Consultant in Medical Microbiology

Job summary

A Trust-wide team of 5 substantive and one locum Consultant(s), providing clinical Microbiology services, Infection Control advice and clinical laboratory management for all Trust sites and within the community.

The Microbiology laboratory is based on the Worcestershire Royal Hospital site and has full UKAS ISO 15189 accreditation providing comprehensive diagnostic microbiology services to Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, local general practices and local private healthcare providers.

Clinical services include:

• Authorisation of laboratory results (Mon-Sun)
• Clinical advice liaison service (via phone and email)
• Daily ITU ward rounds on 2 sites (Mon-Fri)
• Weekly Infection MDT
• Attendance at weekly Haematology MDT
• Attendance at bone and joint MDT
• Attendance at monthly TB MDT
• AMS ward rounds
• 24/7 out of hours service

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will join an enthusiastic team of Consultant Microbiologists in providing a comprehensive clinical microbiology and infection advice service to the Acute Trust and community.

This includes routine laboratory liaison and result authorisation, clinical liaison via phone, email or in person, and daily ITU ward rounds.

There is an equitable pro-rata share of this workload. In addition, there are regular MDTs which can be shared by mutual agreement.

All consultants currently have areas of specialist interest including Infection Control, Antimicrobial Stewardship, Laboratory lead, Education and Estates liaison. Areas of special clinical interest are encouraged in the successful candidate and will be considered in line with the current departmental profile. As a team, we are open to negotiating a job plan including Infectious Disease specialty work such as outpatient clinics, or ward rounds or input into the local OPAT service.

The post attracts 10 programmed activities, and the post holder will be expected to work flexibly across the Acute Trust hospital sites and to participate in the out-of-hours on-call rota which is shared with Consultant colleagues from Wye Valley NHS Trust, Hereford.

Interested candidates are invited to contact Dr Gemma Winzor for further information about the role.

Interview date: 29th June 2026

Job responsibilities

Worcestershire Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is a large acute and specialised hospital trust that provides a range of local acute services to the residents of Worcestershire and more specialised services to a larger population in Herefordshire and beyond.

The Trust operates hospital-based services from three sites in Kidderminster, Redditch and Worcester

Our workforce is more than 7,000 strong, and our caring staff are recognised as providing good and outstanding patient-centred care. You could be one of them.

We are committed to recruiting the best people to work with us. Our values, which we ask all staff to demonstrate, underpin our everyday work and remain firmly at the heart of all we do.

Being open and honest

Ensuring people feel cared for

Showing respect to everyone

We are committed to developing a culture of continuous improvement by embedding the principles of our Improvement System.

We are proud to have achieved Timewise accreditation - this means we are committed to embedding flexible working within our organisation as a flex positive employer.

DBS Checks and Costs

Any applicants who are offered posts requiring a DBS check as part of their employment check will have the cost of this check (at the current rate) deducted from their salary. Please see link in Supporting Information section for more details on DBS checks and costs.