171342 Consultant Microbiologist with Infectious

**NHS Lothian University Hospitals Division**

**Consultant Microbiologist with Infectious Diseases**

**Permanent 40 hours per week**

**St Johns Hospital**

NHS Lothian is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best.

Applicants are welcome for the above post to join a team of 7 Consultant Microbiologists who together with Virologists and Infectious Diseases Physicians provide an infection service covering the whole of Lothian. The vacancies is one of 2 based at St John’s Hospital, Livingston.

The Lothian Microbiology service includes five Scottish reference laboratories, dealing with Mycobacteria, _E. coli_ O157, Bacterial Sexually-Transmitted Infections_,_ Human Papilloma Virus and Viral Haemorrhagic Fever as well as Specialist Virology services. The laboratories have full UKAS ISO 15189:2012 accreditation.

We have excellent working relationships with clinical teams and have ongoing collaboration with researchers in Edinburgh and beyond. The post holder will play a significant role in delivery of infection consult service, antimicrobial stewardship and contribute to OPAT.

Our goal is to make best use of available expertise in the management of infection for optimal patient care in our region. To achieve this we aim to develop teams comprising microbiologists, virologists, infectious diseases physicians and infection prevention and control colleagues at each of our base hospitals.

The post-holder will have a CCT in Microbiology or Microbiology and Infectious Diseases or be within 6 months at interview date of achieving this. On-call is 1:8 pro-rata with prospective cover and a 5% availability supplement.

The vacancies are full-time, but part-time or job-share applicants will be considered.

For informal enquiries and arrangements to visit the Department, please contact: Dr Naomi Gadsby, Consultant Clinical Scientist and Head of Specialty for Microbiology, Tel. 0131 242 6048 at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh and Dr Daire O’Shea, Consultant Physician in Infectious Diseases on Tel 0131 537 2862 at the same address.

Interview Date: Tuesday 6th February 2024