Consultant and Senior Clinical Lecturer in Microbiology
NHS Medical & Dental: YC72
Main area Medical Microbiology Grade NHS Medical & Dental: YC72 Contract Permanent: 10 PAs. 2 programmed activities (PAs) will be allocated to the role of Senior Clinical Lecturer; and 8 PA to clinical duties within WWL Trust. Hours Full time - 10 sessions per week Job ref 302-25-6992578-MHR-M
Site Royal Albert Edward Infirmary and Edge Hill University Town Ormskirk and Wigan Salary £105,504 - £139,882 per annum Salary period Yearly Closing 26/03/2025 23:59
Job overview
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (WWL) is looking to appoint a committed and enthusiastic clinician at consultant level (or within 6 months of CCT) with an academic research profile. This is a newly created post in collaboration with Edge Hill University (EHU) and will provide the successful applicant with an opportunity to make a major contribution to research on microbiology and infectious disease at EHU. The title of Reader or Professor may be offered to successful candidates who meet the Edge Hill University award requirements.
This will be a joint appointment, in tandem with clinical duties, between WWL Trust and the University, in line with Follett principles. The appointment is for 10 programmed activities. A detailed job plan will be developed jointly with the Trust & the University (in line with the Follet Principles). It is anticipated that the equivalent of 2 programmed activities (PAs) will be allocated to the role of clinical academic in the integrated job plan and that these responsibilities will normally be delivered on-site at EHU. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to build a new patient workload and will be a key member of a very busy infection sciences department at WWL.
Main duties of the job
* Have continuing clinical and professional responsibility for patients admitted under your care, keeping patients (and/or their carers if appropriate) informed about their condition and involving patients (and/or carers if appropriate) in decision making about their treatment. It is expected that you will provide eight PA of clinical care within WWL, including providing expert infection advice to clinicians, both in the Trust and from primary care, review and validate blood culture results and work with the wider IPC team.
* Develop a research profile that contributes towards the reputation and excellence of EHU and WWL in the relevant field. It is expected that the equivalent of two PA will be allocated to the role of Senior Clinical Lecturer in the integrated job plan and that these responsibilities will be delivered at our Edge Hill University campus in Ormskirk.
Working for our organisation
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement, and living our values ‘the WWL Way’. WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The successful applicant will be expected to provide clinical advice by phone and e-mail, manage positive blood cultures and other urgent clinical samples, attend ward rounds, multi-disciplinary team meetings and relevant management and governance meetings, and to provide occasional support to laboratory scientific staff and members of the infection prevention and control team. The successful applicant will be encouraged to develop a relevant subspecialty interest and to participate in research, subject to resources and local priorities.
Key interdependencies for the microbiology service include:
* Clinical liaison service, including strong links with critical care
* Laboratory support
* Infection Prevention & Control team
* Antimicrobial stewardship
* MSK surgical services provided at Wrightington Hospital
The out of hours service is a 1:11 rota renumerated at 1 PA and attracts an appropriate banding presently equating to 3% of basic salary.
Person specification
Qualifications
* Primary medical qualification or equivalent
* Full GMC registration with a licence to practice and on the Specialist Register for the relevant clinical specialty (or within 6 months of CCT)
* Doctoral level qualification in a relevant academic discipline
Experience and Knowledge
* Training and recent experience in your specialism, and a successful track record of having applied and disseminated best practice.
* Sustained experience in undergraduate medical education with knowledge of Higher Education curricula with evidence of the ability to be an effective, research-informed leader, teacher and assessor across the range of taught levels appropriate to the post.
* Research expertise and a track record of success.
* Ability to lead research projects.
Personal Qualities
* A strong commitment to the University Mission, Vision, and Values
* Adaptable with the ability to operate flexibly in a structured yet complex, changing and challenging environment
* Self-motivated and proactive approach to identifying new opportunities and developing realistic yet creative and innovative solutions
* Commitment to continuous improvement
Competencies and Personal Attributes
* The ability to undertake clinical work at consultant / GP level within an appropriate clinical area as agreed with the clinical employer
* The ability to fulfil the requirements of continuing professional development, engage in joint (University and Clinical) job planning and appraisal annually, and the requirements for revalidation
Additional
* A willingness to accept flexibility to meet the changing needs of the NHS
Our Trust prefers candidates to submit applications online. Please contact the Recruitment Team on 01942 244000 if you have difficulty applying online.
The Trust reserves the right to close adverts earlier than the stated closing date if there is a high volume of applications.
Guidance on Completing Your Application
Applications are scored against the person specification, therefore we recommend that you use the supporting information section of your application form to demonstrate how you meet the essential and desirable criteria for the role, providing illustrative examples where possible.
On-Call
Please note that some roles may require you to participate in an on-call rota, if the role is predominantly operational.
WWL has signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment. and will recognise your continuous or ‘unbroken’ service in any Greater Manchester Local Authority or NHS organisation, Transport for Greater Manchester, Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service or Greater Manchester Combined Authority; giving you access to our service-related benefits.
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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 Daniel Whitehouse Job title HR Medicine Recruitment Lead Email address daniel.whitehouse@wwl.nhs.uk Telephone number 07786 521831 Additional information
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