Job summary
We are looking for enthusiastic and able Consultants in Infection to join the integrated Infection Service across the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust. This is a replacement post. We offer an exciting opportunity to practice clinical infection across a large Trust which includes tertiary and secondary care services and serves a diverse population of approximately 2 million people.
The post holder will work across the 4 hospital sites -- Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Good Hope Hospital and Solihull Hospital. They may also be required to support additional hospitals regionally eg, Royal Orthopaedic Hospital.
For further details, please review the job description and contact the following Clinical Service Leads on 0121 424 3354:
Dr Neil Jenkins, Clinical Service Lead for Infectious Diseases.
Dr Mimi Hamad, Clinical Service Lead for Microbiology
Main duties of the job
The post holder will have the opportunity to rotate across all clinical activities of the integrated infection service. This includeds inpatient work, a clinical infection consultant service, close working with Acute & General Internal Medicine, a regional Tuberculosis service, Military Services, Tropical Medicine, Viral Hepatitis, Complex Outpatient Antibiotic, Orthopaedic infection, HIV, Immunology & Allergy, Clinical Microbiology and Paediatrics.
The post-holder will participate in all clinical governance activities, including clinical audit, clinical effectiveness, risk management, quality improvement activities as required by the Trust, and external accrediting bodies.
The Direct Clinical Care PAs will be worked flexibly by agreement with consultant colleagues over as monthly blocks as part of an annualised job plan. There is no prospective cover provided within the weekly job plan. On-call out of hours will be shared between the Consultant team.
About us
We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.
Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:
Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.
UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.
University Hospitals Birmingham is a Smoke-Free premises hospital.
Job description
Job responsibilities
*To ensure effective communication systems are in place so that information flows in both directions between the Trust/Group Boards and front-line staff.
*To work with the management team and consultant colleagues to ensure that the specialty delivers its activity and operational targets (e.g. cancer, RTT and Unscheduled Care etc), and that the service remains within identified pay and non-pay budgets.
*The successful candidates are expected to be aware of local policies and procedures and comply with the standing orders and standing financial instructions of the Trusts.
*Consultant appointments are made to the University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust as a whole; as services are developed and changed, the base of posts may alter and any employee of the Trust will be expected, within an agreed clinical strategy, to move his/her sessions as the service requires. In particular, your attention is drawn to the fact that the post advertised may include routine evening and week-end working as part of the working arrangements and any applicant automatically agrees to undertake such work; the specific scheduling of such activities would be subject to further discussion and may be agreed at a later date in the future. This includes a move to 7 day/24 hour working in accordance with Trust governance and commissioning requirements.
*The post holder will hold other responsibilities as may be required to achieve the Trust's objectives, commensurate with the grading of the post.
Job description
Job responsibilities
*To ensure effective communication systems are in place so that information flows in both directions between the Trust/Group Boards and front-line staff.
*To work with the management team and consultant colleagues to ensure that the specialty delivers its activity and operational targets (e.g. cancer, RTT and Unscheduled Care etc), and that the service remains within identified pay and non-pay budgets.
*The successful candidates are expected to be aware of local policies and procedures and comply with the standing orders and standing financial instructions of the Trusts.
*Consultant appointments are made to the University Hospital Birmingham NHS Trust as a whole; as services are developed and changed, the base of posts may alter and any employee of the Trust will be expected, within an agreed clinical strategy, to move his/her sessions as the service requires. In particular, your attention is drawn to the fact that the post advertised may include routine evening and week-end working as part of the working arrangements and any applicant automatically agrees to undertake such work; the specific scheduling of such activities would be subject to further discussion and may be agreed at a later date in the future. This includes a move to 7 day/24 hour working in accordance with Trust governance and commissioning requirements.
*The post holder will hold other responsibilities as may be required to achieve the Trust's objectives, commensurate with the grading of the post.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *Full GMC Registration.
- *Entry on the Specialist Register, or within 6 months of CCT/CESR in Infectious Diseases.
- *MRCP (or evidence of equivalent training or experience).
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- *Full GMC Registration.
- *Entry on the Specialist Register, or within 6 months of CCT/CESR in Infectious Diseases.
- *MRCP (or evidence of equivalent training or experience).
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.
Applications 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 Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications 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 Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
