This is a replacement post due to retirement within the Clinical Microbiology team. We are a group of 13 consultants working across the fantastic city of Liverpool who deliver the clinical microbiology service to over 2000 inpatients, and the surrounding community services. There are many tertiary specialist units who require our expertise, including maxillofacial, bone marrow transplant, cardiothoracic surgery and neurosurgery. The laboratory is housed in a new, state of the art building on site at the Royal Liverpool Hospital. Working alongside the laboratory is an integral part of this role We want to work with dynamic, forward-thinking individuals who can deliver a clinically facing microbiology role. They will need to be able to work and engage with the laboratory and clinical team within the department and across the Trusts that we cover. Main duties of the job The following is a summary of the requirements of the job • They will be expected to give clinical advice to staff across the Liverpool health economy face to face and via the telephone. • Lead the clinical consults service including ITU ward rounds • Engage in ward rounds and specialty MDTs • Work with the OPAT team at Aintree hospital • Assist in the delivery the AMS strategy for the Trusts • Engagement and liaison with the microbiology laboratory to ensure high quality work is being carried out and is compliant with UKAS accreditations • Support the IPC teams, with an option to be the IPC Doctor • Supervision and education for medical trainees and STPs • Take part in the on call service, which currently stands at 1:10 • There are opportunities to deliver on site clinical microbiology to other Trusts in the city • Work with the Infectious Diseases team based at the Royal Liverpool Hospital • Work with the operational team to drive service and quality improvement projects About us Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust. The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience. The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital. It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond. Job responsibilities The headings include 1. Clinical Consults Service 2. Telephone advice and authorisation of clinical samples 3. Infection Prevention and Control 4. Antimicrobial Stewardship 5. Laboratory Leadership and Quality Assurance 6. On call 7. Teaching 8. Research and Development 9. Clinical Effectiveness 10. Personal and Professional Development 11. Management Person Specification Qualifications Essential • 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. • Commensurate qualifications and experience or Consultant Clinical Scientist of equivalent standing • 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 • Fellow of the Royal College of Pathologists or equivalent. Desirable • Five years supervised training in an appropriate specialist or equivalent training programme. • Further qualification such as Postgraduate thesis (MD, PhD or equivalent), MSc, DipHIC etc. • Experience in tropical medicine or DTM and H. Clinical Experience Essential • Clinical training and experience equivalent to that required for gaining UK CST in Microbiology, or jointly in Microbiology/Infectious Disease. • Ability to offer an expert clinical and laboratory opinion on a range of problems relating to Microbiology in primary care, inpatient and tertiary referral settings including infection control. • Experience and expertise in managing critically ill patients within a medical ICU/HDU environment Evidence of continuing medical education (existing consultants must be able to demonstrate active participation in a recognised CPD scheme). Desirable • Experience/interest in Microbiological aspects of antimicrobial and infection control in hospitals • Experience /interest in management of neurology/neurosurgical infections Management and Administrative Essential • Ability to organise and manage the Microbiology Laboratory at LCL in association with consultant colleagues. • Experience of audit management. • Ability and willingness to work within LCL, Trusts and NHS performance framework and targets. Desirable • Relevant managerial qualifications or training Teaching Experience Essential • Ability to teach and promote clinical and microbiology skills, knowledge and attitudes at undergraduate and postgraduate level. • Ability to teach and promote clinical and microbiology skills, knowledge and attitudes at undergraduate and postgraduate level. Desirable • Experience of FRCPath and undergraduate microbiology teaching and training. • Experience of MRCP and undergraduate clinical teaching. • Ability to supervise postgraduate clinical & laboratory research. • Attendance at a course on presentation and teaching skills. Research Experience Essential • Ability to apply research outcomes to clinical problems. Desirable • Peer-reviewed publications in high-impact journals. • Ability to pursue high quality laboratory, health services or clinical research. Knowledge • MANDATORY: An understanding of Equality and Diversity