Job Summary
Working Full time: 37.5 hours per week
The post holder will join the team of Consultant Microbiologists, Specialty Doctor, and Biomedical Scientist to provide a comprehensive Clinical Microbiology service for Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and West Cheshire GP practices to aid effective diagnosis, treatment, and monitoring of infections. The post is based in the Countess of Chester Hospital and provides clinical support to the microbiology laboratory, which is located off-site in Bromborough. The laboratory provides a joint microbiology service to the Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
Main Duties of the Job
The post-holder will provide a wide-ranging and comprehensive microbiology and infection prevention service to the Trust and other users of the service. The post-holder will participate (under the supervision of the Consultants Microbiologist) in an advisory service provided by the Department to other health professionals within the Trust and Primary Care, to aid the diagnosis and treatment of patients.
About Us
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:
1. The Countess of Chester Hospital: providing 438 general and acute beds.
2. Ellesmere Port Hospital: providing 56 beds as a rehabilitation, intermediate, and outpatient facility.
3. 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.
Job Responsibilities
See Job Description for further details.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
* HCPC registration
* Masters level equivalent
* Completed the Scientist training programme in microbiology/equivalent
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
* Experience in quality management and audit
* Experience of clinical microbiology, laboratory result interpretation
* Evidence of CPD
* Experience in antimicrobial stewardship
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship
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UK Registration
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