Job summary
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to recruit a Specialty Doctor to work in the Microbiology Pathology Department at North Tyneside General Hospital.
The successful candidate will be joining a team of four consultants and one specialist trainee. They will be encouraged to complete FRCPath Microbiology and supported for CESR. There is also opportunity to move to a Specialist Grade post in microbiology subject to demonstration of satisfactory progression.
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is committed to assisting all employees to achieve a work-life balance, regardless of their personal circumstances. Any applicant who is unable, for personal reasons, to work full-time, will be eligible to be considered for the post. If such a person is appointed, modification of the job content will be discussed on a personal basis in consultation with consultant colleagues.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidates will participate in the provision of clinical microbiology services to the population of Northumberland and North Tyneside.
The Specialty Doctor role will include authorisation of the laboratory results, supporting laboratory staff by providing advice and guidance, supporting clinical staff by providing advice on managing various infection, advising infection control team, critical care ward round, ward round or communicating with clinical team about important results like blood culture, attending MDT, supporting the team with audits, research education and quality improvement process.
The post holder will participate in the varied clinical microbiology workload shared between the consultants.
About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality - opening a state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England?Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn't, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read 'applicant guidance notes' before submitting your application.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The successful applicant for this post will work closely with all the consultant medical Microbiologists to provide a comprehensive, efficient and cost-effective clinical microbiology, virology and infection control service. There will be a laboratory induction period to enable familiarisation with the department and the routine laboratory service.
The successful applicant will be expected to take part in:
- All aspects of local routine laboratory processes, including a pre-analytical understanding of test requesting, specimen processing and post-analytical interpretation and reporting of results.
- Close liaison with microbiology laboratory team and address any queries that they may have related to the specimen processing
- Provision of clinical advice in response to verbal and written clinical enquiries from both the acute Trust and community sources.
- Regular Microbiology and Antimicrobial ward rounds, including reviewing patients with significant test results (blood culture, CSF etc.) or with complex infections, daily Critical Care ward rounds, and other regular specialty ward rounds including Antimicrobial Stewardship.
- Close liaison with the Infection Control Team and Public Health
Job description
Job responsibilities
The successful applicant for this post will work closely with all the consultant medical Microbiologists to provide a comprehensive, efficient and cost-effective clinical microbiology, virology and infection control service. There will be a laboratory induction period to enable familiarisation with the department and the routine laboratory service.
The successful applicant will be expected to take part in:
- All aspects of local routine laboratory processes, including a pre-analytical understanding of test requesting, specimen processing and post-analytical interpretation and reporting of results.
- Close liaison with microbiology laboratory team and address any queries that they may have related to the specimen processing
- Provision of clinical advice in response to verbal and written clinical enquiries from both the acute Trust and community sources.
- Regular Microbiology and Antimicrobial ward rounds, including reviewing patients with significant test results (blood culture, CSF etc.) or with complex infections, daily Critical Care ward rounds, and other regular specialty ward rounds including Antimicrobial Stewardship.
- Close liaison with the Infection Control Team and Public Health
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification.
- Full registration (and with a licence to practise) with the GMC at time of appointment.
- Applicants shall have completed at least four years' full-time postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a part-time or flexible basis), at least two of which will be in a specialty training programme (e.g. MD) in a relevant specialty, or as a fixed-term specialty trainee in a relevant specialty or shall have equivalent experience and competencies.
- Applicants that are either partially or non-UK trained will be required to show evidence of equivalence to UK qualifications.
- Appropriate experience in microbiology specialty
- Post-graduate qualifications in microbiology specialty.
Desirable
- FRCPath part 1
- FRCPath (part 1 and part 2)
- MRCP
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification.
- Full registration (and with a licence to practise) with the GMC at time of appointment.
- Applicants shall have completed at least four years' full-time postgraduate training (or its equivalent gained on a part-time or flexible basis), at least two of which will be in a specialty training programme (e.g. MD) in a relevant specialty, or as a fixed-term specialty trainee in a relevant specialty or shall have equivalent experience and competencies.
- Applicants that are either partially or non-UK trained will be required to show evidence of equivalence to UK qualifications.
- Appropriate experience in microbiology specialty
- Post-graduate qualifications in microbiology specialty.
Desirable
- FRCPath part 1
- FRCPath (part 1 and part 2)
- MRCP
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).
