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An exciting opportunity has arisen for highly motivated team players to join our well established Microbiology Department at the Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, welcoming applications for a consultant microbiologist to join the team.

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust consists of a 600 bedded large district General Hospital, which provides its services on the Countess of Chester Health Park, and a 64 bedded Intermediate Care Service at Ellesmere Port Hospital. The Trust employs over 5,000 staff and provides a range of medical services to more than 445,000 patients per year from areas covering Western Cheshire, Ellesmere Port, Neston and North Wales. 

The hospital is situated in a beautiful location on the outskirts of the historic Roman City of Chester.  We are within easy access of Manchester Airport, North Wales and the Lake District. The Trust is committed to continued professional development, and to a culture of ongoing service improvement.

The successful candidate will be expected to participate in an on-call rota and must hold full registration with the GMC with a licence to practice.

 For informal discussion about this post please contact the lead clinician Dr Jeremy Gardner tel: 01244366788

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For a detailed breakdown of the below duties, please see attached Job Description & Person Specification

• Clinical
• Indicative Work Plan
• Teaching
• Clinical Audit
• Research and Innovation
• Contractual Commitment
• Associated Duties
• Out of hours 

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust provides services to West Cheshire and to Welsh patients covered by Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board. The Trust works collaboratively within the wider Cheshire and Merseyside Health and Care Partnership. Its services are provided from three locations:

• The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds.
• Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate and outpatient facility.
• Tarporley War Memorial Hospital: a base for community services which serve the local rural population.

The Trust employs over 6258 staff (headcount) which includes temporary bank staff and provides acute emergency and elective services, primary care direct access services and obstetric services to a population of approximately 407,000. This includes 357,000 residents in Chester and West Cheshire which includes Ellesmere Port and Neston as well as the Deeside area of Flintshire which has a population of approximately 50,000.

The Trust is a busy district general hospital and in 2022/2023, there were more than 503,342 patient attendances (inpatient, outpatient and diagnostic) ranging from a simple outpatient appointment to major cancer surgery. This is an increase of nearly 10,000 compared to the previous year when there were 494,387 patient attendances.