Job summary
NHS Wales is unique, with an integrated model of care supporting patients. Within this, Public Health Wales is a National Public Health Institute, working locally, nationally and internationally on infection, and wider health and well-being.
Recognising the importance of the prevention and management of infection, the devolved Welsh Government has prioritised significant investment for the development of our National and local Infection services.
To complement our existing teams, which include international leaders in infection diagnosis and management, we are seeking new colleagues to help deliver the best solutions and outcomes for the people of Wales, developing new workforce and technological models to meet changing population need. Embracing new molecular and genomic technology, our services are resourced to provide local, national and UK wide clinical and diagnostic services, with opportunities for partnership working and research within a national NHS model which has collaboration and prevention at its core.
You will be joining a team of 31 Consultants, 17 SPRs, 5 Physician Associates, 7 Clinical Biomedical Scientists, and an Advanced Nurse practitioner.
Main duties of the job
This is a whole time Consultant Medical Microbiologist and Infectious Disease or Consultant Microbiologist post for the PHW microbiology service to the Cardiff and Vale University Health Board. In this role, you will join the expanding clinical infection team delivering services to Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, and also including Princess of Wales Clinical Microbiology service and supporting the wider Public Health Wales network.
The post holder is managerially accountable to the Microbiology Professional Lead through the Clinical Lead of the Microbiology Laboratory, Cardiff.
About us
Public Health Wales is the National Public Health Institute in Wales. Our vision is 'Working to achieve a healthier future for Wales' where we play a pivotal role in driving improvements in population health and well-being, reducing health inequalities, improving healthcare outcomes, protecting the public and supporting the development of health in all policies across Wales.Our organisation is guided by our Values, 'Working together, with trust and respect, to make a difference'. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that values equality, diversity and inclusion. We welcome applications which represent the rich diversity of the communities we serve and from those wishing to work part time or on a job share basis.To find out more about working for us, the benefits we offer and guidance on the application process, please visit
https://phw.nhs.wales/working-for-us/
Job description
Job responsibilities
Strategic and professional leadership and communication:
The appointee will ensure a culture of maintenance and continuous improvement of quality. In this role, the appointee will:
- Promote multi-professional team working within the department
- Ensure appropriate communication and team working with other services in the Public Health Wales Trust and with services in the other Trusts, Health Boards, and health communities served by Cardiff and Vale University Health Board.
- Contribute to departmental meetings
- Contribute to service developments and improvements
- Contribute to developing patient-focused pathways
- Contribute to clinical audit, review, and planning of services
- Develop business cases as appropriate
- Contribute to the development of the service in line with the Public Health Wales Trust Infection Service network objectives and the national and local Pathology Modernisation agenda
- Consult all sections of the service about changes, including the procurement of equipment
- Contribute to the developing and strengthening of working relationships with primary/community care providers and commissioners
Operational Management
In conjunction with Cardiff and Vale Infection Service management team the appointee will be responsible for:
- Ensuring that general and clinical risks are assessed annually, and that controls assurance and appropriate standards are implemented
- Ensuring that clinical governance objectives are agreed with the Clinical Lead for Cardiff Microbiology Service and are achieved/implemented along with other clinical colleagues, including:
- achievement of standards set by relevant accreditation bodies (e.g., Clinical Pathology Accreditation (UKAS) (UK) Ltd)
- regular monitoring of performance in internal and external quality assurance schemes, with investigation and remedial action as necessary
- compliance with National Service Frameworks, clinical standards, and guidelines of relevant professional bodies
- coordinating the reporting, investigation, and follow up of adverse events within the service as described by Trust/hospital policies and national schemes
- demonstrable improvements as a result, of clinical audit, quality improvement projects, patient satisfaction surveys or complaints
- ensuring that the Trust/hospital policies and procedures are available to staff and are implemented
- a system for staff to learn the lessons from incidents, litigation, and complaints
Provision of Service
- Provide care according to the Terms and Conditions of Service - Specialist grades Wales (2021)
- Undertake duties relating to the provision of Cardiff and Princess of Wales Microbiology Service and for other institutions served by the Public Health Wales Trust as directed by the Clinical Lead for the Cardiff Microbiology Laboratory. Depending on experience, these will include either work related to the infectious disease service (ward rounds, bedside patient reviews, clinics) and/ or microbiology service (advice regarding appropriate specimens, involvement in specimen analysis, validation, and interpretation of results, and participating in the infection management services to clinical teams across Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, and to local General Practices). The provision of the service will be shared with the other senior clinical staff in the Department.
- Involvement, as appropriate to experience, in preparation of Microbiology department policy, SOPs, care pathways etc.
- Managerial duties as agreed with the Clinical Lead for Cardiff Microbiology.
- As part of infection management service, to support the provision of infection control functions and services in collaboration with Consultant Microbiologist colleagues and with the Health Board Director for Hospital Infection Control
- Contribute to the teaching and training function of the Department, including:
- Professional supervision of junior medical staff in the Department. (Cardiff Microbiology is an accredited laboratory for training Microbiology, Virology and Joint ID / Micro specialist registrars.)
- Undergraduate teaching, assessments, and examinations in Cardiff University
- Contribute to the teaching and training of other health care workers and students as appropriate
- Provision, with consultant and other colleagues, (and, when necessary, with the involvement of Welsh specialist units and UKHSA), of microbiological and epidemiological support for Consultants in Communicable Disease Control, Environmental Health Officers, Welsh Assembly Government, and clinical staff in primary and secondary care settings.
- Contribution to the activities and development of PHW.
- Together with other officers, clinical and non-clinical, of PHW, and with central reference and epidemiological facilities, collaboration in the reporting and investigation of infections, control of outbreaks, assessment of vaccines, development of laboratory methods, involvement in surveys, etc.
- Provision for cover for consultant colleagues periods of leave, and participation in the microbiology on-call rota (compensated in line with the Specialist Doctor contract)
- Research activities in line with the priorities of PHW and subject to the availability of funding and resources.
- Participation in a recognised scheme of Continuing Professional Development. (Study leave in line with the Welsh Specialist Doctor Contract with appropriate financial support will be available for agreed purposes within the context of PHW policy)
- Participation in the scheme for regular appraisal as agreed between Public Health Wales and Cardiff and Vale University Health Board.
- Where it is agreed between the parties, work on behalf of Public Health Wales or the Health Board/Health Authority such as domiciliary consultations, or services provided for other agencies e.g., the prison service
- Such additional duties appropriate to the post and to the experience of the appointee as may be required from time to time either by the Laboratory Director or Director, Health Protection, after appropriate consultation.
- There is an established outpatient antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) service in Cardiff and Vale, which forms part of the regular wards and MDTs for the Clinical Microbiology service in Wales
There is currently interest in further developing a specialist microbiology service for orthopaedic services and extension of the provision of service for TPN (Total Parental Nutrition) patients. Applications from individuals with the necessary experience and skills to work on this aspect of the service are encouraged.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Strategic and professional leadership and communication:
The appointee will ensure a culture of maintenance and continuous improvement of quality. In this role, the appointee will:
- Promote multi-professional team working within the department
- Ensure appropriate communication and team working with other services in the Public Health Wales Trust and with services in the other Trusts, Health Boards, and health communities served by Cardiff and Vale University Health Board.
- Contribute to departmental meetings
- Contribute to service developments and improvements
- Contribute to developing patient-focused pathways
- Contribute to clinical audit, review, and planning of services
- Develop business cases as appropriate
- Contribute to the development of the service in line with the Public Health Wales Trust Infection Service network objectives and the national and local Pathology Modernisation agenda
- Consult all sections of the service about changes, including the procurement of equipment
- Contribute to the developing and strengthening of working relationships with primary/community care providers and commissioners
Operational Management
In conjunction with Cardiff and Vale Infection Service management team the appointee will be responsible for:
- Ensuring that general and clinical risks are assessed annually, and that controls assurance and appropriate standards are implemented
- Ensuring that clinical governance objectives are agreed with the Clinical Lead for Cardiff Microbiology Service and are achieved/implemented along with other clinical colleagues, including:
- achievement of standards set by relevant accreditation bodies (e.g., Clinical Pathology Accreditation (UKAS) (UK) Ltd)
- regular monitoring of performance in internal and external quality assurance schemes, with investigation and remedial action as necessary
- compliance with National Service Frameworks, clinical standards, and guidelines of relevant professional bodies
- coordinating the reporting, investigation, and follow up of adverse events within the service as described by Trust/hospital policies and national schemes
- demonstrable improvements as a result, of clinical audit, quality improvement projects, patient satisfaction surveys or complaints
- ensuring that the Trust/hospital policies and procedures are available to staff and are implemented
- a system for staff to learn the lessons from incidents, litigation, and complaints
Provision of Service
- Provide care according to the Terms and Conditions of Service - Specialist grades Wales (2021)
- Undertake duties relating to the provision of Cardiff and Princess of Wales Microbiology Service and for other institutions served by the Public Health Wales Trust as directed by the Clinical Lead for the Cardiff Microbiology Laboratory. Depending on experience, these will include either work related to the infectious disease service (ward rounds, bedside patient reviews, clinics) and/ or microbiology service (advice regarding appropriate specimens, involvement in specimen analysis, validation, and interpretation of results, and participating in the infection management services to clinical teams across Cardiff and Vale University Health Board, and to local General Practices). The provision of the service will be shared with the other senior clinical staff in the Department.
- Involvement, as appropriate to experience, in preparation of Microbiology department policy, SOPs, care pathways etc.
- Managerial duties as agreed with the Clinical Lead for Cardiff Microbiology.
- As part of infection management service, to support the provision of infection control functions and services in collaboration with Consultant Microbiologist colleagues and with the Health Board Director for Hospital Infection Control
- Contribute to the teaching and training function of the Department, including:
- Professional supervision of junior medical staff in the Department. (Cardiff Microbiology is an accredited laboratory for training Microbiology, Virology and Joint ID / Micro specialist registrars.)
- Undergraduate teaching, assessments, and examinations in Cardiff University
- Contribute to the teaching and training of other health care workers and students as appropriate
- Provision, with consultant and other colleagues, (and, when necessary, with the involvement of Welsh specialist units and UKHSA), of microbiological and epidemiological support for Consultants in Communicable Disease Control, Environmental Health Officers, Welsh Assembly Government, and clinical staff in primary and secondary care settings.
- Contribution to the activities and development of PHW.
- Together with other officers, clinical and non-clinical, of PHW, and with central reference and epidemiological facilities, collaboration in the reporting and investigation of infections, control of outbreaks, assessment of vaccines, development of laboratory methods, involvement in surveys, etc.
- Provision for cover for consultant colleagues periods of leave, and participation in the microbiology on-call rota (compensated in line with the Specialist Doctor contract)
- Research activities in line with the priorities of PHW and subject to the availability of funding and resources.
- Participation in a recognised scheme of Continuing Professional Development. (Study leave in line with the Welsh Specialist Doctor Contract with appropriate financial support will be available for agreed purposes within the context of PHW policy)
- Participation in the scheme for regular appraisal as agreed between Public Health Wales and Cardiff and Vale University Health Board.
- Where it is agreed between the parties, work on behalf of Public Health Wales or the Health Board/Health Authority such as domiciliary consultations, or services provided for other agencies e.g., the prison service
- Such additional duties appropriate to the post and to the experience of the appointee as may be required from time to time either by the Laboratory Director or Director, Health Protection, after appropriate consultation.
- There is an established outpatient antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) service in Cardiff and Vale, which forms part of the regular wards and MDTs for the Clinical Microbiology service in Wales
There is currently interest in further developing a specialist microbiology service for orthopaedic services and extension of the provision of service for TPN (Total Parental Nutrition) patients. Applications from individuals with the necessary experience and skills to work on this aspect of the service are encouraged.
Person Specification
EDUCATIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL ATTAINMENTS
Essential
- Full and specialist registration (and with a licence to practise) with the General Medical Council (GMC) (or be eligible for registration within six months of interview)
- CCT/ equivalence (ideally in Microbiology and/or Infectious Diseases)
- FRCPath or an equivalent qualification
Desirable
- MRCP or an equivalent qualification
SPECIAL APTITUDES AND SKILLS
Essential
- Commitment to team working
- Commitment to career development
- Self-motivated, proactive, innovative
- Able to prioritise work and cope with change and uncertainty
- Oral and written communication skills
Desirable
- Strategic thinker
- Staff management
- Interest and Experience in OPAT
INTERESTS
Essential
- Experience in medical undergraduate and postgraduate teaching
DISPOSITION
Essential
- Able to adapt to situations and handle people of all capabilities and attitudes
- Effective interpersonal and influencing skills
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
Essential
- Must be prepared to reside within reasonable travelling distance of the laboratory, and must be willing to travel to and work at sites necessitated by the role
Desirable
- Welsh speaking
- Ability to travel
Person Specification
EDUCATIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL ATTAINMENTS
Essential
- Full and specialist registration (and with a licence to practise) with the General Medical Council (GMC) (or be eligible for registration within six months of interview)
- CCT/ equivalence (ideally in Microbiology and/or Infectious Diseases)
- FRCPath or an equivalent qualification
Desirable
- MRCP or an equivalent qualification
SPECIAL APTITUDES AND SKILLS
Essential
- Commitment to team working
- Commitment to career development
- Self-motivated, proactive, innovative
- Able to prioritise work and cope with change and uncertainty
- Oral and written communication skills
Desirable
- Strategic thinker
- Staff management
- Interest and Experience in OPAT
INTERESTS
Essential
- Experience in medical undergraduate and postgraduate teaching
DISPOSITION
Essential
- Able to adapt to situations and handle people of all capabilities and attitudes
- Effective interpersonal and influencing skills
SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
Essential
- Must be prepared to reside within reasonable travelling distance of the laboratory, and must be willing to travel to and work at sites necessitated by the role
Desirable
- Welsh speaking
- Ability to travel
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
