Locum Consultant - Infectious Disease/ Medical Microbiology inAylesbury inAylesbury PUBLISHED
TUE 5 NOV 2024
Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust rC5juByv
In this position, the Consultant will provide clinical support to various hospital sites and local GPs, engage in outpatient antibiotic therapy (OPAT) management, and attend multi-disciplinary team meetings for several medical specialties. The role also emphasises thorough collaboration with other healthcare professionals, including liaison for infection management, attending regular departmental commitments, and participating actively in infection prevention and control initiatives. The candidate will share departmental commitments equitably among colleagues while ensuring comprehensive infection service delivery.
We are looking to appoint 1 year fixed term Locum Consultant in Infectious Disease/Medical Microbiology at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire NHS Trust.
The post-holder will share in the provision of a first-class clinical microbiology service to the areas covered by the laboratory, along with the other Consultant Microbiologists: Dr Ruby Devi and Dr Karthiga Sithamparanathan.
The Department also has an ST3 Microbiology/Infectious Diseases trainee from the Oxford Thames Valley deanery rotation working Mon-Fri 9-5pm.
You will participate in a 1 in 4 weekly on call-rota with prospective cover. Category A on call supplement applies. Please note these posts are 10 PAs for each with a potential for 1 additional PA per post for lead infection prevention control doctor or antimicrobial stewardship lead.
On call is undertaken from home with remote access to the usual suite of applications, namely Winpath - the laboratory IT application for reviewing and authorising microbiology results.
The post is covered by the Terms and Conditions of the new Consultant Contract (England 20.
The Trust requires the successful candidate to have and maintain full and specialist registration with a current licence to practise with the General Medical Council (GMC) and to fulfil the duties and responsibilities of a doctor as set down by the GMC.
The successful candidate will be required to live within 10 miles of 'principal place of work' at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, or 30 minutes travelling time when on call.
The appointee will be expected to cover for colleagues' absence from duty on the basis of agreed arrangements in the department and with the employing Trust.
You will be one of 4 consultants working in a rota to provide clinical support to all hospital sites and local GPs. This includes supporting our OPAT team to manage patients in the community, including weekly virtual OPAT rounds -when covering OPAT, attending orthopaedic, Spinal Surgery, Spinal Injuries and Haematology MDT meetings and undertaking daily ICU ward rounds.
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Clinical practice and liaison
- Provision of a comprehensive infection service. This includes direct clinical care and proactive liaison in a timely manner with consultant colleagues, other hospital staff, medical microbiology colleagues, Genito-Urinary Medicine (GUM) physicians and lead respiratory physicians for tuberculosis management, general practitioners, antibiotic pharmacists, IPC nurses, health protection consultants and CCDCs concerning the diagnosis and management of patients, and control and prevention of infection.
- Regular departmental visits and commitments to specific units including Intensive Care, Haematology/Oncology, Medical/Surgical admission units, regular and ad hoc visits to wards, and departmental commitment to IPC.
- Regular departmental commitments to committees such as, Antimicrobial Stewardship Group, Pathology Business meetings, Microbiology Consultants Senior Laboratory Staff meetings and IPCT meetings
- Regular commitments to Orthopaedic multidisciplinary team (MDT), Spinal Injuries MDT, Spinal Surgery MDT and Haematology MDT meetings.
The appointee will take equal (or appropriate share of) responsibility for departmental commitments.
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