# Microbiology Consultant > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/microbiology-consultant/6bf6b6d7-3970-45ff-980a-3205fcc2b135 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/microbiology-consultant/6bf6b6d7-3970-45ff-980a-3205fcc2b135.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Harrogate and District NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** HDH - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Medical Microbiology - **Grade:** Consultant - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Part time - 7 sessions per week (6PA = Core and 1PA – on call) - **Closing date:** 2026-09-06T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-08-13T11:40:46.027Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/North_Yorkshire/Harrogate/Harrogate_District_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Microbiology/Microbiology-v8197609 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8197609?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.hdft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our team in Harrogate as a Consultant in the Microbiology Department. The successful candidate should hold CCT or CESR, or be within six months of award of CCT by date of interview, and have FRCPath or equivalent. This replacement post attracts 7 PAs. Any applicant who is unable, for personal reasons, to work the advertised number of programmed activities is encouraged to apply for the post. Please note that the successful candidate will be expected to participate in the out-of-hours and weekend on-call rota on a 1/4 basis providing cover to the acute Trust and GP colleagues. The weekends are covered from home. ### Main duties of the job You will be working with three Consultant Microbiologist colleagues, between them providing approximately 2.5 WTE. We are a very friendly, clinically-orientated department, and like to be seen out on the wards. The Department of Microbiology is based at Harrogate Hospital, a small but vibrant DGH providing all the usual DGH services. In addition, the Trust has a very large community reach, covering the whole of North Yorkshire and beyond. We pride ourselves on close working with local GP colleagues, and the out of hours GP service is provided by the Acute Trust. The department has its own UKAS accredited laboratory, which receives approximately 130,000 specimens per annum, of which 25,000 are in serology. Harrogate District Hospital Laboratory is a partner of Integrated Pathology Solutions (IPS). IPS is an innovative joint-venture pathology service between Harrogate & District NHS Foundation Trust, Airedale NHS Foundation Trust and Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. We have excellent laboratory and clinical virology cover from Leeds ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities The Department of Microbiology is based at Harrogate Hospital, a small but vibrant DGH providing all the usual DGH services. In addition, the Trust has a very large community reach, covering the whole of North Yorkshire and beyond. We pride ourselves on close working with local GP colleagues, and the out of hours GP service is provided by the Acute Trust. The department has its own UKAS accredited laboratory, which receives approximately 130,000 specimens per annum, of which 25,000 are in serology. We have excellent laboratory and clinical virology cover from Leeds. Situated on the edge of the Yorkshire Dales National Park, an area of outstanding natural beauty and which is in close proximity to Leeds and York, Harrogate is an affluent town offering a very high standard of residential accommodation. There is a wide range of local schools which have an excellent national reputation in both the state and private sectors. There are numerous sporting, recreational and cultural activities available in the town or the surrounding area to suit most interests. Please see full job description and person specification for further details. Interested applicants are encouraged to contact: Dr Katharine Scott, Consultant Microbiologist & Specialty Lead Dr Lauren Heath, Consultant Microbiologist Dr Sarah Drake, Consultant Microbiologist and Infection Control Doctor Appointments/telephone appointments should be made via the department secretary, Janet Bingham (Janet.Bingham@nhs.net) on 01423 555663. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 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. ## Person Specification ### Teaching **Essential** - Experience of undergraduate and post graduate teaching within Microbiology and Infection Prevention and Control Departments **Desirable** - Teaching qualification ### Qualifications **Essential** - Full and specialist registration (and a licence to practise) with the General Medical Council (GMC) (or eligible for registration within six months of interview) - Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), or equivalent **Desirable** - Postgraduate thesis - Completed fellowship programme - Four years supervised training in an appropriate training programme ### Clinical Experience **Essential** - Experience of all aspects of Medical Microbiology (including antimicrobial stewardship) and Infection prevention and control. **Desirable** - Interest in multi-disciplinary audit ## Documents - [job description and person spec (pdf, 544.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10537109) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.