Specialist Grade Doctor Microbiology
| Posting date: | 18 April 2024 |
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| Salary: | £83,945.00 to £95,275.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £83945.00 - £95275.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 09 May 2024 |
| Location: | Durham, DH1 5TW |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9439-24-0427 |
Summary
The service is delivered mainly for 2 acute sites, the University Hospital of North Durham and Darlington Memorial hospital. Based on service needs and in agreement with the appointing manager and applicant, the applicants base will be University Hospital of North Durham OR Darlington Memorial Hospital. The post holder will however be required to work at any location within the Trust. The successful applicant will be expected to take part in all aspects of work in the department. The appointee will share in the general administrative and management duties of the department; take part in supervision, review and development of the laboratory service. To perform a broad and demanding range of clinical and managerial work in order to maintain working practices in the Clinical Microbiology laboratory. The successful applicant will closely with the consultant microbiology team. This will be at times under their guidance and supervision, and, as needed, they will also be able to work with considerable autonomy including decision making. There will be a compulsory on call commitment as part of this post Key areas: Clinical Provide appropriate advice and result interpretation on the tests performed within the department under the overall supervision of the Consultant Microbiologist. Liaison with clinicians, hospital staff and GP`s concerning the diagnosis and management of patients and prevention of infection, visiting wards as necessary. Provide appropriate advice and result interpretation on the tests performed within the department under the overall supervision of the Consultant Microbiologist. In order to maintain specialist knowledge in the clinical microbiology of the acutely ill Patient there is a requirement to attend ward rounds in the Intensive Care Unit (and other areas as requested). To maintain awareness of analytical methods employed and understand their reactions, limitations and causes of interference and error. This knowledge will be applied when validating reports, identifying errors and explaining anomalous results to clinicians To use patterns of abnormalities in laboratory results together with clinical details on a patient and general clinical knowledge and experience to formulate advice on differential diagnoses and the appropriateness of ongoing investigations/treatments. Provide advice and interpretation of test results to clinicians, either directly, or via participation in the departments duty rota. This post will predominantly cover clinical service but in addition may have the need for the appointee to attend RCA, MDT meetings where required. Infection Control Be a member of Infection Control team and participate in providing infection Prevention and control services to the Trust and other users of the service Liaison with trust IPCT team in day to day infection control regarding alert organisms and outbreaks. Active involvement in investigation of infection control incidents and in action planning and implementation to reduce hospital acquired infection is expected. There will be a need to be involved in root cause analysis following infection control incidents. Laboratory To be involved in all aspects of the day-to-day operation to UKAS standards of the Clinical Microbiology laboratory with appropriate technical support. Regular daily liaison with the laboratory technical staff Reporting of laboratory results, authorizing and providing medical interpretation as appropriate The appointee, together with consultant colleagues will be a responsible for the provision of a comprehensive, efficient and cost-effective diagnostic and clinical microbiology service (including bacteriology, virology, mycology and parasitology). To provide clinical input to the laboratory manager to enable effective management of the automated Clinical Microbiology activities in the Trust including: Advising the section senior on the clinical implications of quality issues (EQA and IQC) that can be used to help inform their action plan. Participate in the introduction of new methods and preparations of business case/plan.