Consultant in Medical Microbiology in London

Main area: Medical Microbiology

Grade: Consultant

Contract: Permanent

Hours: Part time - 8 sessions per week (Includes out of hours on-calls 1:9)

Job ref: 213-MED-DH

Employer: King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Site: King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Town: London

Salary: £113,565 - £150,569 pro rata excluding London Zone Allowance.

Salary period: Yearly

Closing: 13/09

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£2.1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 14,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King’s College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in the London Borough of Bromley.

This is a replacement Consultant post and forms part of our Infection Sciences department. The post-holder will be based and work at the Denmark Hill site and will support and develop our Infection service at DHS. This service consists of Microbiology, Virology, Infection Prevention and Control and the Infectious Diseases (ID) and OPAT services. There is a 1:9 on-call commitment providing 'second on' out of hours cover for a week at a time (Band A).

Main duties of the job:

• The provision of a comprehensive infection service including advice regarding appropriate specimens, involvement in specimen analysis, validation and interpretation of results for transmission to clinicians, and management of individual patients through full clinical liaison.
• In conjunction with King's consultants, senior nurses and the IV team work closely with the antimicrobial stewardship lead and clinical colleagues across the Trust to ensure appropriate and cost-effective use of antibacterial and antifungal agents.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities:

• The appointee will deliver Infection services for in/out patients and the local CCG as part of the microbiology consultant team and play an active role in the general workload of the department including overseeing the resident doctors.
• You will join the microbiology "duty day" rota, providing senior supervision and support to trainees, fellows and the laboratory in managing significant microbiology results, complex clinical queries (by telephone and EPIC referral system), and authorisation of results.
• Ward based consults are encouraged (by trainees and consultants) to optimise patient management and outcomes.

Person specification:

Qualifications:

• Registerable medical qualification (MBChB, MBBS or equivalent)
• Full FRCPath (UK) or show evidence of equivalent qualification
• Full and specialist registration (and with a current licence to practise) with the General Medical Council (GMC) or eligible for registration within six months of interview
• MRCP (UK) or show evidence of equivalent
• Diploma in Hospital Infection Control (or equivalent)
• Other higher degree or diploma (e.g., MD)

Registration:

• Full Registration with GMC
• Name on GMC Specialist Register on date of taking up appointment

Training and Experience:

• Wide experience in all aspects of Microbiology and Infection, culminating in award of Certificate of Completion of Training by GMC, or completed portfolio pathway application.
• Experience of working with the clinical and laboratory aspects of Medical Microbiology
• Specialist training in Microbiology or Joint Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
• Experience in Infection Control
• Experience in laboratory management
• Experience in Infectious Diseases
• Experience in delivering outpatient antimicrobial therapy
• Experience in management of infection in critical care settings

Administration:

• Experience in day-to-day organisation of Infection services in a busy Teaching Hospital
• Familiarity with information technology and general computer skills
• Familiar with current structure of UK National Health Service and conversant with recent initiatives and changes

Management and Leadership:

• Able to demonstrate leadership capability within multi-disciplinary teams
• Management course and/or qualification

Audit and Quality Improvement:

• Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit
• Must have undertaken and completed audit projects
• Audit Publications

Research and Publications:

• Experience of clinical research
• Publication of relevant review articles or case reports
• Relevant research experience in one or more aspects of Microbiology, ID or IPC

Teaching:

• Experience of undergraduate and post-graduate teaching and exam preparation.
• Teaching skills course/qualification

IMPORTANT: Grab email addresses for referees where possible. Please review the documentation on our recruitment microsite, particularly the Trust’s criminal records checking policy. All staff have a responsibility for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults and for ensuring they are aware of the specific duties relating to their role. Please note that the closing date is given as a guide. On occasion, we might close a vacancy early due to a high number of applications being received. You are advised to submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointment.