Job summary
- Main area
- Microbiology
- Grade
- NHS Locum Consultant
- Contract
- Fixed term: 12 months (NHS Locum Consultant)
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week (10 PAs per week)
- Job ref
- 337-MS-1522-OK
- Employer
- London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Northwick Park Hospital
- Town
- Harrow
- Salary
- £99,532 - £131,964 Per annum plus London Weighting
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 22/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Locum Consultant in Microbiology
NHS Locum Consultant
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.
Find out more about our Trust and why you should join us#WeAreLNWH
Find out more about Our HEART values
Find out more about our Trust Staff Benefits
Our vision at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust is to put “Quality at our HEART”. Find out more about our ambitious strategy
We are clear that our vision can only be achieved by our staff, who are our most valuable asset.
Our vision is driven by our HEART values and behaviours which were developed together with our staff.
- H onesty
- E quity
- A ccountability
- R espect
- T eamwork
These values describe how we interact with each other and our patients and must underpin everything we do to achieve our vision.
LNWUH is a flexible working friendly organisation, we want you to be able to work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s job share, part time or another flexible pattern. If it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Job overview
Microbiology NHS Locum Consultant: Full Time (10 PAs)
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust
£99,532 - £131,964 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 post of NHS Locum 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. 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 NHS Locum Consultant 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 2.0 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. There is an opportunity to take part in out-patient activities of the Infectious Diseases department (1 PA a week). It is expected that 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.
Working for our organisation
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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
We are looking for an enthusiastic, clinically focused NHS Locum Consultant trained in Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases to join the Microbiology team of 3.5 Consultants and 0.6 WTE Associate Specialist to work across the Trust’s hospital sites (Northwick Park, St Marks, Ealing and Central Middlesex Hospitals).
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 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 criteria
- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
- Post Graduate qualification in Medical Microbiology
- GMC registration
Desirable criteria
- MRCP, MSc Medical Microbiology, MD, PhD or equivalent
skills and experience
Essential criteria
- 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
Desirable criteria
- NHS experience within the last 3 years
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr G Gopal Rao
- Job title
- Consultant Microbiologist
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 020 8869 2977
- Additional information
Alternative contacts:
Dr Priya Khanna - Consultant Microbiologist ([email protected])
Tel: 0208 8692971
or
Dr Amit Amin - Consultant Microbiologist ([email protected])
Tel: 0208 8695066
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