Specialist Grade Clinical Microbiologist

Job summary

The Trust is seeking to appoint a full time (10PAs) substantive Specialist Grade Clinical Microbiologist. This is a new specialist grade post in line with the contract reform 2021 for SAS doctors.

The Microbiology medical workforce provide advice to many disciplines of health care workers regarding the diagnosis and management of infections and infection prevention and control advice. They are responsible for junior medical staff (eg Speciality Trainees, Foundation Year 2 doctors) currently working in the department who may assist in the provision of advice. They provide advice to Stockport NHS Foundation Trust and also to some patients in Pennine Care Trust; Stockport PCT and High Peak PCT.

The appointee will participate in both the workday and the out-of-hours clinical microbiology rotas and the specialist grade will be part of the microbiology consultant out of hours rota.

Main duties of the job

The appointee will be expected to provide laboratory liaison, expert microbiological and infection control advice and antimicrobial stewardship for patients, including clinical reviews as part of ward rounds.

• Share oversight of the processing of specimens in the laboratory, as well as provide reporting and clinical advice with other Consultant colleagues
• Telephone liaison and ward/department visits to discuss individual clinical cases and infection prevention and control issues within the hospital
• Advice regarding diagnostic tests, antibiotic usage, interpretation of results, general patient management to GPs - usually telephone advice on individual patients.
• Validation of and interpretation of laboratory test results.
• Advise and support the IPCNs in day-to-day activities.
• Attend Microbiology patient discussion meetings
• ICU ward rounds
• Antibiotic stewardship rounds
• Attendance at orthopaedic and diabetic foot MDT meetings
• Attendance if required at Trust SAE and SUI meetings

About us

We provide hospital care for children and adults across Stockport, the High Peak, and beyond, as well as community health services across Stockport. We are the second largest employer in Stockport, with a highly-skilled, committed and dedicated workforce.Our stroke and surgical services at Stepping Hill Hospital are highly rated nationally, and we run one of the largest orthopaedic departments in the country. We are an associate teaching hospital, helping to train doctors and nurses for the future.In our region, we are one of four specialist hospitals for emergency and high risk general surgery; and one of only two orthopaedic departments delivering C-spine surgery (a form of specialist neck surgery)We see 580,000 hospital and community patients a year.Microbiology Department is situated on the Stepping Hill site and has ISO 15189:2012 accreditation.The Microbiology Laboratory is managed by a BMS Band 8a (Mrs Sadie Macmaster) with ultimate responsibility lying with the Consultant Microbiologist. The Department provides a service for both the Trust and the GPs of Stockport, Buxton and High Peak. The Microbiology Laboratory receives approximately 230,000 samples a year for processing. Almost 50% of the samples are received from the local General Practitioners.The laboratory uses the Telepath Laboratory Management System. Electronic ordering and reporting is also in operation throughout the hospital and community settings.