Consultant Virologist

We have an exciting opportunity for a medically-qualified virologist who holds FRCPath Part 2 or is within 6 months of being awarded GMC specialist registration by CCT or CESR to work at St Peter’s Hospital in
Chertsey, Surrey.

We are one of the country’s highest-performing, most integrated and most respected NHS Pathology networks. Our focus on clinical excellence means that we are the perfect place for you to progress as a professional. Our friendly, supportive, open culture makes this a unique place to support great patient care.

**BSPS serves six hospitals across five NHS Trusts**: Ashford and St Peter’s Hospital (ASPH), Frimley Park Hospital, Wexham Park Hospital, Royal Surrey Hospital, Royal Berkshire Hospital, and East Surrey Hospital. Our current workload is around 50 million tests per annum and we have a turnover of approximately £120m. We serve a population of approximately 3.9 million across six pathology laboratories, employing over 1000 whole-time equivalents of staff with over 100 consultants.

The post-holder must be a registered medical practitioner and hold full and specialist registration (with a licence to practise) with the General Medical Council (GMC), or be eligible for registration within six months of interview. It is expected that the successful applicant will hold FRCPath orequivalent higher degree and have wide experience in clinical and diagnostic virology and infectionmanagement.

The post-holder will be responsible, along with the Associate Specialist for Virology and the Consultant Microbiologists, for the delivery and development of a comprehensive, efficient and cost
- effective clinical virology service to the hospitals in the BSPS collaboration, GP and community services within the catchment area, and UKHSA.

The post-holder will work closely with the Trust’s Director for Infection Prevention & Control (DIPC) and the InfectionControl lead as required

Ashford and St. Peters Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust serves a population of more than 410,000 people living in North-West Surrey, parts of Hounslow and beyond.

Over 3,700 highly trained doctors, nurses, midwives, therapists, healthcare scientists and other support staff make up our workforce, providing a wide range of services across our two hospital sites, Ashford, Surrey and St Peter's, Chertsey, Surrey.

We also run many specialist clinics in the community and local community hospitals and other healthcare facilities.

Our vision is to be one of the best healthcare Trusts in the country. There has never been a better time to join us in the NHS at ASPH. We are committed to providing continuous professional development, staff benefits and flexibility to shape our workforce around our patient care.

This is an exciting time to join our Trust, as we work on the expansion of our theatres at Ashford Hospital and move towards this becoming our dedicated elective centre. We want to create a state-of-the-art centre for excellence for planned surgical procedures; with care delivered by dedicated, specialist teams in a modern and well-equipped environment.

We hope to use this centre to create an environment of learning and to facilitate training of the next generation of our skilled NHS workforce. Our plans are ambitious - why not, come and be a part of our journey.

To work productively and effectively as a team member with the Associate Specialist in Virology and the virology laboratory BMA, MLA and administrative staff to ensure the delivery of a high-quality, safe, comprehensive virology service to the Trusts and communities of the BSPS network. To validate, verify, authorise and interpret virology and related laboratory results.

To communicate critical/urgent results to clinical users and microbiologist colleagues. To provide clinical advice on the management of patients with viral infectious diseases. To engage with infection control and public health colleagues in the management of incidents and outbreaks.

To uphold the principles of patient safety and confidentiality in line with regulations (e.g. GDPR) and published guidance (e.g. NICE, GMC Good Medical Practice). To contribute to the wider functioning of the department, division and network, including adoption of new ways of working, quality improvement activity, data analysis, audit, NEQAS, laboratory quality management, service development, etc.