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The Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust is excited to offer four permanent Consultant positions in Infection, Microbiology, and Virology at our state-of-the-art facility in Truro. This is a unique opportunity for driven individuals, especially women who are looking to make a significant impact in their careers while contributing to vital health services. We’re expanding our infection services and need passionate professionals with specialist registration in Infectious Diseases, Medical Microbiology, or a combination of both. You'll work alongside a supportive team of experienced Consultants, Trainee Clinical Scientists, and Antimicrobial Pharmacists, all dedicated to delivering outstanding patient care.
In these roles, you will not only provide essential consultations and support across various services, but you will also have the chance to develop your own special interests in areas like antimicrobial stewardship and infection prevention. We offer flexible working options, including part-time and hybrid arrangements, to help you achieve a healthy work-life balance. Together, we can reshape patient care for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly while fostering your professional growth. Ready to make a change? Join us in creating a healthier future!
Applications are invited for four wholetime equivalent substantive Consultant posts as part of a programme to expand and reimagine infection services based at the Royal Cornwall Hospital in Truro.
We are seeking individuals with specialist registration in Infectious diseases with GIM, Medical microbiology, and Medical microbiology with ID as part of an expansion and reshaping of our infection services
There wide ranging opportunities to contribute to all aspects of our clinical infection service including developing special interests and research
The appointees will join a current team of 4 substantive and 2 Locum Consultants in Medical Microbiology, two Trainee Clinical Scientists and an ID/Acute medicine physician. The post holder will also work closely with 2 Antimicrobial pharmacists and a vibrant IPAC team.
The posts are based in the clinical microbiology department on the Royal Cornwall Hospital (RCH) site in Truro, Cornwall . The post is designed to enable the Trust to develop and enhance the clinical liaison and infection service including future development of inpatient ID service and establish clinical infection training across RCHT, Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. There will also be opportunities to contribute to future services across the peninsula pathology network. Discussion of special interest, less than full time and hybrid working are welcomed. The posts are permanent.
The scope of these posts include the following activities arranged in rotation among the team with ample opportunity to develop special interests such as specialist team support, antimicrobial stewardship, infection prevention and control as well as outpatient antibiotic support or rapid access
Advice on investigation and management of infections
Inpatient ID consults
Bacteraemia and significant infection rounds
Day-to-day support for all aspects of the diagnostic laboratory
IPAC and AMS support
Liaison with health protection teams
Out of hours cover. This is currently provided on a 1:4 rota.
Any responsibility that relates to a special interest.
Professional supervision and management of junior medical staff.
Contribute to the teaching commitment for the Peninsula Medical School.
Support specialist MDTs
Please note: This is a permanent consultant post and will require an AAC panel interview. As such, you must be on the specialist register or have a pending a CCT date. You can view your registration status via gmc-uk.org/doctors/ before applying. Applications with no specialist registration will be rejected. Do however speak to the specialty contact for potential locum or non-consultant variations of this post.
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Further details of the scope and duties are in the attached JD. The included job plan is offered as an example. Please not there is significant opportunity to shape the final version.
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