Consultant Microbiologist

This is a replacement post due to retirement within the Clinical Microbiology team.

We are a group of 13 consultants working across the fantastic city of Liverpool who deliver the clinical microbiology service to over 2000 inpatients, and the surrounding community services. There are many tertiary specialist units who require our expertise, including maxillofacial, bone marrow transplant, cardiothoracic surgery and neurosurgery.

We work closely with our Infectious Diseases colleagues and the Tropical School of Medicine is located by the Royal Liverpool Hospital.

The laboratory is housed in a new, state of the art building on site at the Royal Liverpool Hospital. Working alongside the laboratory is an integral part of this role

We want to work with dynamic, forward-thinking individuals who can deliver a clinically facing microbiology role. They will need to be able to work and engage with the laboratory and clinical team within the department and across the Trusts that we cover.

The following is a summary of the requirements of the job

They will be expected to give clinical advice to staff across the Liverpool health economy face to face and via the telephone.

Lead the clinical consults service including ITU ward rounds

Engage in ward rounds and specialty MDTs

Work with the OPAT team at Aintree hospital

Assist in the delivery the AMS strategy for the Trusts

Engagement and liaison with the microbiology laboratory to ensure high quality work is being carried out and is compliant with UKAS accreditations

Support the IPC teams, with an option to be the IPC Doctor

Supervision and education for medical trainees and STPs

Take part in the on call service, which currently stands at 1:10

There are opportunities to deliver on site clinical microbiology to other Trusts in the city

Work with the Infectious Diseases team based at the Royal Liverpool Hospital

Work with the operational team to drive service and quality improvement projects

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.

The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.

The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.

Please see the attached job description for details.

The headings include

Clinical Consults Service

Telephone advice and authorisation of clinical samples

Infection Prevention and Control

Antimicrobial Stewardship

Laboratory Leadership and Quality Assurance

On call

Teaching

Research and Development

Clinical Effectiveness

Personal and Professional Development

Management