Job summary
Infectious Diseases
Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust or Trust Wide
Title of Post: Consultant in Infectious Diseases and General Medicine
Nature of Appointment:
No. of Sessions (PAs): 3.25
The Consultant reports to the Clinical Lead for Infection Sciences and is responsible through the Clinical Lead and the Director of Infection (Dr Nick Price) to the Chief Executive (Dr Ian Abbs) for the satisfactory performance of their duties.
The post-holder will join five existing Infectious Diseases (ID) consultants and work closely alongside 12 other consultant colleagues in Infectious Diseases, Microbiology, Virology and Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) in a single Directorate of Infection (DoI).
The DoI provides inpatient and outpatient care to patients with infections including: inpatient beds at St Thomas' Hospital, a comprehensive infection consult service at Guys and St Thomas' Hospitals across a wide range of tertiary speciality services.
You may need to be involved in giving clinical advice on any case within the Guy's and St Thomas and Royal Brompton and Harefield sites. It is a requirement of your employment that you be prepared to work at any additional or different location owned or served by the trust, either on an on-going or temporary basis according to the demands of the service.
Main duties of the job
The post-holder will be expected to:
- Provide ward-based consultations and telephone advice on the prevention, diagnosis and management of infection in conjunction with the other infection (microbiology, virology, infectious diseases) consultants. This activity arises from referrals or significant laboratory results, attending multi-disciplinary clinical meetings, outpatient activity and time tabled ward rounds.
- Participate in acute GIM rota.
- The GIM commitments are mainly to the acute admissions service and include weekend work and evening shifts, when allocated, to a week's block ( ~1 in 12)(no overnight on site commitments).Work with diabetes, foot health, vascular surgery and OPAT and have a key role in the continuing development and support of one of the three MDT out-patient clinics at Guy's or St Thomas' Hospital and OPAT through Haemodialysis.
- Participate in clinical and other service activities with the object of ensuring a high standard of patient care.
- Take an active part in postgraduate and undergraduate teaching and training.
- Contribute to the management of the clinical service.
About us
The Directorate of Infection (DoI) was formed in 2009 by the merger of Infectious Diseases (ID), Infection Prevention & Control (IPC) and the diagnostic laboratory services (Microbiology, Virology).
The DoI provides specialist clinical care across a range of tertiary specialities - Infectious Diseases (ID)/General Internal Medicine (7), Microbiology/Infectious Diseases (5), Virology/Infectious Diseases Consultants (4), junior doctors and administrative staff based primarily at the Guy's & St Thomas' sites.
The Royal Brompton and Harefield (RB&HH) hospitals, which make up the UK's largest postgraduate specialist heart and lung centre, were merged with Guy's and St Thomas' NHS foundation Trust (GSTT) in Feb 2021.
The Directorate also works closely with 7 Paediatric ID Consultants (4 wte) based at the Evelina London Children's Hospital on the St Thomas' site.
In addition, the DoI leads the national network of five, high-level infection units for High Consequence Infectious Diseases-airborne pathogens (HCID-a).
The IPC Department consists of the nursing staff, a Vascular Access team, Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) team, Epidemiology & Surveillance team, Decontamination, Water and Ventilation function and administration staff.
The DoI is fully integrated with, and provides clinical leadership to, the Microbiology and Virology laboratories, which are part of a 15-year Joint Venture (JV) between GSTT, Kings College Hospital and a private sector partner.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Providing High Quality Care to Patients
- The post holder must be medically qualified and maintain GMC specialist registration and hold a licence to practice.
- To develop and maintain the competencies required to carry out the duties required of the post.
Research, Teaching and Training
- Where possible to collaborate with academic and clinical colleagues to enhance the Trusts translational research portfolio, at all times meeting the full requirements of Research Governance.
- To provide high quality teaching to medical undergraduates and members of other health care professions as required by the Clinical Director.
- To act as educational supervisor and appraiser as delegated by the Clinical Director to ensure external accreditation of training post.
Medical Staff Management
- To work with colleagues to ensure junior doctors hours are compliant in line with Junior Doctors Contract.
- To ensure that adequate systems and procedures are in place to control and monitor leave for junior medical staff and to ensure that there is appropriate cover within the clinical areas, including on-call commitments.
Governance
- To review clinical outcomes in designated area using external benchmarking data where appropriate, to identify and advise variances to the Clinical Director.
- Participate in clinical audit, incident reporting and analysis and to ensure resulting actions are implemented.
- To work closely with the Directorate, Patient and Public Involvement panels in relation to clinical and services developments as delegated by the Clinical Director.
- Participate in ensuring NICE requirements are reviewed and implemented and monitored in the speciality areas.
- To ensure clinical guidelines and protocols are adhered to by junior medical staff and updated on a regular basis.
- To keep fully informed about best practice in the speciality areas and ensure implications for practice changes are discussed with the Clinical Director.
- To role model good practice for infection control to all members of the multidisciplinary team.
Strategy and Business Planning
- To participate in the business planning and objective setting process for the directorate and Trust where appropriate.
- To represent the Trust at appropriate clinical networks/other external clinical meetings, as delegated by the Clinical Director.
Leadership and Team Working
- To chair regular meetings for the specialties.
- To resolve conflict and difficult situations through negotiation and discussion, involving appropriate parties.
- Adhere to Trust/departmental guidelines on leave including reporting absence.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Providing High Quality Care to Patients
- The post holder must be medically qualified and maintain GMC specialist registration and hold a licence to practice.
- To develop and maintain the competencies required to carry out the duties required of the post.
Research, Teaching and Training
- Where possible to collaborate with academic and clinical colleagues to enhance the Trusts translational research portfolio, at all times meeting the full requirements of Research Governance.
- To provide high quality teaching to medical undergraduates and members of other health care professions as required by the Clinical Director.
- To act as educational supervisor and appraiser as delegated by the Clinical Director to ensure external accreditation of training post.
Medical Staff Management
- To work with colleagues to ensure junior doctors hours are compliant in line with Junior Doctors Contract.
- To ensure that adequate systems and procedures are in place to control and monitor leave for junior medical staff and to ensure that there is appropriate cover within the clinical areas, including on-call commitments.
Governance
- To review clinical outcomes in designated area using external benchmarking data where appropriate, to identify and advise variances to the Clinical Director.
- Participate in clinical audit, incident reporting and analysis and to ensure resulting actions are implemented.
- To work closely with the Directorate, Patient and Public Involvement panels in relation to clinical and services developments as delegated by the Clinical Director.
- Participate in ensuring NICE requirements are reviewed and implemented and monitored in the speciality areas.
- To ensure clinical guidelines and protocols are adhered to by junior medical staff and updated on a regular basis.
- To keep fully informed about best practice in the speciality areas and ensure implications for practice changes are discussed with the Clinical Director.
- To role model good practice for infection control to all members of the multidisciplinary team.
Strategy and Business Planning
- To participate in the business planning and objective setting process for the directorate and Trust where appropriate.
- To represent the Trust at appropriate clinical networks/other external clinical meetings, as delegated by the Clinical Director.
Leadership and Team Working
- To chair regular meetings for the specialties.
- To resolve conflict and difficult situations through negotiation and discussion, involving appropriate parties.
- Adhere to Trust/departmental guidelines on leave including reporting absence.
Person Specification
Professional Qualifications
Essential
- Eligible for full UK GMC registration and a Licence to Practise with entry on the Specialist Register, or within 6 months of CCT.
- CCT in Infectious Diseases (or equivalent) and General Internal Medicine (or equivalent);
Desirable
- Diploma in Tropical Medicine & Hygiene
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Comprehensive experience in the management of community acquired infectious diseases, imported infections and hospital-associated infections.
- Comprehensive experience in managing acute, unselected medical emergency cases on the GIM 'take'.
Desirable
- Training or experience in managing possible HCID patients.
- Experience working closely with diagnostic laboratory or delivering IPC.
Clinical Skills
Essential
- Competent to run an out-patient clinic; perform ward based clinical consults; provide clinical telephone advice on management of infectious diseases and interpret laboratory results.
Desirable
- Able to lead a junior doctor "firm' effectively e.g. on post-take GIM ward round.
Audit Management & IT
Essential
- A track record demonstrating clinical governance, audit, service development and management and IT skills
Desirable
- Evidence of leadership in the development of clinical services
Research. Teaching skill & experience
Essential
- Experience of teaching and training undergraduates, postgraduates and junior medical staff.
Desirable
- Teaching qualification
- A track record of research, publications/ understanding / knowledge of Research ethics.
- Experience of independently attracting research funding
- PhD or MD
Leadership / Management skills
Essential
- Communication; Ability to communicate with clarity and intelligently in written and spoken English; ability to build rapport, listen, persuade/ negotiate.
- Accountability; Ability to take responsibility, lead, make decisions and exert appropriate authority.
- Interpersonal Skills; Empathy, understanding, listening skills, patience and ability to work co-operatively with others.
- Interpersonal Skills; Able to change and adapt, respond to changing circumstances and to cope with setbacks or pressure.
- Interpersonal Skills; Ability to work as part of a team
- Staff Management; Experience of performance management, developing and motivating staff. An understanding of the working of a diagnostic laboratory.
- Staff Management: Ability to lead staff, balance competing demands on the diagnostic service, striving to develop an efficient and high-quality laboratory service.
- Finance; Knowledge of finance and budgets.
Desirable
- Experience in leading a multidisciplinary team
- Experience of business case and service development.
Person Specification
Professional Qualifications
Essential
- Eligible for full UK GMC registration and a Licence to Practise with entry on the Specialist Register, or within 6 months of CCT.
- CCT in Infectious Diseases (or equivalent) and General Internal Medicine (or equivalent);
Desirable
- Diploma in Tropical Medicine & Hygiene
Clinical Experience
Essential
- Comprehensive experience in the management of community acquired infectious diseases, imported infections and hospital-associated infections.
- Comprehensive experience in managing acute, unselected medical emergency cases on the GIM 'take'.
Desirable
- Training or experience in managing possible HCID patients.
- Experience working closely with diagnostic laboratory or delivering IPC.
Clinical Skills
Essential
- Competent to run an out-patient clinic; perform ward based clinical consults; provide clinical telephone advice on management of infectious diseases and interpret laboratory results.
Desirable
- Able to lead a junior doctor "firm' effectively e.g. on post-take GIM ward round.
Audit Management & IT
Essential
- A track record demonstrating clinical governance, audit, service development and management and IT skills
Desirable
- Evidence of leadership in the development of clinical services
Research. Teaching skill & experience
Essential
- Experience of teaching and training undergraduates, postgraduates and junior medical staff.
Desirable
- Teaching qualification
- A track record of research, publications/ understanding / knowledge of Research ethics.
- Experience of independently attracting research funding
- PhD or MD
Leadership / Management skills
Essential
- Communication; Ability to communicate with clarity and intelligently in written and spoken English; ability to build rapport, listen, persuade/ negotiate.
- Accountability; Ability to take responsibility, lead, make decisions and exert appropriate authority.
- Interpersonal Skills; Empathy, understanding, listening skills, patience and ability to work co-operatively with others.
- Interpersonal Skills; Able to change and adapt, respond to changing circumstances and to cope with setbacks or pressure.
- Interpersonal Skills; Ability to work as part of a team
- Staff Management; Experience of performance management, developing and motivating staff. An understanding of the working of a diagnostic laboratory.
- Staff Management: Ability to lead staff, balance competing demands on the diagnostic service, striving to develop an efficient and high-quality laboratory service.
- Finance; Knowledge of finance and budgets.
Desirable
- Experience in leading a multidisciplinary team
- Experience of business case and service development.
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.
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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
