Job Advert
Consultant Medical Microbiologist or
Microbiologist with Infectious Diseases
ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH
Reference: CG2508
NHS Lothian is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best.
To this end, NHS Lothian welcomes applications from all sections of society.
Applications are welcome for the above Permanent, full time (40 hours per week) post based in the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.
The main objectives of the post are:
- Provision of a clinical and laboratory consultative Medical Microbiology service, working together in a team.
- The post holder will lead for Infection Prevention and Control, Clinical Microbiology input to Renal Medicine at the RIE. They would also have opportunity to participate in ITU rounds.
- Contribution to educational supervision and teaching, quality improvement activities. Managerial responsibilities as appropriate to experience.
- To work within the NHS Lothian Infection Service (NIS); a progressive service which is integrating and streamlining work across Lothian with colleagues in Microbiology & Virology, Infectious Diseases and Infection Prevention and Control, in line with national changes in training and service provision.
The appointment is for 10 PAs. NHS Lothian initially allocates all consultants 10 PAs made up of 9 PAs in Direct Clinical Care (DCC) and 1 core SPA for CPD, audit, clinical governance, appraisal, revalidation job planning, internal routine communication and management meetings. As a major teaching and research contributor, NHS Lothian would normally expect to allocate an additional SPA for activities to do with undergraduate education, educational supervision of trainee medical staff, research and other activities; which would then give an 8 DCC: 2 SPA configuration. The post is subject to the Terms and Conditions for medical consultant grade staff under the new consultant contract (Scotland).
Applications from those unable to work 10 PAs will be considered.
Applicants should be on the GMC specialist register for Medical Microbiology or Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases or be within 6 months of achievement of CCT. Applicants who are not on the GMC specialist register but may be eligible to join through additional experience and the CESR route should discuss their case with the Head of Speciality before applying.
Much of our Medical Microbiology service is delivered as a team. This includes weekends and out-of-hours on-call, and the shared roles of the “Duty Consultant”. The Duty consultant, with a Duty Registrar, when available, on any day deals with most of the incoming calls for advice from GPs and others, particularly around antimicrobial management. They are the first port of call for new positive results from the laboratory and authorising out a proportion of positive reports. In addition each consultant has an area of clinical and laboratory work where they work closely with groups of clinicians, developing special expertise and close working relationships. Other current shared roles are the “Assisting” and “Extra” Duty Consultant. The former role deals with email correspondence mainly from GPs and supporting the duty team by authorising reports, the latter involves working as second duty consultant when there isn’t a registrar.
For this post this area is expected to include some clinical areas at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh. The post holder will have a lead role for Infection Prevention and Control, clinical microbiology input to renal medicine and contribute to infection consult and ITU rounds.
The successful candidate will be expected to contribute to infection prevention and control at this site in liaison with colleagues and infection prevention and control nurses, infection consult rounds and antimicrobial stewardship rounds, duty and assisting consultant sessions.
More detailed departmental and specialty information can be found in the job description available via email address / link below.
For an informal discussion please contact:
Dr Pota Kalima - Consultant Microbiologist, Head of Speciality Microbiology Department of Laboratory Medicine. Tel: 0131 242 6048. Email: Pota.Kalima@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk
Dr Ingólfur Johannessen - Consultant Virologist, Director & Director of Laboratory Medicine Department of Laboratory Medicine. Tel: 0131 242 6003. Email: ingolfur.johannessen@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk
PA to Dr Ingólfur Johannessen: Susan Taylor - Email: susan.m.taylor@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk
Dr Claire L Mackintosh - Consultant Infectious Diseases Physician, Clinical Director for Infectious Diseases. Tel: 0131 537 2848. Email: Claire.L.Mackintosh@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk
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We cannot accept CV’s as a form of application and only a completed online application form will be accepted. Personal information will not be sent with the application for short listing. The application form will be identified by the candidate number only to ensure that all applicants are treated equally.
Closing Date: 28/11/2022
***PLEASE NOTE: We cannot accept late applications so please ensure your application is submitted early***
Interview Date: 06/12/2022