Job overview
Consultant in Microbiology & Infectious Diseases (SBH & NUH) (6 PAs) Applications are invited for a new substantive consultant post within the Department of Infection at Barts Health NHS Trust. This post is based at St Bartholomew’s (SBH) and Newham University (NUH) hospitals on a rotational basis, although the successful applicant may rotate to other Trust sites. This post provides excellent opportunities to work in an academic tertiary referral centre and a busy district hospital in the East End of London. This post is suitable for consultants accredited in Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a growing department of Microbiologists, Virologists, and Infectious diseases physicians, as well as working in a Trust with an on-site diagnostic laboratory. The laboratory is part of the new East and South-East London (ESEL) NHS Pathology Partnership that came into existence on 1st May 2021. It is an NHS pathology partnership between Barts Health NHS Trust, Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust pathology services, being hosted on site by Barts Health. At SBH, the appointee will provide a consultant service for the Haematology and Oncology departments of the Cancer Centre, Cardiology and cardiothoracic departments of the Heart centre, Respiratory medicine, OPAT as well as the Intensive Care Units along with their consultant colleagues.
Main duties of the job
During rotation to all the sites, the post holder will work as part of an integrated Department of Infection, joining 19 permanent and 5 secondment/honorary consultant colleagues across the Trust. It is expected the appointee will participate fully in delivery of laboratory, clinical, antimicrobial stewardship and infection prevention and control services to patients, staff, and local general practitioners.
The appointee will also be expected to actively participate in teaching activity, including training of clinical scientists and specialist registrars in Medical Virology, Medical Microbiology, and Infectious Diseases.
Applicants are expected to have FRCPath in Medical Microbiology or show evidence of equivalent.
Applicants that are UK trained must ALSO be a holder of a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in Medical Microbiology and Infectious diseases or be within 6 months of CCT at the date of interview. Applicants that are non-UK trained will be required to show evidence of equivalence to the UK CCT.
Applicants must hold Full and Specialist registration in both Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases with a license to practice without restrictions with the General Medical Council (GMC) or be within 6 months of full registration by the date of interview.
This posts workload roughly equates to a job plan of 4 DCC and 2 SPA
Working for our organisation
Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.
The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.
Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.
We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
To ensure safe and effective patient care and support patient flow
• To support the current consultants in the provision of a timely, comprehensive, and
efficient clinical and diagnostic Infection specialty service at each site
• To perform duties expected of a microbiology consultant with regards delivery and advice
on urgent and important results
• To support ward rounds and MDTs, delivery of OPAT and other outpatient activity
• To provide a clinical microbiology service to the specialties at SBH alongside consultant
colleagues
• To provide a comprehensive consultant infection service to NUH
• Contribute to authorisation of results, laboratory liaison, public health liaison and reactive
microbiology service for the site
• Provision of antimicrobial stewardship alongside pharmacy colleagues
• To provide reactive infection control responsibilities alongside infection control
colleagues
• Provision of clinical supervision to specialty and clinical scientist trainees
• It is expected the successful candidate will participate in the joint responsibility for cover
for leave of consultant colleagues
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
1. Registerable medical qualification (MBChB, MBBS or equivalent)
Higher Qualifications
Essential criteria
2. MRCP (UK) or show evidence of equivalent qualification
3. FRCPath (UK) (Medical Microbiology) or show evidence of equivalent qualification
Desirable criteria
4. MSc in Medical Microbiology
5. DTM&H
6. Other higher degree or diploma (e.g., MD or PhD)
7. Infection Control qualification
Registration
Essential criteria
8. Full and Specialist registration in Medical Microbiology (with license to practice) with the General Medical Council or be eligible for specialist registration within 6 months of interview
9. Full and Specialist registration in Infectious Diseases (with license to practice) with the General Medical Council or be eligible for specialist registration within 6 months of interview
10. Applicants, must be a holder of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) or be within 6 months of CCT on the date of interview. Applicants that are non-UK trained will be required to show evidence of equivalence to the UK CCT
Experience, knowledge, and skills
Essential criteria
11. Broad experience in delivering a clinical and diagnostic Microbiology service
12. Experience of working in, and delivering an OPAT service
13. Experience of working in, and able to deliver a clinical infection service to specialist haematooncology and solid oncology services
14. Experience of working in, and able to deliver a clinical infection service to cardiac and thoracic services
15. Clinical experience and thorough knowledge of principles of Antimicrobial Stewardship
16. Ability to organise and prioritise workload
Desirable criteria
17. Experience of working in Infection Prevention and Control
18. Evidence of a special interest that complements those of other consultants
Leadership and Management
Essential criteria
19. Proven ability to manage and co-ordinate the dayto- day clinical Microbiology service
20. Experience of clinical leadership of multidisciplinary teams
21. Able to take responsibility, show leadership, make decisions and respond to service needs
22. Experience of implementing change
Desirable criteria
23. Familiar with current structure of Health Service and conversant with recent initiatives and changes
24. Proven ability to manage and coordinate the day-to-day Infectious diseases service
25. Leadership / management training
Audit and Quality Improvement
Essential criteria
26. Experience of participating in quality or safety improvement projects
27. Awareness of the importance of Clinical Governance
Desirable criteria
28. Experience of leading quality or safety improvement projects
Teaching and Training
Essential criteria
29. Experience of supervising doctors in training
30. Experience of teaching students and multidisciplinary teams
Desirable criteria
31. Competencies as required for Clinical and Educational supervisors
32. Experience of Educational Supervision
33. Teaching skills course/qualification
Research and Publications
Essential criteria
34. Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems
Desirable criteria
35. Experience of research
36. Publications in the chosen subspecialty field
Personal Skills and attributes
Essential criteria
37. Effective communicator
38. Ability to build rapport, work with others, persuade and negotiate
39. Flexible approach to work and evidence of team working
40. Empathy, understanding, listening skills and patience
41. Able to change and adapt, respond to changing circumstances and to cope with setbacks or pressure
42. Self-motivated with an enquiring, critical approach to work
43. Caring attitude to patients
44. Commitment to continuing medical education
45. Reliable work record
46. Honesty and integrity
47. Appreciation of ethical dilemmas
Barts Health Values
Essential criteria
48. Must be able to demonstrate and model the key Trust values