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Main area
Microbiology
Grade
MC75
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 40 hours per week
Job ref
162-0652-UE
Employer
Barking Havering and Redbridge Univ Hospitals NHS Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Pathology Medical Staff
Town
Romford
Salary
£52,530 - £82,400 Per Annum
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
07/07/2024 23:59

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Specialty Doctor in Microbiology

MC75

 

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Job overview

An excellent opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated SAS (Senior Registrar/ consultant level) to join the Trust working within the Microbiology & Infection team based at Queens and King George Hospitals.

 

Typical duties include Clinical Microbiology/Infection consultations, liaison & advice, daily infection ward rounds, laboratory bench rounds, report authorisation, infection prevention & control liaison, antimicrobial stewardship activities/ward rounds as part of the Microbiology/ Infection team, under the supervision of a duty consultant.

Main duties of the job

Specialty Doctor in Microbiology

It is expected that the successful candidate will participate in the on-call Microbiology duties during the post. This is subject to discussion & review.

 

The appointee will be expected to attend and actively participate in Departmental and other teaching sessions. It is expected that the appointee will assist with the teaching of undergraduate medical students and postgraduate junior doctors. This post provides a broad experience in the clinical management of Infection. Previous appointees have progressed from this post to further their careers in Infection Specialty roles.

 

Working for our organisation

We provide care for the residents of three diverse London boroughs. Most of our 7,800 permanent staff live in Barking and Dagenham, Havering and Redbridge and the majority are from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups. We also provide healthcare services to people in south west Essex, and specialist neurosciences services to the whole of the county.

Our services include all the major specialties of large acute hospitals and we operate from two main sites - King George Hospital in Goodmayes and Queen’s Hospital in Romford. We have two of the busiest emergency departments in London – more than 300,000 people visited our A&Es in 2023. We also provide outpatient services at Brentwood Community Hospital, Barking Community Hospital, Loxford Polyclinic, and Harold Wood Polyclinic.

We’re pleased to be leading the way in reducing the time our patients wait to get the treatment they need. The Elective Surgical Hub at King George Hospital is one of eight to be accredited as part of a national scheme; the Care Quality Commission has raised the ratings for urgent and emergency care at Queen’s and King George hospitals; and data released by NHS England showed that the Trust was the most improved in 2023 for reducing waits for emergency care. 

We are particularly proud of our regional Neurosciences Centre; Radiotherapy Centre; Hyper Acute Stroke Unit; and dedicated breast care service at King George Hospital. We’re also part of the North East London Cancer Alliance.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The BHRUT Microbiology Laboratory serves the two Trust hospital sites, primary care and external commissioners, local general practices and primary care trusts, as well as the local Mental Health Trust and smaller nursing homes in the district.  General bacteriology, mycology, faecal parasitology, and mycobacteriology are based at Queens Hospital, with serology and molecular services including chlamydia and Covid-19 testing at the King George Hospital site.

 

The laboratory operates a 7-day service with a standard working day (0900-1700) Monday-Friday with laboratory presence until 21:00hrs. Normal working hours of 0900-1700 apply at weekends and bank holidays. Out of hours laboratory service is provided by on-call microbiology state registered Biomedical Scientist staff.

 

With regard to health protection matters which have a wider community implication, the Trust reports to the Northeast and North Central London HPT. Referrals for specialist microbiology services are currently made to several laboratories including those at Barts Health, Colindale Centre for Infection, Manchester, and Cambridge. 

 

The laboratory participates in all relevant external quality assurance (EQA) schemes. It has full UKAS accreditation to ISO15189 (2012).

 

Activity 

 

We deal with 691000 requests per year of which approximately 40% are from General Practice.

The laboratory operates a 7-day service with a standard working day (0900-1700) Monday-Friday with laboratory presence until 21:00hrs. Normal working hours of 0900-1700 apply at weekends and bank holidays. Out of hours laboratory service is provided by on-call microbiology state registered Biomedical Scientist staff.

 

 

·         Clinical microbiology & infection consultations, ward liaison and provision of advice. There will be laboratory induction period for approximately 2 weeks depending on previous experience.

·         Participation in infection ward rounds (Bacteraemia, ITU/HDU ward round, MRU and C. diff) and MDTs (Haematology, Diabetic Foot, Orthopaedic)

·         As required and after discussion with duty Microbiologist, prescribe or amend antimicrobial prescriptions accordingly.

·         Authorisation of microbiology laboratory reports under supervision of a consultant microbiologist

·         Antimicrobial stewardship activities: ward round/ audit/ development of guidance

·         Infection control placement & experience

·         The post holder will have the opportunity to learn a wide range of skills, knowledge and attitudes related to clinical and laboratory microbiology, including virology.

 

 

Person specification

Shortlisting Criteria

Essential criteria
  • Full GMC registration
  • MBBS / MBChB or equivalent medical qualification
  • Clinical microbiology/ Infectious disease experience
Desirable criteria
  • MRCP or equivalent
  • General medicine experience
  • Infection/ microbiology related qualification, e.g., Diploma in Medical Microbiology, MSc in Microbiology, DTM&H

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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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dr Nada ELHAG
Job title
Clinical Lead - Microbiology
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
01708 503386
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