Consultant Microbiologist

Job overview

The successful applicant will join a team of Consultant Microbiologists, Consultant Clinical Scientists, Specialist / Speciality Doctors and Infectious Diseases Clinicians, as well as specialty trainees in ID/Microbiology and HSST Clinical Scientists providing the highest standards in clinical infection management, laboratory microbiology(including virology and molecular virology), infection prevention and control and antimicrobial stewardship.

Main duties of the job

• Communication and ward visits in response to significant microbiology results. • Augmented care ward visits (General ITUs, General HDU, Cardiac ITU, across James Cook and North Tees Hospitals). • Bacteraemia service. • Clinical microbiology consultation service. This is coordinated by the microbiology secretaries 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday via a telephone referral service available to consultants/specialist trainees and GPs. A non-urgent written referral service is available to foundation/core training grade doctors. • Review and clinical authorisation of laboratory reports. • Any candidates with a combined medical microbiology/infectious diseases CCT (or equivalent qualification) keen to take on additional clinical roles would be supported to do so. Infectious diseases clinical sessions currently include inpatient care, infectious diseases clinics, HIV, viral hepatitis, outpatient antimicrobial therapy services (OPAT), and ward consultations. • The appointee will be expected to attend/participate within the Monday morning clinical handover meeting, and the Friday joint clinical meeting with the infectious diseases physicians and antibiotic pharmacists.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the full job description and person specification document(s) for main responsibilities of the role.