One less than full time substantive post (8 PAs) as consultant in Clinical Infection is available at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
The post-holder is expected to have full and specialist registration with the General Medical Council (GMC) and to hold CCTs in Microbiology and Infectious diseases, or equivalent (e.g. CESR), or to be eligible for CCTs and specialist registration within six months of interview.
The applicant will be expected to take on roles in the clinical infection service. The components of this are flexible, worked as a rotation with colleagues and assigned by mutual negotiation. They may include microbiology/virology laboratory work, bedside infection consults across the Trust, outpatients (general ID, HIV, OPAT, TB, bone infection MDT clinic, diabetic foot infection MDT clinic, hepatitis and chronic fatigue), and inpatient care on the bone infection unit (BIU) and infectious diseases ward. The post holder should also be competent to care for general medical patients on the infectious diseases ward. Infection prevention and control and antimicrobial stewardship are integrated into all these components, led by the infection control and antimicrobial stewardship teams.
Clinical responsibilities will be divided between the microbiology/virology lab, out-patients services (ID, HIV, OPAT, TB, bone infection, diabetic foot infection, hepatitis and chronic fatigue), in-patient infection service (ID, BIU), and infection consults. Clinical duties will be based at the John Radcliffe Hospital (infection consults, outpatients, infectious diseases in-patient work), the Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre (Bone Infection Unit), the Churchill Hospital (diabetic foot infection clinic and service, haem-onc/transplant infection consult work). Infection services across the Trust are delivered by a large multi-disciplinary team of consultant colleagues with different specialist areas, and the appointee will be eligible to take part in multiple aspects of the service, including in-patient care according to their competency and experience. The job plan will be agreed with the clinical lead. The post holder will be allocated a mentor by the clinical lead. The post holder will take part in an on-call rota for which the predictable out of hours component is incorporated into the job plan.
It is a condition of the appointment that the post holder will be willing to work in any of the Trust’s 4 locations. The travel time from the John Radcliffe to the Horton Hospital is 45-60 minutes. Post holders are expected to live within 45 minutes travel of the John Radcliffe Hospital when on call.
Teaching/Research
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a teaching hospital trust, and the post-holder will be required to participate in programmes for teaching clinical students, training junior doctors and in clinical examinations.
Clinical Governance
The post-holder will participate in all clinical governance activities, including clinical audit, clinical effectiveness, risk management, quality improvement activities as required by the Trust, and external accrediting bodies.
Personal and Professional Development
The post-holder will be required to keep himself/herself fully up-to-date with their relevant area of practice and to be able to demonstrate this to the satisfaction of the Trust. Professional or study leave will be granted at the discretion of the Trust, in line with the prevailing Terms and Conditions of Service, to support appropriate study, postgraduate training activities, relevant CME courses and other appropriate personal development needs.
Appraisal/Revalidation
The post-holder will have an appraiser allocated by the Trust and undergo yearly appraisals. They must fulfil GMC requirements for revalidation. The responsible officer for this post will be the Chief Medical Officer for OUH NHS FT.
The post holder will have an active role in delivering infection control advice, antimicrobial stewardship and conducting case investigations on all sites. They will be expected to make an active contribution to the production of relevant policies within the terms of the Health and SocialCare Act 2008 (Code of Practice on the prevention and control of infections and related guidance).
Infection Control is everyone’s responsibility. All staff, both clinical and non-clinical, are required to adhere to the Trusts’ Infection Prevention and Control Policies and make every effort to maintain high standards of infection control at all times thereby reducing the burden of Healthcare Associated Infections.
This advert closes on Wednesday 18 Dec 2024
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