Consultant in Infection

Job overview

An exciting opportunity for a Consultant in Infection to join the Northern Care Alliance Infection Sciences team and provide additional support for Infection services at Salford Royal Hospital.

The on-call rota is 1 in 10 covering the NCA, The Christie and Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trusts. The NCA has Infection Science laboratories at Salford and Oldham providing services in medical microbiology and virology to the above locations.

Responsible, with colleagues, for providing services in clinical microbiology and infection prevention and control across the NCA, including some duties based at The Royal Oldham Hospital.

A versatile and enthusiastic medical microbiologist, you will be either fully qualified and registered with the GMC or within 6 months of obtaining a CCT in medical microbiology (or medical microbiology and infectious diseases).

You will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to demonstrate the ability to influence others in senior clinical and management roles within and outside the organisation, be responsible for implementation of innovation and service development and have experience of writing protocols and guidelines.

An excellent track record for implementing change, coupled with a desire to improve and succeed are essential requirements.  In return, you will benefit from working in a high performing organisation where you will be able to enhance your skills.

Main duties of the job

The main purpose of the job is to provide a clinical infection service to Salford.  The post holder will complement and develop existing services through the provision of specialist knowledge and expertise in Clinical Microbiology.

The appointee will, together with Consultant Microbiologist colleagues, primarily be responsible for the provision of comprehensive and efficient  clinical and diagnostic microbiology services to the users of the Salford Royal Hospital and The Christie.  An initial and then annual review of duties will take place with the Clinical Director of Infection Sciences as part of the job planning process.  During the initial job planning meeting, a detailed breakdown of direct clinical care and supporting activities will be agreed. The precise arrangements will depend on the needs of the service, the interests of the individual and agreement with colleagues: flexibility is expected and there will be some duties across the Northern Care Alliance.

Salford Royal Hospital is part of the Northern Care Alliance, one of the largest NHS organisations in the country.  A place with an outstanding reputation. Salford is the place which is taking bold, pioneering steps towards delivering a world class, fully integrated care system for adults. Twice rated Outstanding by the CQC, Salford Royal NHS Foundation Trust is responsible for delivering a range of community and primary care services and specialist services to Greater Manchester and beyond. ‘

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: https://careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/