Job summary
We are looking to appoint enthusiastic, highly motivated and dynamic colleagues who will work well within the team and offer flexibility around delivery of infection services across the MFT footprint. The ideal candidate will have expertise across a broad range of Infectious Diseases and have a special interest in areas such as High Consequence Infections, Research, Education or Hepatitis.
The SRIDC is one of the busiest Infectious Diseases (ID) services in the country, providing secondary and tertiary infection expertise across Greater Manchester and the Northwest region of England. The ID team works closely with other infection services in MFT, including Microbiology, Virology, Mycology, Respiratory, Hepatology and Integrated Sexual Health.
The ID teams at NMGH and Wythenshawe hospitals are in the process of forming a Managed Single Service which will commence on 1st August 2023, resulting in one of the largest ID services in the country. In the future the Infectious Diseases Service will combine with the other infection services in MFT to become the largest infection department in the UK. Most of the post will be based at North Manchester General Hospital, with the potential to work some sessions at other MFT sites in the future.
Main duties of the job
The post holder(s) will work as part of a wider multi-disciplinary team alongside 9 other Infectious Diseases consultants, and a full multidisciplinary team, managing a broad range of infections.
Clinical:
- ID outpatient clinics with supervision of trainees and specialist nurses. Clinics are based at either primary, secondary or community care sites, as well as prisons.
- Provision of inpatient care to patients with infections on a specialist infection ward based at NMGH. The team offers care for patients with a range of infections
- Provision of NMGH based infection consult, AMS and bloodstream infection service supporting all NMGH based clinical services including critical care
- Provide consultant support for the Manchester Home IV service, alongside microbiology colleagues in MFT.
- Participation in multi-disciplinary teams including HIV, Hepatitis, Neuroradiology/ID, inpatient, complex infection MDT meetings
- Regional Infection advice service - available 24/7
- Provision of infectious diseases on-call service as part of an ID
- Consultant on call rota
SPA:
- Potential to lead the High Consequence Infectious Diseases or Undergraduate education programme
- Potential to work alongside other colleagues to deliver the infection research programme
- Clinical and educational supervision of doctors in training (locally employed and deanery)
- Undergraduate and postgraduate infection teaching
- Infection focused audit and quality improvement activity
About us
MFT is England's largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.5bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.
Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.
We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we've launched in September 2022.
We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.
At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the NHS England website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Job description
Job responsibilities
To find out more about the key responsibilities and the specific skills and experience youll need, take a look at the Job Description & Person Specification attachments under the Supporting Documents heading. So that youre even more equipped to make an informed decision to apply to us, youll need to take time to read the Candidate Essentials Guide that sits with the Job Description and Person Specification. This document provides you with details about the Trust, our benefits and outlines how we care for you as you care for others. Most importantly, it also contains critical information youll need to be aware of before you submit an application form.
COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not currently a condition of employment, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. If you are unvaccinated, there is helpful advice and information available by searching on the NHS England website where you can also find out more about how to access the vaccination.
Diversity Matters
MFT is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, celebrating and valuing diversity and eliminating any form of unlawful discrimination across our workforce, ensuring our people are truly representative of the communities we serve. All individuals regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation are encouraged to apply for this post. As an inclusive employer, we are here to support you. If you have any special requirements to help you with your application, email our team at resourcing@mft.nhs.uk.
Were looking forward to hearing from you!
Person Specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential
- Inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register (or be eligible for registration within six months of interview) for Infectious Diseases
- Applicants who are not UK-trained will be required to show evidence of equivalence to the UK CCT (in Infectious Diseases) and be eligible for registration on the GMC specialist register
- MRCP or an equivalent qualification
Desirable
- Additional postgraduate qualifications relevant to infection work, eg MSc, research degree, management qualifications.
Other
Essential
Experience
Essential
- Commitment to team working.
- Commitment to career development.
- Self-motivated, proactive, innovative.
- Practical experience in facilitating change.
Desirable
- Experience working as an ID consultant
- Staff management and training.
- Scientific publications, presentation at conferences, seminars, etc.
- Research experience
Skills
Essential
- Able to prioritise work and cope with change and uncertainty.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Experience in medical education: undergraduate and postgraduate
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Ensures delivery of a quality service.
- Able to implement policies and plans
- Effectively uses and allocates resources.
- Able to prioritise work, and work well against a background of change and uncertainty.
- Commitment to team-working, and respect and consideration for the skills of others.
- Reviews and manages progress.
- Adaptable to situations, can work with and interact with people of all capabilities and attitudes.
- Accountable for performance of self and others.
- Self-motivated, pro-active, and innovative
- High standards of professional probity.
- Empowers others to take responsibility.
- Able to develop and recognise the performance of others.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualifications
Essential
- Inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register (or be eligible for registration within six months of interview) for Infectious Diseases
- Applicants who are not UK-trained will be required to show evidence of equivalence to the UK CCT (in Infectious Diseases) and be eligible for registration on the GMC specialist register
- MRCP or an equivalent qualification
Desirable
- Additional postgraduate qualifications relevant to infection work, eg MSc, research degree, management qualifications.
Other
Essential
Experience
Essential
- Commitment to team working.
- Commitment to career development.
- Self-motivated, proactive, innovative.
- Practical experience in facilitating change.
Desirable
- Experience working as an ID consultant
- Staff management and training.
- Scientific publications, presentation at conferences, seminars, etc.
- Research experience
Skills
Essential
- Able to prioritise work and cope with change and uncertainty.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Experience in medical education: undergraduate and postgraduate
Personal Qualities
Essential
- Ensures delivery of a quality service.
- Able to implement policies and plans
- Effectively uses and allocates resources.
- Able to prioritise work, and work well against a background of change and uncertainty.
- Commitment to team-working, and respect and consideration for the skills of others.
- Reviews and manages progress.
- Adaptable to situations, can work with and interact with people of all capabilities and attitudes.
- Accountable for performance of self and others.
- Self-motivated, pro-active, and innovative
- High standards of professional probity.
- Empowers others to take responsibility.
- Able to develop and recognise the performance of others.
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).
