Consultant Microbiologist

Job summary

Consultant in Medical Microbiology, and Lead for Antimicrobial Stewardship or Lead Microbiologist (10 PAs).

Applications are invited for the post of Consultant in Medical Microbiology, and Lead for Antimicrobial Stewardship or Lead Microbiologist (10 PAs), based at The Hillingdon Hospital.

Main duties of the job

We are looking for an enthusiastic, clinically focused Medical Microbiologist to join the Microbiology team of three Consultants (including this post), all of whom are based at The Hillingdon Hospital.

Microbiology laboratory services for the Trust are provided in partnership with North West London Pathology (NWLP) at the Infection and Immunity Hub Laboratories at Charing Cross Hospital. The NWLP Infection and Immunity Laboratories have UKAS accreditation. One of the Consultant Microbiologists from Hillingdon attends the laboratory each week on Friday to do a bench round and provide clinical liaison.

There are opportunities to build the clinical service at Hillingdon through Antimicrobial Stewardship, development of an Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT) Service, Multi-Disciplinary Team meetings and additional ward presence.

All newly appointed Consultants are offered a mentor.

Applicants must be on the GMC Specialist Register or within 6 months of attaining Specialist Registration at the time of interview. Applications from candidates who, for personal reasons, are unable to work full-time will be eligible to be considered for this post.

Applications from Agencies will NOT be considered, therefore please do not send any directly to the department or Medical Staff.

About us

Hillingdon Hospital is the only acute hospital in the London Borough of Hillingdon and offers a wide range of services including Accident and Emergency, inpatient care, day surgery, outpatient clinics and maternity services. Hillingdon Hospital is the nearest Hospital to London Heathrow Airport and regularly receives emergencies from the airport, including patients with a variety of infectious diseases. A new hospital development is being planned on the Hillingdon Hospital site, which is expected to open in 2025.

Our services are provided from both Hillingdon Hospital and Mount Vernon Hospital. The Trust has a turnover of around £250 million. We manage 614 inpatient beds and we employ over 3,300 staff. We deliver high quality healthcare to the residents of the London Borough of Hillingdon, and increasingly to those living in the surrounding areas of Ealing, Harrow, Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire, giving us a total catchment population of over 350,000 people.

As well as its proximity to Heathrow Airport, Hillingdon Hospital is close to the M4 and M25 motorways, has excellent public transport links and offers easy access to both London's exceptional cultural facilities and local countryside.