Quality Training Consultant - Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom - East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust (Enherts-TR)

Description

Here at East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust,
Providing high-quality, compassionate care for our communities
To be trusted to provide consistently outstanding care and exemplary service
East and North Hertfordshire have fantastic opportunities available for 2 Consultants in Microbiology.

The post consists of 11 programmed activities (PAs) , but part time and job share applicants are welcome to apply.

This is a career enhancing opportunity to work in a large district general hospital covering the full range of acute services.

The team of consists of 4 Consultants who provide a comprehensive Microbiology service.

The department provides a comprehensive range of services for our resident population of approximately 500,000 residing mainly in East and North Hertfordshire and extends to the borders of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, West Hertfordshire, and Essex.

The Consultant Microbiologists provide a proactive dynamic and consultative link between clinicians, the patients and the laboratory service.

The role includes the provision of advice on appropriate and timely investigations for microbial diseases, professional direction of the laboratory service.

Working together with senior Biomedical staff to ensure regular review of the investigative repertoire and the methodology employed, medical reporting and interpretation of results and advice on patient management.

The post holder will be expected to contribute in all aspects outlined above and towards teaching of medical and other health care professionals where appropriate.

Appropriate internal arrangements are made for the provision of all aspects of a twenty-four hour medical microbiology service, including cover for annual and study leave.

At East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general & specialist services we provide & our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care.

Our ability to be flexible & innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now.

We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients.

We continue to undergo significant transformation; The Lister Hospital, Stevenage

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• We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients.

  We continue to undergo significant transformation; If you need reasonable adjustments for a disability, or a life event, such as menopause - so that we can consider your application fairly & to get the best out of you during the selection process, please let us know.

We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees.

Employees are entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns & we are committed to listen and consider all requests.

Maintenance of high quality patient centred care
Shared responsibility for the day to day management of the service and participation in strategic planning
Teaching and training within the multidisciplinary service
Active participation in continuing medical education.
Qualifications/Training
Entry on GMC Specialist Register or, be within 6 months of receipt of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) at time of interview or, provide GMC confirmed eligibility for entry on the Specialist Register
Applicants that are non-UK trained, will be required to show evidence of equivalence to the UK CCT (CCT or equivalence in Medical Microbiology or Virology)
Evidence of being up to date and fit to practice safely, and aware of own training needs
Broad range of experience in microbiology experience including the laboratory diagnosis of infections and their treatment
Experience of supervising undergraduates, doctors in training and other colleagues
Demonstrate an understanding of the basic principles of audit, evidence-based practice and clinical quality improvement initiatives
Demonstrable experience in a locum role
Demonstrate understanding of basic principles of audit, evidence-based practice, and clinical quality improvement initiatives
Demonstrate understanding of basic principles of audit, evidence-based practice, and clinical quality improvement initiatives
Experience and evidence of engagement around the equality, diversity, and inclusion agenda.

Able to actively support the development of a culture that recognises and promotes equality, values diversity, and actively leads by example in deploying these qualities.

Understands the impact on equality, diversity, and inclusion issues in all aspects of service delivery and planning

We value the diversity and experience of our community colleagues and partners, creating relationships and climates that provide an opportunity to share, collaborate and grow together.

We are committed to consistently delivering excellent services and continuously looking to improve through a creative workforce that feels empowered to act in service of our shared purpose.

Committed to our Community

East and North Hertfordshire NHS Trust is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion for all job applicants, staff, patients and the wider community.

We want to create a workforce which represents the communities we serve.

In particular we encourage applications from candidates with disabilities, and candidates from Black, Asian and Minority ethnic (BAME) backgrounds who are currently under-represented in various parts of our workforce .

We understand the importance of balancing work and home life.

We are committed to support flexible working for our staff wherever possible and all our employees are given the opportunity to discuss potential for flexible working.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer and achieved our status in 2019.
If you have a disability and would like the advert in an alternative format, or would like to talk about how we can adjust the interview process to best support you, please contact us by emailing

We are also proud to support our UK armed forces by supporting Reservists, Cadet Instructors, Veterans and military spouses/partners into employment and offering supportive policies that value their contribution to the community and to our Trust.

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As a publicly funded employer, we need to ensure we utilise our funds responsibly, this may mean we are unable to support sponsorship required to gain the right to work for particular positions.

We strongly advise you to contact the line manager or a member of the Resourcing Team before applying to confirm if we will be able to support with sponsorship for that post.

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Secondments/Fixed term
Where a vacancy is advertised as a temporary position, the duration will be specified in the advert.

If the vacancy becomes permanent towards the end of the specified duration, the successful applicant may not be required to re-apply and can be slotted into the role on a permanent basis if appropriate.

If you are an internal applicant applying for a temporary working arrangement, please see the attached notes on secondments

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

net Telephone number Additional information Dr Ashish Narula, Consultant Cellular Pathologist and Clinical Director of Pathology
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