The Position
Fixed Term (6 Month) Consultant in Microbiology
The successful applicant will be encouraged to support the development of a joint microbiology and virology consultant team. The virology service offers viral serology and molecular tests, and provides services to other trusts within the UK and Ireland. The immunology and virology laboratories are fully integrated with shared staff and platforms but with separate clinical leadership arrangements. The immunology laboratory is a national reference centre for Bird Breeders and Farmers Lung. The Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) team includes five IPC Nurses and an IPC Matron.
They work as a team across both sites in conjunction with the DIPC and consultant microbiologists. There is provision for remote access to the Trust’s IT systems which allows off-site validation to results. Working from home can be arranged on occasions with agreement from the Clinical Director. The on-call microbiologist is on-site on Saturday mornings for clinical validation and time off in lieu is given for this commitment. Other on-call including Sunday morning validation is usually provided remotely. It is expected that the appointee will contribute equally to the out-of-hours-work and on-call rota. Voted one of the best places to live in the UK, North Cumbria houses the Lake District, one of the country’s most outstanding places of natural beauty and the region is an attractive, largely rural area with access to good road, rail and air transport.
Housing is relatively inexpensive and there are excellent state and private education establishments. North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust is committed to assisting all employees to achieve a work-life balance, regardless of their personal circumstances. Any applicant who is unable, for personal reasons, to work full-time, will be eligible to be considered for the post. If such a person is appointed, modification of the job content will be discussed on a personal basis in consultation with consultant colleagues.
Health Service
The Department of Infection Sciences is accredited to ISO: 15189 standards.
The laboratory consists of Microbiology, Virology and Immunology, all of which participate in appropriate UK National Quality Assessment Schemes. The laboratories are currently registered with the Health Professions Council as a training laboratory for Biomedical Scientists. A comprehensive Microbiology, Virology and Immunology Service, centralised at Site A is offered to the hospitals, community services and primary care within North and West Cumbria. There are no Infection Sciences laboratory at Site B. The laboratory information management system relies on Telepath for request entry, work scheduling, result entry and report printing. This is integrated with the Sunquest ICE order comms system for ward ordering of tests and electronic reporting. The Department of Infection Sciences has an annual budget of £3,255,088. The budget is administrated by the Operational Manager and is held by the Head of Department. The diagnostic workload for 2019 was approximately 210,000 tests performed in Microbiology, 125,000 tests performed in Virology, and approximately 118,000 tests performed in Immunology. For Microbiology about 60% of the specimen load comes from the Trust, and 40% from Primary Care. For Virology and Immunology about 30% of the specimens are from the acute trust, 40% from primary care, and the remainder is from other trusts or referred from other laboratories.
The Location
North West England
Essential Criteria
• Previous NHS Experience is essential
• FRCPath or equivalent
• Full and Specialist registration (and with a licence to practise) with the General Medical Council (GMC), or be eligible for registration within six months of interview.
• Applicants that are UK trained, must ALSO be a holder of a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), or be within six months of award of CCT by date of interview.
• Applicants that are non-UK trained, will be required to show evidence of equivalence to the UK CCT
• High standard of clinical skill and expertise in clinical microbiology
• Clinical Governance
• Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on range of clinical microbiology problems both emergency and elective and in primary care.
• Ability to take full and independent responsibility for liaising with clinical staff for the clinical care of patients with infections.
• Experience in infection prevention and control
The Package
£82,096 - £110,683 per annum
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