training programmes
• Evidence of relevant academic and research achievements e.g., prizes, awards, publications etc.
• Experience of the practice of clinical governance and audit - specialist and multidisciplinary
• Experience of clinical specialties where there is a significant component of infection, including infectious diseases, haematology/ oncology or ITU or HDU
• Knowledge of specialist areas such as infection control
• Publications in peer review publications
• Presentations or Posters at conferences

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.

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

£65,048 to £73,992 a year per annum, pro rata