Consultant and Senior Clinical Lecturer in Microbiology
NHS
GBP 40,000 - 60,000
Wrightington Wigan & Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
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. 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. The Trust would also support candidates who have CCT in Acute Medicine/G(I)M to undertake Acute Medical work as part of their job plan.
* 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.
Job 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. Successful applicants will make use of the laboratory services located at Salford Royal Hospital, delivered to both Trusts as part of a joint venture - Pathology at Wigan and Salford or PAWS.
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.
Please note that senior positions (AFC band 8A or above) may be expected to participate in an on-call rota, if the role is predominantly operational.
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 with the ability to contribute to significant elements of academic programmes within the area of expertise.
* 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.
* Effective communicator and negotiator.
* Demonstrate effective leadership.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Wrightington Wigan & Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Royal Albert Edward Infirmary and Edge Hill University
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