Consultant in Medical Microbiology-Welcome Bonus £20K

This job description is intended to cover the main parts of the post only. Applicants are invited to enquire regarding any point(s) they are unsure about.

(a) To provide leadership in the management, provision and development of Microbiology and Infection Control Services for the department.

(b) To undertake laboratory work including advice regarding diagnostic samples, validation and interpretation of results and involvement in agreeing policies and procedures for the examination of samples.

(c) To participate in the diagnosis and management of individual patients by liaison with patients, clinicians and other hospital and community staff.

(d) To be involved in business planning, introduction of new methods and forward planning for staff and equipment.

(e) To regularly and systematically review all departmental policies, SOPs and protocols in line with Trust policy on document control and risk management strategy.

(f) To maintain effective communication and engagement with clinical colleagues and other service users, including consultants in communicable disease control and health protection.

(g) To advise on Infection control issues in conjunction with microbiology and infection control nursing colleagues.

(h) To act as the infection control lead for ESNEFT.

One of the largest Trust's in East Anglia, East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust (ESNEFT) provide hospital and community health services to people living across a wide geographical area. We deliver care from two main hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, six community hospitals and in patients' own homes. You will be joining a team of almost 12,000 amazing colleagues providing care to approximately a million people. We're investing more than £150million over five years in a capital building programme to transform services at our hospitals and make sure patients and staff have the best possible environments.

At Ipswich Hospital

• We are building a new Urgent Treatment Centre and Emergency Department in 2024 - a single front door to help make sure patients are seen promptly and by the right specialist team.


• We are also building a £9.1million specialist laparoscopic surgery hub, and a new £7million Children's department


• Recently opened - a £5.3million state-of-the-art Breast Care Centre and a £5.3million pathology molecular lab


Our philosophy is thatTime Mattersto everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which do not work or cause time delays for our staff and patients.

Find out about living and working with us -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkPu7HphU8A

Find out about our new Elective Orthopaedic Centre

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This is a whole time post consisting of 11.5 Programmed Activities (or equivalent for Consultant Clinical Scientist) which can include on-call commitments. This post attracts 8 are for direct clinical care (DCC), 2 supporting professional activity (SPA), and an additional 1.5 PA is paid for the out-of-hours on-call commitment (1:5) attracting at the highest frequency rate.

The team work closely together and all have infection control responsibilities as part of normal clinical responsibilities.

Specialist roles such as Infection Control Leads and Antimicrobial Stewardship leads are expected to be rotated around clinical colleagues under agreement and will be factored into DCC for the purpose of job planning.

Any candidate who is unable for personal reasons to work full-time will be eligible to be considered. If such a person is appointed, modification of the job content will be discussed on a personal basis with the department/hospital in consultation with clinical colleagues. If the person appointed elects to undertake a maximum part-time contract, they will be required to devote substantially the whole of their professional time to the duties of the post.

Consultants who are not required to be on-site for clinical duties are able to work remotely, and some aspects of the Colchester site clinical service may be provided remotely as well on rotation with other members of the service.

For medical consultants qualifications required are FRCPath(UK) or equivalent, full GMC registration, and inclusion on the Specialist Register of the General Medical Council in Medical Microbiology or Microbiology/Infectious Diseases and within six months of CCT or its equivalent at interview date.

Our Enhanced Welcome package includes an additional £20,000 and relocation costs to thank you for choosing to work at our trust and your new journey with ESNEFT.