Consultant in Microbiology

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust (LNWH) cares for the people of Brent, Ealing, Harrow and beyond. Our team of more than 8,200 clinical and support staff serve a diverse population of almost one million people.

Northwick Park Hospital: home to one of the busiest emergency departments (A&E) in the country. The hospital provides a full range of services including the country’s top-rated hyper-acute stroke unit and one of only three hyper-acute rehabilitation units in the UK.

St Mark’s Hospital: an internationally renowned specialist centre for bowel disease.

Ealing Hospital: a busy district general hospital providing a range of clinical services, as well as 24/7 emergency department and urgent care centre, and specialist care at Meadow House Hospice.

Central Middlesex Hospital: our planned care site, hosting a range of surgical and outpatient services and collocated with an urgent care centre.

We are a university teaching NHS trust, in recognition of the important role we play in training clinicians of the future and bringing the benefits of research to the public.

Job overview:

Substantive Microbiology Consultant: Full Time (10 PAs) London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust £105,504 - £139,882 Per annum plus London Weighting depending on experience plus currently 8% of salary as allowance for 1 in 4 'on call' duties.

Applications are invited for the Consultant in Medical Microbiology to work in our Trust. London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is one of the largest integrated care Trusts in the country bringing together hospital and community services across the boroughs of Brent, Harrow and Ealing.

Main duties of the job:

• We are looking for an enthusiastic and clinically focused Consultant with experience in clinical microbiology and antimicrobial stewardship in the UK.
• The appointee will be responsible for antimicrobial stewardship at Ealing Hospital.
• Applicants must be on the GMC Register at the time of interview.
• Applications from candidates who, for personal reasons, are unable to work full-time will be eligible to be considered for this post.

Main responsibilities:

• To work closely with the colleagues and the Infection Control Team in the management of patients.
• To carry out duties assigned by senior colleagues.
• To ensure that the process of producing the information contained in a Pathology report is carried out to the required professional standard.
• To provide clinical advice to clinicians.
• To enable and participate in clinical audit.
• To participate in and contribute towards infection control matters including the Infection Control Committee meetings and Antibiotic Committee meetings.
• To participate in appropriate teaching, training, and research and development stewardship.
• To establish and maintain close liaison with all clinical departments within the hospital and to participate in meetings, ward rounds, audit etc as necessary to provide a high quality and effective clinical microbiology service.

Person specification:

• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification.
• GMC registration - Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT/CSER), or be within six months of award of CCT by date of interview.
• MRCP, MSc Medical Microbiology, MD, PhD or equivalent skills and experience.
• Previous relevant experience of working in a clinical microbiology department in an NHS Hospital in the UK for at least one year.
• IT Skills and computer literacy.
• Broad based training in microbiology and virology and its subspecialties.
• Broad based general professional training in general medicine.
• NHS experience within the last 3 years.

The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Due to the high volumes of applications we receive for certain posts, we reserve the right to close any adverts before the published closing date once we have received a sufficient number of applications.