Locum Consultant in Clinical Microbiology & Infection

Job overview

North Middlesex University Hospital is part of the Royal Free Group and is one of London’s busiest acute hospitals, serving more than 350,000 people living in Enfield and Haringey and the surrounding areas, including Barnet and Waltham Forest.

Every day, on average, we see 500 patients in A&E; 15 babies are born in our maternity unit; about 450 inpatients are cared for on our wards; about 50 patients have major or minor surgery in one of our 10 operating theatres; and about 800 people attend our outpatients clinics.

We provide a full range of adult, elderly and children's services across medical and surgical disciplines. Our specialist services include stroke, HIV/AIDS, cardiology (including heart failure care), haematology, diabetes, sleep studies, fertility and orthopaedics. Our sickle cell and thalassaemia department is nationally recognised as a leading centre for these diseases.

At North Middlesex University Hospital, you’ll find a team that truly believes in living our values in everything we do. We are caring, we are fair and we are open.

Main duties of the job

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full time Consultant in Medical Microbiology/ Consultant in Infection to join the team of 4 consultants based at North Middlesex Hospital, London. This is a 10 PA locum post. The successful candidate will join four existing consultants (3.5 WTE) and participate in a 1: 5 out of hours on-call rota with prospective cover at a category A rating (5%). Applications are welcomed from those approaching their CCT, as well as experienced consultants. We are open to discussing job share or part-time arrangements and there is flexibility to meet the needs of individual applicants.  The appointee will  take on a co-Lead role for an area to support their colleagues and provide cross cover when necessary. To qualify for this role, you will be a member of the Royal College or Pathologists (or equivalent). You will either hold or be eligible for specialist registration, holding a Certificate of completion of training (CCT or equivalent) or be within 6 months of award of CCT by the interview date

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will provide consultant and specialist advice for North Middlesex University  Hospital NHS Trust. Infectious diseases and complex infections contribute a large part to the clinical case mix at NMUH, as the hospital serves a very culturally diverse and socially deprived population. The hospital has one of the larger HIV centers in London. The hospital  is also the main treatment centre for tuberculosis for outer North Central London. The microbiology department works closely with all infection specialties and others to deliver an infection service that is in line with the needs of our patients. The post holder will have responsibility for clinical infection consultation and antibiotic stewardship elements of the  service.

Microbiology and Virology core laboratory services are centralised in a Hub laboratory (Health Service Laboratories (HSL), with a newly built Rapid Response Laboratory on site since June 2016. We have representation on all HSL laboratory related working groups,  and have direct input into laboratory practices, and autonomy to set up site specific processes relating to our  laboratory work .

We have close collaborations with Microbiology, Infectious Diseases, and Virology colleagues across North Central London, and have developed a collaborative partnership with UCH, Virology, where genomic analysis of our COVID cases is discussed at a weekly MDT.