Consultant in Infectious Diseases and Microbiology - Nottingham, United Kingdom - Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust

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Nottingham, United Kingdom

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Description

Consultant

Main area

Medical Microbiology

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Grade

Consultant

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Contract

Permanent

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Hours

Full time 10 sessions per week (Please refer to the job description for detailed information.)

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Site

Queens Medical Centre

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Town

Nottingham

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Salary
- £88,364 - £119,133 per annum
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Salary period

Yearly

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Closing

07/06/2023 08:00

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Interview date

20/07/2023Job overview

Applications are invited for a Consultant in Infectious Diseases and Microbiology at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust.
There are currently three vacant Consultant posts within the Infection and Microbiology service at Nottingham University Hospitals:1x Infectious Diseases Consultant

1x Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Consultant (This post)
1x OPAT Consultant combined with either Microbiology or Infectious Diseases.

Main duties of the job

Each post is a substantive post with 10 programmed activities per week. These posts have arisen from an expansion of Infection and Microbiology services. The posts encompass both Queens Medical Centre and the City Campus of Nottingham University Hospital.

The post-holders will also be expected to undertake undergraduate and postgraduate teaching to doctors and nurses, clinical audit, management activities and work in a multidisciplinary team.

Working for our organisation

The Microbiology laboratory is a large NHS laboratory serving both NUH campuses, as well as Nottinghamshire Healthcare Trust and Clinical Commissioning Groups with a total population of ~640,000.

The department is actively involved in the clinical management of microbiological and virological infection with regular ward rounds and liaison with the specialist units, works closely with colleagues in Infectious Diseases and supports antimicrobial stewardship within the trust and community.

The Infectious Diseases and OPAT (Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy) Department is based at the City Campus.

For the OPAT service there will be review of patients in the Intravenous Infusion Centre, review via virtual ward rounds and face to face in clinic.

There will be liaison with a wide variety of specialties.

At City Campus there is a 13 bed, dedicated Infectious Disease Ward, which has seven en-suite side rooms, five with monitored, negative pressure ventilation.

The ward has recently been refurbished.

Patients are admitted from the emergency medical admission wards, transferred from other departments within the Trust, or other hospitals within the region.

Patients with a wide range of infections are seen including HIV, tuberculosis, returned travellers, community and hospital acquired infections, and pyrexia of unknown origin.

Duties in Infectious Diseases include contributions to an outpatient clinic, inpatient care and out of hours on call.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please refer to the job description for detailed information regarding the post.

Person specification

Training & Qualifications

Essential criteria

Full GMC registration Eligible to be included on the Specialist Register
CCT in Infectious Diseases and Microbiology expected within 6 months of interview date
FRCPath in Medical Microbiology by examination or evidence of equivalent training and experience.
Evidence of continuing professional development (existing consultants must be able to demonstrate active participation in a recognised CPD scheme)

Desirable criteria

Higher professional degree e.g. MSc / MD / PhD

Practical requirments

Essential criteria

Ability to travel between City Hospital Campus and Queen's Medical Centre campus

Clinical skills/Experience

Essential criteria

Evidenced technical and clinical skills as described in the job description
Able to communicate effectively and appropriately with patients, their families and other health professionals.
Experience of working within antimicrobial stewardship, infection control, or similar multidisciplinary infection teams
Demonstrates good written and verbal communication skills

Desirable criteria

Specific training in communication skills
Specific training in patient safety and/or human factors
Experience in delivering highquality presentations

Management Skills

Essential criteria

Able to develop, present and operationalise coherent ideas for service development/delivery.
Demonstrates ability to foster and promote the delivery of the clinical diagnostic services of the laboratory
Able to delegate appropriately.
Able to work effectively in a team.
Able to support junior staff effectively.

Desirable criteria

Higher degree/qualification/ specific training in clinical leadership or management
Experience in managing change in service delivery of a clinical and/or diagnostic microbiology service
Experience of leading an antimicrobial stewardship, infection control team, or similar multidisciplinary infection team
Evidence of leadership i