Consultant in Infection - Hereford, United Kingdom - Wye Valley NHS Trust

Wye Valley NHS Trust

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Hereford, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Description

The appointee, together with the existing colleagues, will be responsible for the provision of a comprehensive, efficient, and cost-effective clinical microbiology, virology and infection prevention and control service to Wye Valley NHS Trust and other users of the service

Specialist virology services are accessed via University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire

Responsibilities of the post include direct clinical care (DCC) and proactive liaison in a timely manner with consultant colleagues, other hospital staff, medical microbiology colleagues and lead respiratory physicians for tuberculosis management, GPs, and the antimicrobial pharmacist.

GUM is outsourced to a private provider with no clinical input from WVT.

Wye Valley NHS Trust is a member of an NHS Foundation Group with South Warwickshire NHS FT and the George Eliot Hospital NHS Trust.

Located on the border with Wales in the shadow of the Black Mountains, we provide acute and community services across Herefordshire and into parts of Powys and run Hereford County Hospital and the community hospitals in Bromyard, Leominster and Ross-on-Wye.

We are a progressive and forward looking trust with ambitious plans to improve quality and integrate patient pathways through close collaborative working with our partners to deliver the quality of care wed want for our family and friends.

More than 3,500 people work for the Trust they tell us it's a great place to work, blending the busyness of a DGH with the benefits of working in a beautiful rural and unspoilt county like Herefordshire.

We can offer a great work-life balance and have a fine tradition of working with staff to help them achieve their full potential.

Our values -Care, Accountability, Respect and Excellence - are at the heart of all we do. We believe in providing the right care in the right place at the right time all the time.

The appointee, together with the existing colleagues, will be responsible for the provision of a comprehensive, efficient, and cost-effective clinical microbiology, virology and infection prevention and control service to WVT and other users of the service

Specialist virology services are accessed via University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire

Clinical practice and liaison

GUM is outsourced to a private provider with no clinical input from WVT.

There is an 0.1 wte antimicrobial pharmacist, a business case has been approved to increase provision to 0.5wte. This post is supported by an antimicrobial pharmacist technician

The consultants in infection share clinical duties. There is an ITU ward round daily.

The consultants in infection attend 3 MDTs - TB and NTM 3 monthly: prosthetic joint infections monthly and OPAT weekly.

This latter consists of pharmacy and the community nurses. The consultant in charge of the patient retains clinical responsibility.

The consultants in infection also alternate attendance at a multi-disciplinary clinic for patients with infected diabetic foot ulcers which occurs every fortnight.

The consultant in infection who leads on antimicrobial stewardship attends the Medicines Safety Committee; chairs the 6 monthly Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee and meets monthly with the antimicrobial stewardship team.

The head of department attends pathology board

The appointee will take equal (or an appropriate share of) responsibility for departmental commitments.

The apportionment and possible rotation of roles will be decided between the appointee and the existing medical staff

Laboratory

All medical staff will normally be expected to contribute to the following:

Day-to-day supervision of diagnostic methods and examination of specimens
Authorisation and interpretation of results most positive specimens are authorised, by the consultant staff
Involvement in policy and standard operating procedure (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 ISO accreditation with UKAS Ltd
Business planning, including the assessment and introduction of new methods, and forward planning for staff and equipment requirements

The appointee will be expected to comply with health and safety and security policies and with agreed SOPs and investigational algorithms

Infection prevention and control

There is an infection prevention team consisting of a Band 8a 1.0 wte lead nurse, two band 7 0.8 wte deputies and 3 wte band 6 infection prevention nurses who work closely with the ICD.

The DIPC is the Director of Nursing. There are 2 band 4 0.4 wte administrator who supports the