Microbiology Specialty Doctor

Job summary
Permanent Microbiology Specialty Doctor: Full Time (10 PAs)
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
Salary scale: £52,530 - £82,400 per annum plus currently 8% of salary as allowance for 1 in 4 'on call' duties
Applications are invited for the post of Microbiology Specialty Doctor to work in our Trust. Based at Ealing Hospital but required to work at other Trust sites as necessary. 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. Our 9,000 staff, including 1,300 doctors and 4,000 nurses and serves a diverse population of approximately 850,000. The Trust was established in October 2014 following the merger of The North West London Hospitals NHS Trust and Ealing Hospital NHS Trust and has an annual budget of over £640 million.

Microbiology laboratory services for the Trust are currently provided at the Northwick Park Hospital site by The Doctors' Laboratory (TDL). The laboratory has full UKAS accreditation.

The Microbiology department has close working relationship with infectious diseases departments at Northwick Park and Ealing Hospital sites.

Main duties of the job
We are looking for an enthusiastic and clinically focused Specialty Doctor with experience in clinical microbiology and antimicrobial stewardship in the UK. He or she will join the Microbiology team of 3.5 Consultants, 0.6 WTE Associate Specialist and 1.0 WTE Specialty Doctors to provide clinical microbiology service across the Trust's hospital sites (Northwick Park, St Marks, Ealing and Central Middlesex Hospitals) and the local communities.

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.

About us
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.

We run major acute services at:

• 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 responsibilities
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 and antimicrobial
• 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.

For fuller description of responsibilities, please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
• Post Graduate qualification in Medical Microbiology
• GMC registration

Experience
Essential

• Previous relevant experience of working in a clinical microbiology department for at least one year

Desirable

• Experience working in an NHS Hospital in the UK in an equivalent role

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).