1. FRCPath or equivalent
2. Full and Specialist registration (and with a licence to practise) with the General Medical Council (GMC), or be eligible for registration within six months of interview.
3. Applicants that are UK trained, must ALSO be a holder of a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), or be within six months of award of CCT by date of interview.
4. Applicants that are non-UK trained, will be required to show evidence of equivalence to the UK CCT
Experience and Knowledge
Essential
5. High standard of knowledge and expertise in the diagnosis and management of patients with infection across the whole healthcare system
6. Clinical Governance
7. Ability to offer expert clinical opinion on range of clinical microbiology problems both emergency and elective and in primary care.
8. Able to take responsibility for delivering service without direct supervision
9. Experience in infection prevention and control
Desirable
10. Experience in management of viral hepatitis
11. Experience of OPAT services
Teaching
Essential
12. Experience of and commitment to teaching undergraduate and postgraduate medical staff
13. Ability to teach clinical and personal skills required for microbiology/infection
Desirable
14. Experience of teaching basic clinical skills to undergraduates
15. Teaching of non-medical health professionals.
16. Educational Qualification
Research, Audit and Clinical Governance
Essential
17. Experience of, and commitment to, medical audit
Desirable
18. Ability to supervise postgraduate research
19. Publications in referred journals
Management and Admin
Essential
20. Willingness to provide clinical leadership to service
21. Ability to cover on call service
Desirable
22. Experience of service development within the NHS
Communication skills and abilities
Essential
23. Effective communicator
24. Flexible approach to team working
25. Good IT skills
Continued professional/personal development
Essential
26. Commitment to continued medical education
27. Participation in CPD scheme
Personal attributes
Essential
28. Caring attitude to patients
29. Enthusiasm to develop clinical service