Job summary
- Main area
- Microbiology & Infection
- Grade
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 318-24-CONSINFECTIONA
- Employer
- Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
- Town
- Gloucester
- Salary
- £105,504 - £139,882 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 21/11/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant in Infection
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Join us at an exciting time for Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust! We have an ambitious plan for our journey to Outstanding and are looking for aspirational, committed individuals to join us, making a real difference to both staff and patients.
As a former winner of England for excellence award: Tourism destination of the year, the beautiful city of Gloucester and the scenic regency spa town of Cheltenham are fantastic places to work and live.
As a hospital Trust we are currently involved in over 100 clinical trials and studies, whilst also providing acute elective and specialist services to a population of over 620,000.
By joining Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust new colleagues can look forward to a warm welcome and a future full of opportunities and support.
Job overview
This new Consultant in Infection post will be based mainly at Gloucestershire Royal Hospital although some clinical microbiology commitments will also take place at Cheltenham General Hospital and some community sites.
This is a full time post for a Consultant in Infection covering general clinical infection and microbiology responsibilities with a specific role to develop and lead the Trust out patient infection management.
Main duties of the job
Work closely with microbiology, pathology and colleagues in healthcare to ensure provision of a comprehensive clinical medical microbiology service including advice and policy development regarding pre-examination, examination and post-examination phases. This work will include clinical rounds including visits to wards and specialist units such as the Departments of Critical Care, clinical interpretation / authorisation of reports and MDT attendance.
Meetings with pharmacy colleagues take place as part of antimicrobial stewardship within the Trust.
OPAT Lead:
The post holder will be OPAT Lead providing strategic leadership and oversight for the ongoing development and expansion of out-patient Infection services across Gloucestershire. This will include diversification to provide better options for managing patients’ infections in an out-patient setting by development of OPAT / CoPAT pathways, close liaison with our Acute Medicine services through Same Day Emergency Clinic (SDEC) settings, virtual ward pathways and improved cross county working with GHC Trust and ICB. Our aim is to enable a higher proportion of our population to have access to these services enabling pressure release on the Acute Trust, bed day savings, patient flow improvements and financial savings.
They will work alongside existing CMMs, Consultant AMS pharmacist and OPAT nurses and will engage with OPAT referrals and weekly MDTs. This will likely include clinic based direct review of some patients.
Working for our organisation
This is a new post with the successful applicant joining an experienced team of six Consultant Medical Microbiologists (CMMs), a General Practitioner (GP) with specialist interest in infection and, currently, a post-part 1 FRCPath Higher Specialist Scientist Training (HSST) trainee in Medical Microbiology providing clinical infection services within Gloucestershire. [A1] In addition, the post holder will have responsibility for development and Clinical Governance of the county out-patient infection management streams with a remit to expand upon current services including Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy (OPAT) and Virtual Wards. The aim of this post would be to expand a safe, robust service of out-patient infection services to facilitate earlier discharge, improve patient flow and admission prevention to realise financial savings, improved patient outcomes and improved patient experience. This will include building close working relationships with Acute Medicine colleagues and using community delivery teams, Acute Trust day case areas and virtual ward projects.
Current clinical staff are:
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· Dr John Boyes (CMM) |
· Dr Li Chin (CMM) |
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· Dr Younis Dahar (CMM) |
· Dr Rob Jackson (CMM) |
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· Dr Alan Lees (CMM) |
· Dr Tom McKearney (GP) |
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· Dr Philippa Moore (CMM) |
· Amy Read (HSST trainee) |
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the supplied full Job Description for a broader outline of the advertised role and main responsibilities .
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Full and specialist registration (and a licence to practise) with the General Medical Council (GMC) (or eligible for registration within six months of interview)
- Applicants that are UK trained, must ALSO be a holder of the relevant 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
- FRCPath (UK) by examination or evidence of equivalent qualification
Desirable criteria
- MRCP (UK) or evidence of equivalent qualification
- Higher Medical Degree PhD/MD
Experience
Essential criteria
- Evidence of thorough and broad training and experience in medical microbiology including the prevention and control of healthcare associated infection.
- Ability to take responsibility for and appropriately prioritise safe, high quality service delivery without direct supervision
- Teaching experience
- Clinical Governance experience including outbreak / incident management
- Research experience including peer-reviewed publications
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working closely with OPAT, or equivalent, services
- Management experience
- Clinical audit experience
Knowledge, Skills and Attributions
Essential criteria
- Up to date knowledge and experience in medical microbiology and the prevention and control of healthcare associated infection. Existing consultants must demonstrate ongoing participation in a relevant Continuing Professional Development (CPD) scheme.
- Knowledge of evidence-based practice
- Broad range of Information Technology skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills
- Able to provide leadership within a team and able to work as a team member
- Ability to self-motivate
Desirable criteria
- Calm under pressure
- Awareness of current relevant strategy and policy developments within the NHS.
Communication and Language Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to communicate effectively with clinical colleagues, colleagues in pathology and support staff.
- Good knowledge of, and ability to use, spoken and written English
- Ability to present effectively to an audience, using a variety of methods, and to respond to questions and queries.
- Has an interest in teaching across all relevant grades of healthcare staff
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 John Boyes
- Job title
- Consultant in Medical Microbiology / Infection
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0300 422 5047
- Additional information
Secretary : Julie Nevin
0300 422 5077
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