Job summary
Fixed Term/Secondment cover for maternity leave to April 2025
An exciting opportunity for a Specialty Doctor in Infection to join the Northern Care Alliance (NCA) Infection Sciences team and provide support for Infection services based at Royal Oldham Hospital and Salford Royal Hospital. The post-holder may also be required to cover Infection duties at other locations within the network.
The current on-call rota is 1 in 5 (subject to job planning) covering the localities of Oldham, Rochdale, and Bury (BRO) and Care Organisations. The NCA has Infection Science laboratories currently based at Salford and Oldham to provide medical microbiology and virology services to areas covered by NCA Infection Sciences.
As a versatile and enthusiastic Speciality Doctor, you must have MBBS or equivalent medical qualification and be eligible to live and work in the UK. You shall have full GMC registration and license to practise and higher qualifications such as MRCP, MD and FRCPath 1 would be desirable.
You will have excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence others in clinical and management roles. You will be able to work independently and be able to demonstrate leadership where appropriate. Candidate should have a demonstrable understanding of the principles and importance of audit and research. In return, you will benefit from working in a high performing organisation where you will be able to enhance your knowledge, skills and experience.
Main duties of the job
The main purpose of the job is to provide and support a clinical infection service to the NCA. This includes the requirement to advise on diagnosis and management of infection, to liaise with laboratory staff to assist with the reporting of organisms of medical importance and interpretation, validation and verification of results. Infection Control will be an integral part of the job including close working with the infection, prevention and control nursing team. You will be working closely with Anti-microbial Pharmacists and contribute to the anti-microbial stewardship programme.
Other duties include telephone consultations with clinical staff, ward visits and rounds including Critical Care, Contribution to Antibiotic Stewardship including antibiotic ward rounds, liaison with laboratory staff and support of infection control services including Root Cause Analysis of infections such asC.difficileand MRSA.
An initial and then annual review of duties will take place with the Clinical Lead for Microbiology as part of the job planning process. The precise arrangements will depend on the needs of the service, the interests of the individual and agreement with colleagues: flexibility is expected.
About us
The Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust (NCA) provides hospital and integrated health and social care services to over one million people living across Greater Manchester. Our 20,000 colleagues care for people in hospital and in the community, working across Bury, Rochdale, Oldham and Salford, to save and improve lives.
As a large NHS trust we are committed to enhancing the health of our local population by delivering consistently high standards of care and working closely with local authorities and key partners. We believe in our power and potential to make a difference and we're always looking for people who demonstrate our three core values - care, appreciate and inspire - to join our team.
In return, we can offer you a job role with purpose and flexibility. The size and scale of the NCA means we can provide more challenge and opportunities so your career can always be moving in the right direction. By joining us you can also access a competitive benefits package, including, a fantastic annual leave allowance, flexible working opportunities and protected hours for health and wellbeing activities, helping you to achieve more personal downtime and a better work-life balance.
We are currently in process of updating our values. For the latest information around our values and behaviours, please visit our careers websitehttps://careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk/working-with-us/our-values/
Job description
Job responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
Job description
Job responsibilities
To read more information about the advertised role, and the main job duties/responsibilities please open the Job Description and Person Specification located under the supporting documents heading. You can also read more information about working at the Northern Care Alliance within the attached Candidate Information Pack or by visiting our careers website: www.careers.northerncarealliance.nhs.uk
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
- oFull registration with the General Medical Council & a valid Licence to Practise with the General Medical Council or eligible to have obtained full registration within the next six months
Desirable
- oHigher qualification e.g. MRCP, MD or evidence of other relevant clinical experience
- oFRCPath 1 (combined infection training/Microbiology)
Eligibility
Essential
- Eligible to live & work in the UK
Language Skills
Essential
- oAll applicants to have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English. oAdequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues demonstrated by one of the following: o- that applicants have undertaken undergraduate medical training in English; o- Overseas applicants must have successfully passed IELTS or OET exams. If applicants believe they have adequate communication skills but do not fit into one of these examples they must provide supporting evidence
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of achievement of Foundation or equivalent competencies
- At least 4 years of post-graduate medical experience or equivalent experience
- Demonstrates appropriate knowledge base and sound clinical judgement
- Demonstrates basic awareness of importance and impact of infection on clinical practice
Desirable
- Experience of clinical specialties where there is a significant component of infection, e.g. Infectious Diseases/ medical microbiology
- Experience of laboratory work (including research) relevant to medical microbiology/virology
Skills
Essential
- Capacity to use clear, logical thinking with an analytical/scientific approach
- Capacity to organise oneself and prioritise work, demonstrates punctuality, preparation and self-discipline
- Capacity to work without direct supervision where appropriate
- Demonstrates clarity in written and spoken communication
- Capacity to work cooperatively with others and demonstrate leadership/authority where appropriate
Desirable
- Experience of active involvement in Audit (clear description, outcomes & appropriate experience for level of application)
- Evidence of relevant peer reviewed papers and other publications (e.g. book chapter, book editor, case report - not abstracts or letters)
- Relevant contribution to management (rotas, committees etc.)
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
- oFull registration with the General Medical Council & a valid Licence to Practise with the General Medical Council or eligible to have obtained full registration within the next six months
Desirable
- oHigher qualification e.g. MRCP, MD or evidence of other relevant clinical experience
- oFRCPath 1 (combined infection training/Microbiology)
Eligibility
Essential
- Eligible to live & work in the UK
Language Skills
Essential
- oAll applicants to have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English. oAdequate to enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues demonstrated by one of the following: o- that applicants have undertaken undergraduate medical training in English; o- Overseas applicants must have successfully passed IELTS or OET exams. If applicants believe they have adequate communication skills but do not fit into one of these examples they must provide supporting evidence
Experience
Essential
- Evidence of achievement of Foundation or equivalent competencies
- At least 4 years of post-graduate medical experience or equivalent experience
- Demonstrates appropriate knowledge base and sound clinical judgement
- Demonstrates basic awareness of importance and impact of infection on clinical practice
Desirable
- Experience of clinical specialties where there is a significant component of infection, e.g. Infectious Diseases/ medical microbiology
- Experience of laboratory work (including research) relevant to medical microbiology/virology
Skills
Essential
- Capacity to use clear, logical thinking with an analytical/scientific approach
- Capacity to organise oneself and prioritise work, demonstrates punctuality, preparation and self-discipline
- Capacity to work without direct supervision where appropriate
- Demonstrates clarity in written and spoken communication
- Capacity to work cooperatively with others and demonstrate leadership/authority where appropriate
Desirable
- Experience of active involvement in Audit (clear description, outcomes & appropriate experience for level of application)
- Evidence of relevant peer reviewed papers and other publications (e.g. book chapter, book editor, case report - not abstracts or letters)
- Relevant contribution to management (rotas, committees etc.)
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
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).