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

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RECRUITMENT PACKAGE - £10K Golden Hello and £8K Relocation

This is a replacement full-time post consisting of 10 programmed activities per week. These will be divided in negotiation with appointee. The 10 PAs include a 1 in 3 Saturday morning rota (which can be worked remotely) and participation in an on call rota with colleagues in Worcester (currently a 1 in 9), renumerated at band A. There are 2 SPAs which can also be worked remotely. Currently the job plan allows an afternoon off a week or a day off every fortnight - this can be agreed flexibly with the post holder.

The appointee, together with 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.

AAC date to be confirmed.

Main duties of the job

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.. The post-holder will be expected to input into antimicrobial stewardship, laboratory diagnostics and infection prevention and control. There is a busy programme of MDTs, including prosthetic joint infection, OPAT, TB and NTM and a diabetic foot ulcer clinic.

About us

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

Worcestershire is our neighbouring county. The post holder will be required to travel between sites.

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 we'd 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.

Russell Hardy, Trust Chairman: The strength of the Trust is its amazing staff a great place to work, a great place to develop your career and a great place to reach your 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 the time.

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Job responsibilities

Please refer to attachments and summary below.

The appointee, together with 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

Clinical practice and liaison

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.

There is an 0.5 wte antimicrobial pharmacist,. 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 also includes 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

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 team. The budget holder is the lead infection prevention nurse. The ICD is the deputy chair of the infection prevention committee.

There are 4 PAs for the ICD role which is provided only for WVT

The ICD attends the decontamination committee the infection prevention committee the cleanliness and food safety committee the water management group the PFI performance management group and the Herefordshire and Worcestershire-wide HCAI forum

Applicants must be have:

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

Experience
Essential

Knowledge
Essential

Communication and Language Skills
Essential

229-CSMS-GT

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