Consultant in Infectious Diseases

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

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Job summary

CONSULTANT IN INFECTIOUS DISEASES

An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Department of Infectious Diseases and HIV Medicine for 1 new Consultant Physician to work among 6 existing consultants. We would welcome applicants from holders of either Infectious Diseases/GIM or Infectious Diseases/Microbiology CST. The successful applicant will work with colleagues on the inpatient Infectious Diseases Unit where there is a broad range of patients with imported, immunosuppressed and UK acquired infections. They will contribute to the General Infectious Diseases, Hepatitis B/C and HIV outpatient clinical service.

As this post is regulated by the Protection of Children Act 1999, The Criminal Justice Courts Act 2000 and / or the Care Standards Act 2000 an enhanced police criminal records disclosure will be requested by the Trust in the event of a successful application.

(Pending royal college approval)

Main duties of the job

The successful appointee will be expected to participate in undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and clinical audit. They will be required to undertake management duties and work in a multidisciplinary team. The University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust consists of three acute teaching hospitals serving the population of Leicestershire. It is fully committed to Continuing Medical Education for consultants.

About us

We are one of the biggest and busiest NHS trusts in the country, incorporating the General, Glenfield and Royal Infirmary hospitals. We have our very own Children's Hospital and run one of the country's leading heart centres.

Our team is made up of more than 17,000 staff providing a range of services primarily for the one million residents of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

We work with partners at the University of Leicester and De Montfort University providing world-class teaching to nurture and develop the next generation of doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals, many of whom go on to spend their working lives with us.

Our purpose is to provide 'Caring at its best' and our staff have helped us create a set of values that embody who we are and what we're here to do. They are:

  • We focus on what matters most
  • We treat others how we would like to be treated
  • We are passionate and creative in our work
  • We do what we say we are going to do
  • We are one team and we are best when we work together

Our patients are at the heart of all we do and we believe that 'Caring at its best' is not just about the treatments and services we provide, but about giving our patients the best possible experience.

About the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust: (leicestershospitals.nhs.uk)

Date posted

22 June 2022

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£84,559 to £114,003 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

358-4139267-CON

Job locations

LRI

Leicester

LE1 5WW


Job description

Job responsibilities

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The appointee will be responsible for managing in-patients on the Infectious Diseases Unit (mix of imported, tropical, immunosuppressed, UK acquired infection and general cases) and participating on the Infectious Diseases on-call rota. Depending on the appointees interests, there is flexibility and potential to support the other Infectious Diseases Consultants who have responsibility for delivering the Hepatitis C network, adult HIV clinics and tuberculosis clinics. We would welcome applications and pre-application visits from Infectious Diseases/GIM, Infectious Diseases/Microbiology or Infectious Diseases/Virology CCT holders.

See Supporting Documents for a more detailed job description and person specification.

Experience / Clinical Skills

Essential Criteria:

  • Fully trained in Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • Clinical Knowledge and Expertise: Appropriate knowledge base and ability to apply sound clinical judgment to problems; demonstrates clear, logical thinking/analytical approach; understands evidence based practice
  • IT Skills, ability to use web browser, excel, word
  • Willingness to develop skills and experience in areas of interest

Desirable Criteria:

  • Experience in UK medical microbiology and/or Infectious Diseases;
  • Relevant management experience

Management

Essential Criteria:

  • Able to work in multidisciplinary teams and supervise juniors
  • Understanding of wider health agenda and modern NHS
  • Knowledge of clinical governance issues
  • Capacity to manage/prioritise time and information effectively; capacity to organise own
  • Flexible
  • Understands principles and actively participate in Clinical Governance / CPD
  • Willingness to work as a member of the team and to share administrative

Desirable Criteria:

  • Awareness of Service Development issues
  • Evidence of management and administration experience
  • Management training on an accredited course

Communication

Essential Criteria:

  • All applicants to have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English that are adequate to enable effective communication with patients and
  • To be empathic and sensitive; capacity to take others perspectives and treat others with understanding

Desirable Criteria:

  • Leadership skills

Audit/ Quality Improvement

Essential Criteria:

  • Experience in and commitment to medical audit

Desirable Criteria:

  • Undergone training in teaching and willingness to organise relevant audit
  • Completion of formal courses in audit
  • Published Audit

Research

Essential Criteria:

  • Understanding and interest in
  • Ability to appraise research critically
  • Ability to supervise juniors undertaking research projects.

Desirable Criteria:

  • Evidence of recent research and development activity
  • Publications in nationally and internationally recognised peer-reviewed journals on subjects relevant to the specialty.

Teaching

Essential Criteria:

  • Experience of, and commitment to teaching undergraduate and postgraduates
  • Appraisal and assessment skills
  • Enthusiastic and ability to inspire others

Desirable Criteria:

  • Willingness to develop new approaches to teaching
  • Post Graduate qualification in medical education.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The appointee will be responsible for managing in-patients on the Infectious Diseases Unit (mix of imported, tropical, immunosuppressed, UK acquired infection and general cases) and participating on the Infectious Diseases on-call rota. Depending on the appointees interests, there is flexibility and potential to support the other Infectious Diseases Consultants who have responsibility for delivering the Hepatitis C network, adult HIV clinics and tuberculosis clinics. We would welcome applications and pre-application visits from Infectious Diseases/GIM, Infectious Diseases/Microbiology or Infectious Diseases/Virology CCT holders.

See Supporting Documents for a more detailed job description and person specification.

Experience / Clinical Skills

Essential Criteria:

  • Fully trained in Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • Clinical Knowledge and Expertise: Appropriate knowledge base and ability to apply sound clinical judgment to problems; demonstrates clear, logical thinking/analytical approach; understands evidence based practice
  • IT Skills, ability to use web browser, excel, word
  • Willingness to develop skills and experience in areas of interest

Desirable Criteria:

  • Experience in UK medical microbiology and/or Infectious Diseases;
  • Relevant management experience

Management

Essential Criteria:

  • Able to work in multidisciplinary teams and supervise juniors
  • Understanding of wider health agenda and modern NHS
  • Knowledge of clinical governance issues
  • Capacity to manage/prioritise time and information effectively; capacity to organise own
  • Flexible
  • Understands principles and actively participate in Clinical Governance / CPD
  • Willingness to work as a member of the team and to share administrative

Desirable Criteria:

  • Awareness of Service Development issues
  • Evidence of management and administration experience
  • Management training on an accredited course

Communication

Essential Criteria:

  • All applicants to have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English that are adequate to enable effective communication with patients and
  • To be empathic and sensitive; capacity to take others perspectives and treat others with understanding

Desirable Criteria:

  • Leadership skills

Audit/ Quality Improvement

Essential Criteria:

  • Experience in and commitment to medical audit

Desirable Criteria:

  • Undergone training in teaching and willingness to organise relevant audit
  • Completion of formal courses in audit
  • Published Audit

Research

Essential Criteria:

  • Understanding and interest in
  • Ability to appraise research critically
  • Ability to supervise juniors undertaking research projects.

Desirable Criteria:

  • Evidence of recent research and development activity
  • Publications in nationally and internationally recognised peer-reviewed journals on subjects relevant to the specialty.

Teaching

Essential Criteria:

  • Experience of, and commitment to teaching undergraduate and postgraduates
  • Appraisal and assessment skills
  • Enthusiastic and ability to inspire others

Desirable Criteria:

  • Willingness to develop new approaches to teaching
  • Post Graduate qualification in medical education.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Hold MRCP or equivalent qualification
  • CCT in Infectious Diseases (proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of interview), CESR or European Community Rights

Desirable

  • FRCPath, MD, PhD, DTM&H
  • CCT in Microbiology
  • CCT in General Internal or Acute Medicine

Experience/Clinical skills

Essential

  • Fully trained in Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • Clinical Knowledge and Expertise: Appropriate knowledge base and ability to apply sound clinical judgment to problems; demonstrates clear, logical thinking/analytical approach; understands evidence based practice
  • IT Skills, ability to use web browser, excel, word etc.
  • Willingness to develop skills and experience in areas of interest

Desirable

  • Experience in UK medical microbiology and/or Infectious Diseases;
  • Experience of setting up and managing OPAT services

Motivation

Essential

  • Personal integrity and reliability and willingness to learn new skills
  • Ability to motivate and develop both medical Staff and non medical staff

Desirable

  • Commitment to further develop the post and the service provided
  • Initiative and prepared to develop new ideas

Management

Essential

  • Able to work in multidisciplinary teams and supervise juniors
  • Understanding of wider health agenda and modern NHS
  • Knowledge of clinical governance issues
  • Capacity to manage/prioritise time and information effectively
  • Capacity to organise own workload.
  • Flexible
  • Understands principles and actively participate in Clinical Governance / CPD
  • Willingness to work as a member of the team and to share administrative

Desirable

  • Awareness of Service Development issues
  • Evidence of management and administration experience
  • Management training on an accredited course

Audit

Essential

  • Experience in and commitment to medical audit

Desirable

  • Undergone training in teaching and willingness to organise relevant audit activities.
  • Completion of formal courses in audit
  • Published Audit

Research

Essential

  • Understanding and interest in research.
  • Ability to appraise research critically
  • Ability to supervise juniors undertaking research projects

Desirable

  • Evidence of recent research and development activity
  • Publications in nationally and internationally recognised peer-reviewed journals on subjects relevant to the specialty

Communication Skills

Essential

  • All applicants to have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English that are adequate to enable effective communication with patients and colleagues.
  • To be empathic and sensitive; have capacity to take others perspectives and treat others with understanding

Desirable

  • Leadership skills

Teaching

Essential

  • Experience of and commitment to teaching undergraduate and postgraduates
  • Appraisal and assessment skills
  • Enthusiastic and ability to inspire others

Desirable

  • Willingness to develop new approaches to teaching
  • Post Graduate qualification in medical education.
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Hold MRCP or equivalent qualification
  • CCT in Infectious Diseases (proposed CCT date must be within 6 months of interview), CESR or European Community Rights

Desirable

  • FRCPath, MD, PhD, DTM&H
  • CCT in Microbiology
  • CCT in General Internal or Acute Medicine

Experience/Clinical skills

Essential

  • Fully trained in Clinical Infectious Diseases
  • Clinical Knowledge and Expertise: Appropriate knowledge base and ability to apply sound clinical judgment to problems; demonstrates clear, logical thinking/analytical approach; understands evidence based practice
  • IT Skills, ability to use web browser, excel, word etc.
  • Willingness to develop skills and experience in areas of interest

Desirable

  • Experience in UK medical microbiology and/or Infectious Diseases;
  • Experience of setting up and managing OPAT services

Motivation

Essential

  • Personal integrity and reliability and willingness to learn new skills
  • Ability to motivate and develop both medical Staff and non medical staff

Desirable

  • Commitment to further develop the post and the service provided
  • Initiative and prepared to develop new ideas

Management

Essential

  • Able to work in multidisciplinary teams and supervise juniors
  • Understanding of wider health agenda and modern NHS
  • Knowledge of clinical governance issues
  • Capacity to manage/prioritise time and information effectively
  • Capacity to organise own workload.
  • Flexible
  • Understands principles and actively participate in Clinical Governance / CPD
  • Willingness to work as a member of the team and to share administrative

Desirable

  • Awareness of Service Development issues
  • Evidence of management and administration experience
  • Management training on an accredited course

Audit

Essential

  • Experience in and commitment to medical audit

Desirable

  • Undergone training in teaching and willingness to organise relevant audit activities.
  • Completion of formal courses in audit
  • Published Audit

Research

Essential

  • Understanding and interest in research.
  • Ability to appraise research critically
  • Ability to supervise juniors undertaking research projects

Desirable

  • Evidence of recent research and development activity
  • Publications in nationally and internationally recognised peer-reviewed journals on subjects relevant to the specialty

Communication Skills

Essential

  • All applicants to have demonstrable skills in written and spoken English that are adequate to enable effective communication with patients and colleagues.
  • To be empathic and sensitive; have capacity to take others perspectives and treat others with understanding

Desirable

  • Leadership skills

Teaching

Essential

  • Experience of and commitment to teaching undergraduate and postgraduates
  • Appraisal and assessment skills
  • Enthusiastic and ability to inspire others

Desirable

  • Willingness to develop new approaches to teaching
  • Post Graduate qualification in medical education.

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

Address

LRI

Leicester

LE1 5WW


Employer's website

https://www.jobsatleicestershospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust

Address

LRI

Leicester

LE1 5WW


Employer's website

https://www.jobsatleicestershospitals.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


For questions about the job, contact:

Head of Service

Iain Stephenson

iain.stephenson@uhl-tr.nhs.uk

01162586952

Date posted

22 June 2022

Pay scheme

Hospital medical and dental staff

Grade

Consultant

Salary

£84,559 to £114,003 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

358-4139267-CON

Job locations

LRI

Leicester

LE1 5WW


Supporting documents

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