Consultant in Microbiology & Infectious Diseases

Consultant in Microbiology & Infectious Diseases

Consultant in Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (SBH & NUH) (6 PAs) Applications are invited for a new substantive consultant post within the Department of Infection at Barts Health NHS Trust. This post is based at St Bartholomew's (SBH) and Newham University (NUH) hospitals on a rotational basis, although the successful applicant may rotate to other Trust sites. This post provides excellent opportunities to work in an academic tertiary referral centre and a busy district hospital in the East End of London. This post is suitable for consultants accredited in Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a growing department of Microbiologists, Virologists, and Infectious diseases physicians, as well as working in a Trust with an on-site diagnostic laboratory. The laboratory is part of the new East and South-East London (ESEL) NHS Pathology Partnership that came into existence on 1st May 2021. It is an NHS pathology partnership between Barts Health NHS Trust, Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust pathology services, being hosted on site by Barts Health. At SBH, the appointee will provide a consultant service for the Haematology and Oncology departments of the Cancer Centre, Cardiology and cardiothoracic departments of the Heart centre, Respiratory medicine, OPAT as well as the Intensive Care Units along with their consultant colleagues.

Main duties of the job

During rotation to all the sites, the post holder will work as part of an integrated Department of Infection, joining 19 permanent and 5 secondment/honorary consultant colleagues across the Trust. It is expected the appointee will participate fully in delivery of laboratory, clinical, antimicrobial stewardship and infection prevention and control services to patients, staff, and local general practitioners.

The appointee will also be expected to actively participate in teaching activity, including training of clinical scientists and specialist registrars in Medical Virology, Medical Microbiology, and Infectious Diseases.

Applicants are expected to have FRCPath in Medical Microbiology or show evidence of equivalent.

Applicants that are UK trained must ALSO be a holder of a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in Medical Microbiology and Infectious diseases or be within 6 months of CCT at the date of interview. Applicants that are non-UK trained will be required to show evidence of equivalence to the UK CCT.

Applicants must hold Full and Specialist registration in both Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases with a license to practice without restrictions with the General Medical Council (GMC) or be within 6 months of full registration by the date of interview.

This posts workload roughly equates to a job plan of 4 DCC and 2 SPA

About us

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain's leading healthcare providers.

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.

Job responsibilities

To ensure safe and effective patient care and support patient flow To support the current consultants in the provision of a timely, comprehensive, andefficient clinical and diagnostic Infection specialty service at each site To perform duties expected of a microbiology consultant with regards delivery and adviceon urgent and important results To support ward rounds and MDTs, delivery of OPAT and other outpatient activity To provide a clinical microbiology service to the specialties at SBH alongside consultantcolleagues To provide a comprehensive consultant infection service to NUH Contribute to authorisation of results, laboratory liaison, public health liaison and reactivemicrobiology service for the site Provision of antimicrobial stewardship alongside pharmacy colleagues To provide reactive infection control responsibilities alongside infection controlcolleagues Provision of clinical supervision to specialty and clinical scientist trainees It is expected the successful candidate will participate in the joint responsibility for coverfor leave of consultant colleagues

Person Specification Qualifications

• Registerable medical qualification (MBChB, MBBS or equivalent)

Higher Qualifications

• MRCP (UK) or show evidence of equivalent qualification
• FRCPath (UK) (Medical Microbiology) or show evidence of equivalent qualification
• MSc in Medical Microbiology
• DTM&H
• Other higher degree or diploma (e.g., MD or PhD)

Registration

• Full and Specialist registration in Medical Microbiology (with license to practice) with the General Medical Council or be eligible for specialist registration within 6 months of interview
• Full and Specialist registration in Infectious Diseases (with license to practice) with the General Medical Council or be eligible for specialist registration within 6 months of interview
• Applicants , must be a holder of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) or be within 6 months of CCT on the date of interview. Applicants that are non-UK trained will be required to show evidence of equivalence to the UK CCT

Experience, knowledge, and skills

• Broad experience in delivering a clinical and diagnostic Microbiology service
• Experience of working in, and delivering an OPAT service
• Experience of working in, and able to deliver a clinical infection service to specialist haematooncology and solid oncology services
• Experience of working in, and able to deliver a clinical infection service to cardiac and thoracic services
• Clinical experience and thorough knowledge of principles of Antimicrobial Stewardship
• Ability to organise and prioritise workload
• Experience of working in Infection Prevention and Control
• Evidence of a special interest that complements those of other consultants

Leadership and Management

• Proven ability to manage and co-ordinate the dayto- day clinical Microbiology service
• Experience of clinical leadership of multidisciplinary teams
• Able to take responsibility, show leadership, make decisions and respond to service needs
• Experience of implementing change
• Familiar with current structure of Health Service and conversant with recent initiatives and changes
• Proven ability to manage and coordinate the day-to-day Infectious diseases service
• Leadership / management training

Audit and Quality Improvement

• Experience of participating in quality or safety improvement projects
• Awareness of the importance of Clinical Governance
• Experience of leading quality or safety improvement projects

Teaching and Training

• Experience of supervising doctors in training
• Experience of teaching students and multidisciplinary teams
• Competencies as required for Clinical and Educational supervisors
• Experience of Educational Supervision
• Teaching skills course/qualification

Research and Publications

• Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems
• Experience of research
• Publications in the chosen subspecialty field

Personal Skills and attributes

• Ability to build rapport, work with others, persuade and negotiate
• Flexible approach to work and evidence of team working
• Empathy, understanding, listening skills and patience
• Able to change and adapt, respond to changing circumstances and to cope with setbacks or pressure
• Self-motivated with an enquiring, critical approach to work
• Caring attitude to patients
• Commitment to continuing medical education
• Honesty and integrity
• Appreciation of ethical dilemmas

Barts Health Values

• Must be able to demonstrate and model the key Trust values

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Microbiology Consultant and Clinical Lead

£109,725 to £145,478 a yearper annum/pro -rata