Employer: Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Bedford Hospital
Town: Bedford
Salary: £105,504 - £139,882 (per annum)
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 06/10/2024 23:59
Interview date: 25/10/2024
Consultant Microbiologist & Lead for Antimicrobial Stewardship
NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant
Job overview
This is a full time substantive replacement post which will be based at Bedford hospital. The post holder will be joining a group of five other clinical microbiologists with the aim to provide high quality diagnostic microbiology and clinical advisory service to both acute hospitals and general practitioners in Luton & Bedfordshire.
The post holder will be the lead microbiologist for antimicrobial stewardship across the Trust. They will play a key role in the Trust antimicrobial stewardship committee and will work closely with antimicrobial pharmacists, patient safety leads and representatives from all clinical service lines to promote good antimicrobial prescribing practice.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will be part of the senior laboratory management team and be expected to actively participate and support the Clinical lead in the management and the day to day running of the clinical laboratory.
You will be expected to share with your colleagues the daily tasks of results validation, providing clinical and infection control advice to clinical colleagues.
In your role as the antimicrobial stewardship lead you will enjoy cross site responsibilities and help promote good antimicrobial prescribing in line with Trust guidelines.
This position also requires participation in a 1 in 6 category A on call rota which runs from Monday to Sunday.
Working for our organisation
Our Trust provides hospital services to a growing population of around 700,000 people living across Bedfordshire and the surrounding areas across two busy hospital sites in Bedford and Luton. Travel between hospital sites may be required.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see attached job description for more information about this role and working at Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Medical Degree
* FRCPath or equivalent
* MD or equivalent Higher Degree or evidence of relevant research
* Qualification in the management of antimicrobial stewardship
Registration
* Full GMC Registration with a licence to practice
* Entry onto the GMC Specialist Register via CCT (or within 6 months of receipt of CCT at time of interview) or CESR (must be on Specialist Register at time of applying)
Clinical Experience
* Excellent all round experience of DGH work
* Evidence of thorough and broad training and experience in Microbiology
* Knowledge and experience in delivering antimicrobial stewardship
* Knowledge and experience of infection prevention and control
Personal Circumstances
* Residence within 10 miles by road or up to thirty minutes travelling time of the hospital for purposes of on-call emergencies
* Fit to undertake the role with satisfactory Occupational Health clearance
* Satisfactory DBS clearance
All new staff will be subject to a probationary period covering their first six months in post.
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