Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
About
Our services
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has around 1.2 million patient contacts a year. We provide healthcare to the people of Swindon and the surrounding areas, offering the latest treatments and care in hospital, in the local community and in people's own homes.
We provide a range of specialist services from the Great Western Hospital in Swindon, located just off junction 15 of the M4. Our large and modern hospital has around 480 beds, numerous outpatient clinics, CT and MRI scanners, maternity services, an Intensive Care Unit, an Urgent Care Centre and a 24/7 Emergency Department.
We also support people to stay well and out of hospital, to manage long term conditions and provide care in local community facilities and in people's own homes across Swindon.
Our people
We have a team of 4,500 highly skilled, dedicated and compassionate staff working in the Great Western Hospital and within community healthcare facilities and people's homes across Swindon.
How we are regulated
We have more freedom to explore different ways of developing our services, but we are still closely inspected to make sure we meet rigorous NHS standards. The independent regulators, NHS Improvement and the Care Quality Commission, regulate all foundation trusts to ensure that they meet the required national standards of quality, care and financial sustainability.
Key details
Location
Site: Great Western Hospital
Town: Swindon
Postcode: SN3 6BB
Major / Minor Region: Wiltshire
Contract type & working pattern
Contract: Permanent
Hours: 10 sessions per week
* Full time
* Part time
* Job share
* Flexible working
* Compressed hours
* Annualised hours
Salary
Salary: £105,504 - £139,882 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Grade: (NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant)
Specialty
Main area: Microbiology
Great Western Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is a unique organisation, serving as the sole integrated provider in the Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon, and Wiltshire system. Our scope extends beyond boundaries as we oversee adult community services in Swindon and provide acute care from the Great Western Hospital.
The Trust is a Disability Confident Employer; all applicants who have a disability can opt to be considered under the guaranteed interview scheme, which means that, providing they meet the minimum essential criteria for the post, they will be offered an interview. We are also proudly accredited as a Veteran Aware organisation and have signed The Armed Forces Covenant.
Job Overview
We are looking for a medical microbiologist to join our existing team of consultants in the department of Microbiology at Great Western Hospitals. The appointee will cover 10 PAs, with flexibility over how this is divided depending on individual requirements. Over the next year, we are aiming to broaden the scope of microbiology services offered at Great Western and are therefore particularly interested to hear from infectious diseases/medical microbiology jointly trained candidates who would be interested in helping us to drive transformation and service improvements for our patients.
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Clinical practice and liaison
Taking a leadership role within the Trust/ hospital / Health Board in matters relating to infection management. Provision of a comprehensive infection service. This includes direct clinical care and proactive liaison in a timely manner with consultant colleagues, other hospital staff, medical microbiology colleagues, Genito-Urinary Medicine physicians and lead respiratory physicians for tuberculosis management, general practitioners, antibiotic pharmacists, IPC nurses, health protection consultants and CCDCs concerning the diagnosis and management of patients, and control and prevention of infection.
Responsibilities for teaching, examination and accreditation duties are required, and for contributing to undergraduate and post-graduate and continuing medical education.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
All consultants will be expected to contribute to the following:
1. Day-to-day supervision of diagnostic methods and examination of specimens.
2. Authorisation and interpretation of results.
3. Involvement in Policy and Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) preparation.
4. Responsibility for quality assurance performance within the department.
5. Business planning, including the assessment and introduction of new methods, and forward planning for staff and equipment requirements.
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
* Full and specialist registration (and a licence to practise) with the General Medical Council (GMC) (or eligible for registration within six months of interview)
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