Consultant Clinical Scientist for Microbiology

3 months ago


Colchester, United Kingdom East Suffolk and North Essex NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Job summary

We are looking for a HCPC Registered Microbiology Clinical Scientist to join our ESNEFT's cutting-edge pathology services. You will reflect our forward-thinking approach to healthcare, as well as our willingness to embrace the latest technology to improve outcomes and the patient experience.

A generous recruitment incentive payment and relocation package may be available.

Our state-of-the-art labs at our acute sites are supplied with top quality equipment and are managed in-house as NHS facilities, giving us greater flexibility to respond quickly when urgent tests are needed. Our new patient record system Epic, due for introduction next year, will also have a major impact, further transforming the way we work by bringing all of our speciality reports and patient information into one, easily accessible place, in turn saving vital time for our dedicated staff.

In Microbiology you will be given a unique opportunity to use your experience to help shape our ambitious programme of service development. Following a £5m investment in a molecular facility, the department is working on a programme of repatriation to Ipswich Hospital from other labs. Our £64m Essex and Suffolk Elective Orthopaedic Centre is also due to opening Autumn 2024. This brand new facility will be one of the largest of its kind in Europe, and will offer dedicated microbiology opportunities for anyone interested in complex cases to further their career in the very latest surroundings.

About our Pathology Service

Main duties of the job

We are looking for an experienced Consultant with FRCPath and PhD. If you are close to achieving this or believe your qualifications are equivalent, we may consider your application. This post will be working across Colchester and Ipswich Hospitals.

You will work in collaboration with our strong clinical, scientific, laboratory and quality teams to actively support the Clinical lead in further developing the clinical microbiology service and in the provision of training to more junior clinical staff as part of our succession planning.

Your role will be essential to help lead, deliver and develop our busy and expanding services for the benefit of patients and is key to our succession planning over the next five years.

Participate in the duty microbiologist rota and provide a Consultant Clinical Advisory Service in Clinical Microbiology for the diagnosis investigation and treatment of patients to medical, nursing and other healthcare staff within this and other hospitals and in primary care. The provision of clinical advice will include guidance on the interpretation of results and the selection of further tests to aid the diagnosis and treatment of patients.

About us

We are ESNEFT and we provide hospital and community health services to almost one million people across east Suffolk and north Essex. Our dedicated staff deliver care from acute hospitals in Colchester and Ipswich, community hospitals, surgeries, community clinics and in patients' own homes.

We are the largest NHS organisation in East Anglia, employing more than 12,000 staff.

We pride ourselves on supporting our staff. We offer a wide range of training and development opportunities, as well as flexible working options.

Along with supporting you to achieve your career goals we offer a generous pension scheme, unsocial hours payments (where applicable), 27 days annual leave on commencement (pro rata) and access to a range of NHS discounts. Our Staff Health and Wellbeing programme offer a variety of services.

Our philosophy is that Time Matters to everyone. Across the Trust, we concentrate on improving the things we do and removing those which cause time delays for our staff and patients.

We are investing in our commitment to Time Matters with a partnership with leading electronic patient record (EPR) supplier Epic. This digital transformation will bring what's widely regarded as the world's best EPR system to ESNEFT, transforming life in hospital for staff and patients.

If you are passionate about patient care and want to develop your skills and knowledge, then we want to hear from you.

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Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the responsibilities and duties of this role please see the attached job description.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

HCPC registration with the Health Care Professions Council as a Clinical Scientist (Clinical Microbiology) Fellowship of the Royal College of Pathologists by examination (Part 1 and Part 2) BSc in Microbiology or closely related science MSc in Clinical Microbiology or equivalent PhD in relevant field

Experience

Essential

Proven employment as a Consultant Clinical Microbiologist Provision of Clinical advisory service for Clinical Microbiology Provision of out of hours Consultant on-call service in Clinical Microbiology Liaising with medical staff about service provision and data interpretation Innovating scientific developments and modern technology in clinical microbiology and assessment of their impact on the service Dealing with and resolving analytical problems in Clinical Microbiology A track record of implementing and managing change Understand the principles of clinical governance and their application in Clinical Microbiology Risk assessment and risk management in a number of laboratory settings Training laboratory staff, including trainee clinical scientists and biomedical scientists Formal presentations eg lectures, seminars Extensive experience of assay validation to UKAS standards

Desirable

Experience of developing a business case, procurement and implementation of new equipment and the introduction of new methods of service A track record of research, development and audit as evidenced by presentations at national or international meetings or publications in peer-reviewed journals

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