Consultant Microbiologist

Job responsibilities

Consultant Medical Microbiologist Duties:

The appointee will, together with the other Consultant Microbiologists, be responsible for the provision of a comprehensive, efficient, and cost-effective clinical microbiology, and virology service to the Trust and other users of the service. This includes visits to the wards to see patients as appropriate. Whilst the post is based on the St Helier site there is an office available for use on the Epsom site and this post has time allocated on the Epsom Hospital site to undertake clinical rounds to provide antimicrobial stewardship, clinical management advice and liaison.

In addition this post comes with 1 PA (in the first instance) allocated to undertake specialist clinical infection work dependent upon the particular area of interest. Of note, the Trust currently does not have a formal OPAT service and it would be an area of potential development for a suitable candidate to lead on working to develop this service in the future.

The Consultants maintain close links with all clinical staff in the Trust and also local General Practitioners.

All microbiology consultants will be expected to contribute to the following:

day-to-day supervision of diagnostic methods and examination of specimens

authorisation and interpretation of results

involvement in policy and SOP preparation

responsibility for quality assurance performance within the department, including taking part in all relevant National External Quality Assurance (NEQAS) programmes.

responsibility for achieving and maintaining full accreditation with UKAS, or an equivalent agency

business planning, including the assessment and introduction of new methods, and forward planning for staff and equipment requirements.

antibiotic stewardship liaison with clinical teams

clinical liaison with medical teams (primarily Same Day Emergency Care) to manage complex infections requiring prolonged courses of antibiotics and give advice and guidance on management

Teaching and Training

1. To share responsibility with other Consultants for the recruitment, appointment, and supervision of junior medical staff in accordance with Trust policies.
2. To devote time on a regular basis for teaching and training of junior medical staff and other Trust staff, contributing as appropriate to post-graduate and continuing medical education.
3. To devote time, through agreement on a regular basis for teaching and training of medical students as part of agreed teaching arrangements with the Undergraduate School.
4. Teaching and participating in professional education at regional and national level is also encouraged and supported.

Management & Governance

1. To be responsible for the management, appraisal and discipline of junior doctors who are attached to you, after taking appropriate advice, where appropriate.

2. To maintain personal and professional development. The post holder will be expected to register with their respective Royal College for the purpose of CME/CPD and to fulfil the requirements of that registration.

3. To provide advice, as required to the Executive and Trust board, General Practitioners, and other interested parties, on the provision of planning of clinical services locally, regionally and nationally in keeping with confidentiality agreements relating to Trust business.

4. To co-operate in the present framework agreement of management arrangements.

5. To fully participate in Clinical Governance arrangements across the Trust including participation in clinical audit, research (where appropriate), pursuing an agreed agenda with colleagues and the Trust Board and fully co-operating in implementing the results in order to achieve best practice.

6. To participate, on at least an annual basis in consultant appraisal and job planning reviews.

7. To comply with Trust policies and procedures where appropriate.

8. To ensure that all intellectual property rights of the Trust are observed.

Qualifications

Essential

• Hold a medical qualification or qualification registered with the GMC
• Full and specialist registration (and with a licence to practise) with the General Medical Council (GMC) (or be 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.
• Appropriate higher medical qualification i.e. FRCPath or equivalent

Desirable

• MRCP or equivalent
• CCT in Infectious Diseases
• MD or equivalent higher degree or evidence of relevant research

Clinical Experience

Essential

• Broad expertise with high standard of clinical skill and expertise in the specialty
• Able to contribute to the full range of skills required for the on-call rota for the specialty.
• Able to take responsibility for delivering service without direct supervision.

Management & Administrative Experience

Essential

• Evidence of participation in Audit and understanding of underlying principles
• Broad range of IT skills. Has attended a recognised management training event or will have such training on completion of CCT.
• Supervision of post graduate trainees
• Ability to organise in-patient and out-patient waiting lists.
• Understanding of Clinical Governance and the individual responsibilities it implies

Desirable

• Familiarity with issues of service organisation and development

Teaching Experience

Essential

• Experience of teaching undergraduate and postgraduate trainees
• Ability to teach clinical skills

Desirable

• Experience of supervising junior doctors
• Experience of teaching basic clinical skills to undergraduates and postgraduates
• Ability to supervise postgraduate research.

Research Experience

Essential

• Experience of clinical trials
• Ability to contribute to change management.
• Ability to apply research findings to clinical problems.

Desirable

• Publications in peer review journals

Personal Attributes

Essential

• Ability to work under pressure and cope with setbacks.
• Ability to take responsibility and show evidence of leadership.
• Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Willingness to work with Consultant colleagues and management to maintain and develop a comprehensive service.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).