Employer: Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust
Town: Salisbury
Salary: £105,504 - £139,882 per annum pro rata if part time
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 13/10/2024 23:59
Interview date: 15/11/2024
Consultant Medical Microbiologist
Job overview
Applications are invited for a replacement post of Consultant Medical Microbiologist to join the existing three Consultant Microbiologists working in Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust, due to retirement of a previous post holder. It is anticipated the start date would be March 2025.
The post is advertised as 6PAs. There is an expectation to participate in on-call (included within the PA allocation) but this can be discussed on an individual basis.
Currently there are 29 PAs for microbiology/infection control divided between the 4 current microbiologists.
You would join an enthusiastic team providing a full Clinical Microbiology and Infection Control Service. The DIPC is the Director of Nursing.
It is anticipated that the successful post holder will either be responsible for Antimicrobial Stewardship and liaise closely with the Antimicrobial Pharmacy team.
Currently on-call for the evenings is on a 1:3 Rota (Monday-Thursday) and on-call for weekends is shared with Dorset County Hospital on a 1:6 Rota. Currently, Bank Holiday weekends spanning a Friday and/or a Monday are covered locally and not cross-covered with Dorchester; therefore, weekend frequency is about 1:5 overall.
You should possess MRCPath or equivalent and be on the Specialist Register of the GMC (or within six months of obtaining CCT).
Main duties of the job
Key duties for this role include:
* Working with the BMS and MLA staff in the laboratory and authorising laboratory reports.
* Answering telephone queries from GPs, hospital doctors and other allied health professionals when required.
* Answering email queries for advice from GPs.
* Attending weekly laboratory operational and quality meetings (depending on agreed role).
* Regular antibiotic stewardship audits with the antimicrobial pharmacist, usually formally done fortnightly.
* Regular review of Trust and Community Antibiotic policies.
* Attending monthly antimicrobial reference group meeting chaired by the Antimicrobial Pharmacist.
Working for our organisation
Salisbury NHS Foundation Trust (SFT) is an innovative hospital with a proud heritage and over 250 years of experience behind us. Here we’re driven to deliver an outstanding experience for everyone and have been well regarded for the quality of care and treatment we continue to provide for our patients and also our staff.
We are an acute Trust, rated “Good” by the CQC, with a track record of high performance providing regional and super-regional specialist services such as: Burns, Plastics & Reconstructive Surgery, Wessex Regional Genetics Laboratory, Wessex Rehabilitation, Spires Cleft Centre and the Duke of Cornwall Spinal Treatment Centre. We have about 470 beds and employ over 4000 staff.
We support flexible working and will consider requests taking into account the needs of the service. We think working here is pretty rewarding. You can access a range of NHS discounts, receive a minimum of 35 days paid holiday (pro rata), and we offer a generous pension scheme. On-site benefits include car parking (fee applies), leisure centre, day nursery and holiday play scheme.
Salisbury is an attractive place to live and work and really gives you the best of everything. With easy access to London and local airports, the city of Southampton is only a short train or car journey away or if you prefer the sea, Bournemouth is also accessible.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached candidate information pack with full job details and person specification information.
Person specification
Qualifications
* GMC registration AND also be a holder of a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) or be within six months of award by CCT by date of interview. If an applicant is non-UK trained, they will be required to show evidence to the UK CCT.
* MRCPath or show evidence of equivalent qualification.
Experience/Clinical Skills
* Evidence of experience in Microbiology suitable to working in a DGH.
* Ability to apply sound clinical judgement to problems; demonstrates clear, logical thinking/analytical approach.
* Experience in managing risk and recognises when to seek help, able to prioritise clinical need.
* Proven ability to work effectively in a range of clinical settings: laboratory, MDT.
* Knowledge and application of up to date evidence-based practice.
Management Experience
* Ability to perform effectively as a member of a team, including a multidisciplinary team.
* Willing to forge clinical links with other organisations.
* Capacity to manage/prioritise time and information effectively: capacity to organise own workload.
* Ability and willingness to work within the Trust and NHS performance targets.
* Ability to balance individual requirements against those of the department/Directorate.
* Commitment to active clinical governance and learning from errors.
Communication Skills
* Good interpersonal skills.
* Demonstrates clarity in written and spoken communication.
Teaching
* Demonstration of an interest and commitment to teaching.
* Ability to teach clinical skills to trainees and others. Enthusiastic and ability to inspire others.
Audit and Research
* Experience in and commitment to, clinical audit.
We offer excellent benefits that help make SDH a great place to work. These include but aren't limited to:
* Holiday starting at 27 days plus Bank Holidays rising to 29 days after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years for Agenda for Change staff.
* Holiday entitlement for Medical and Dental staff starts at 27 days for Junior/Senior Clinical Fellows, Specialty Doctors and rises to 32 days after 5 years. Consultant entitlement starts at 32 days and rises to 34 days after 7 years.
* An additional day's leave to celebrate your birthday (after 12 months).
* Access to a career average revalued earnings pension scheme.
* Life assurance if a member of the pension scheme.
* An extensive Health and Wellbeing offer to help you deal with life's challenges.
* Exclusive deals and discounts websites saving you money on everyday purchases, treats for the family, eating out and utility bills for home.
* Cycle to work scheme.
* Uniform provided (where required).
* On site Day Nursery and Holiday Play scheme.
* On site health and fitness club.
* Opportunities to get on - take advantage of our ongoing learning opportunities and training, to help you achieve the job and career you want.
Please be advised that this vacancy may close earlier than stated if we receive a large number of applications. We will not accept any applications or queries via agencies, under any circumstances.
We continue to encourage and support our staff to participate in the seasonal respiratory vaccination programme in order to protect themselves, colleagues and their patients.
GETTING TO WORK
We offer parking on site at Salisbury District Hospital, a daily charge applies. We encourage our staff to utilise other green methods of getting to work such as cycling or walking where possible, and our Trust is well connected through the bus services to the city centre and other areas.
OUR COMMITMENT TO EQUALITY
We are committed to making Salisbury an inclusive and welcoming place for every single staff member, regardless of who they are and where they come from. Equality sits at the heart of everything we do, and we ensure that all employees have equal opportunity to develop, to apply for promotions and to work flexibly.
The Trust actively promotes a work environment free from harassment and discrimination and provides training for staff to ensure this happens. We also closely monitor recruitment activity, training, development and employment practices to ensure equality of practice with regard to race, colour, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, disability, marital status and age.
OTHER INFORMATION
If this job requires you to have DBS check to enable you to properly fulfil the requirements of the job, on appointment, you will be required to replay the cost of obtaining a DBS check and this amount will be reclaimed in instalments from your salary. Many staff use the DBS update service at a cost of £13 per annum but you need to sign up for this via their website.
Please read the job description and person specification carefully and ensure that your application reflects the knowledge, skills and experience required.
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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.
Name: Dr Julian Hemming
Job title: Consultant Microbiologist Deputy Clinical Director
Email address: julian.hemming@nhs.net
Telephone number: 01722 429105
Additional information: Lee Phillips, Head of Pathology
Email: lee.phillips@nhs.net
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