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    Stroke Consultant - Ipswich, United Kingdom - East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust

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    Job overview

    An opportunity has arisen to join our team at the Ipswich base within ESNEFT.

    We are inviting applications for a full-time substantive post in the ESNEFT infection service, suitable for candidate on the specialist register with a qualification in Medical Microbiology, consultants dual accredited in Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases or Consultant Clinical Scientists who have completed a training programme in Medical Microbiology.

    For medical consultants qualifications required are FRCPath(UK) or equivalent, full GMC registration, and inclusion on the Specialist Register of the General Medical Council in Medical Microbiology or Microbiology/Infectious Diseases and within six months of CCT or its equivalent at interview date.

    Candidates applying as Consultant Clinical Scientists are expected to have completed a recognised Higher Speciality Scientific Training programme (HSST) in Medical Microbiology and to have completed the FRCPath(UK) examinations for infection training.

    Our Enhanced Welcome package includes an additional £20,000 and relocation costs to thank you for choosing to work at our trust and your new journey with ESNEFT.

    Main duties of the job

    This job description is intended to cover the main parts of the post only. Applicants are invited to enquire regarding any point(s) they are unsure about.

    (a) To provide leadership in the management, provision and development of Microbiology and Infection Control Services for the department.

    (b) To undertake laboratory work including advice regarding diagnostic samples, validation and interpretation of results and involvement in agreeing policies and procedures for the examination of samples.

    (c) To participate in the diagnosis and management of individual patients by liaison with patients, clinicians and other hospital and community staff.

    (d) To be involved in business planning, introduction of new methods and forward planning for staff and equipment.

    (e) To regularly and systematically review all departmental policies, SOPs and protocols in line with Trust policy on document control and risk management strategy.

    (f) To maintain effective communication and engagement with clinical colleagues and other service users, including consultants in communicable disease control and health protection.

    (g) To advise on Infection control issues in conjunction with microbiology and infection control nursing colleagues.

    (h) To act as the infection control lead for ESNEFT.

    Working for our organisation

    One of the largest Trust's in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients' own homes. You will be joining a team of almost 12,000 amazing colleagues providing care to approximately a million people. We're investing more than £150million over five years in a capital building programme to transform services at our hospitals and make sure patients and staff have the best possible environments.

    At Ipswich Hospital

  • We are building a new Urgent Treatment Centre and Emergency Department in 2024 – a single front door to help make sure patients are seen promptly and by the right specialist team.
  • We are also building a £9.1million specialist laparoscopic surgery hub, and a new £7million Children's department
  • Recently opened – a £5.3million state-of-the-art Breast Care Centre and a £5.3million pathology molecular lab
  • Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.

    Find out about living and working with us -

    Find out about our new Elective Orthopaedic Centre

    Detailed job description and main responsibilities

    This is a whole time post consisting of Programmed Activities (or equivalent for Consultant Clinical Scientist) which can include on-call commitments. This post attracts 8 are for direct clinical care (DCC), 2 supporting professional activity (SPA), and an additional PA is paid for the out-of-hours on-call commitment (1:5) attracting at the highest frequency rate.

    The team work closely together and all have infection control responsibilities as part of normal clinical responsibilities.

    Specialist roles such as Infection Control Leads and Antimicrobial Stewardship leads are expected to be rotated around clinical colleagues under agreement and will be factored into DCC for the purpose of job planning.

    Any candidate who is unable for personal reasons to work full-time will be eligible to be considered. If such a person is appointed, modification of the job content will be discussed on a personal basis with the department/hospital in consultation with clinical colleagues. If the person appointed elects to undertake a maximum part-time contract, they will be required to devote substantially the whole of their professional time to the duties of the post.

    Consultants who are not required to be on-site for clinical duties are able to work remotely, and some aspects of the Colchester site clinical service may be provided remotely as well on rotation with other members of the service.

    Person specification

    Professional Registration

    Essential criteria

  • Full and specialist registration (and a licence to practise with the General Medical Council (GMC) (or eligible for registration within six months of interview)
  • For Consultant Clinical Scientists: Completion of HSST training programme in Medical Microbiology/Infection
  • FRCPath or show evidence of equivalent
  • Applicants that are non-UK trained; they will be required to show evidence of equivalence to the UK CCT Clinical
  • Experience

    Essential criteria

  • Broad experience of the clinical and laboratory aspects of Microbiology and /or Virology
  • Ability to participate in general microbiology on call cover rota

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