Locum Consultant Microbiology

Locum Consultant Microbiologist

**Division**: Unplanned and Integrated Care

**Care Group**: Diagnostics & Clinical Support Services

**Band**: Locum Consultant

**Salary**: £93,666 - £126,281 10 PA

**Interview Date**: TBC

We are recruiting a Locum Consultant Microbiologists who share our ambition and vision to deliver the Best of Care by the Best People and have the drive to take us forward, by ensuring that the Trust continues to be the first choice for patients and our staff.

There is an excellent opportunity for the successful applicants to join a cohesive team of microbiologists, infection control nurses, antibiotic pharmacists and laboratory staff to provide the full range of clinical, microbiology and infection prevention and control services at Medway Maritime Hospital.

All applicants must be on the General Medical Councils Specialist Register in Microbiology or Microbiology and Infectious diseases at the time of interview.

We are committed to endorsing diversity, multiculturalism, and inclusion; our policies / procedures ensure that all applicants are treated fairly at every stage of the recruitment process.

Here at Medway, we pride ourselves on working together as one to ensure that our shared vision of Better, Best, Brilliant is achieved. Our culture and values are what drives the Trust and is the heartbeat of who we are as an organisation.

Our Trust is a great choice for people who want to develop their career in an ambitious environment.

The NHS are striving towards “we work flexibly” as a workforce, we want to ensure that you can work in a way that is best for us, our patients, and importantly for you. We offer many flexible working opportunities, speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement for you and if it works for the service, we will do our best to make it work for you.

All of our substantive & fixed term employees can enjoy a range of staff benefits, a gym, an active health and wellbeing programme, an on-site nursery and a cycle to work scheme.

We are taking positive action to ensure that we can attract, recruit and retain the best talent and would welcome more applicants from under - represented groups to support the Trusts commitment to a diverse, inclusive and an employer of choice workforce.

All staff at Medway comply the Trust’s and the Kent and Medway Safeguarding Board’s policies on safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults.

The appointee will be expected to work with local managers and professional colleagues in the efficient running of services and will share in the medical contribution to management. Subject to the Terms and Conditions of Service, you are expected to observe the Trust’s agreed policies and procedures, drawn up in consultation with the professions on clinical matters, and to follow the standing orders and financial instructions of The Medway NHS Foundation Trust.

In particular, where the appointee manages employees of the Trust the appointee will be expected to follow the local and national employment and personnel policies and procedures. The appointee will be expected to make sure that there are adequate arrangements for hospital staff involved in the care of patients about whom their nominated cover is required when necessary.

The appointee will assist the Clinical Lead in Microbiology in the organisation and provision of a microbiological, diagnostic, clinical, IPC and advisory service to all healthcare services, including GP related services across the health economy.