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Locum Consultant in Clinical Microbiology & Infection | 393 Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Posting date:	07 February 2025
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£93,666 - £126,281 pa inc. (Pro-rata if LTFT)
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	09 March 2025
Location:	London, N18 1QX
Company:	North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust
Job type:	Permanent
Job reference:	6968550/393-NMUH-5171

Summary

North Middlesex University Hospital is part of the Royal Free Group and is one of London’s busiest acute hospitals, serving more than 350,000 people living in Enfield and Haringey and the surrounding areas, including Barnet and Waltham Forest.

Every day, on average, we see 500 patients in A&E; 15 babies are born in our maternity unit; about 450 inpatients are cared for on our wards; about 50 patients have major or minor surgery in one of our 10 operating theatres; and about 800 people attend our outpatients clinics.

We provide a full range of adult, elderly and children's services across medical and surgical disciplines. Our specialist services include stroke, HIV/AIDS, cardiology (including heart failure care), haematology, diabetes, sleep studies, fertility and orthopaedics. Our sickle cell and thalassaemia department is nationally recognised as a leading centre for these diseases.

At North Middlesex University Hospital, you’ll find a team that truly believes in living our values in everything we do. We are caring, we are fair and we are open.


An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full time Consultant in Medical Microbiology/ Consultant in Infection to join the team of 4 consultants based at North Middlesex Hospital, London. This is a 10 PA locum post. The successful candidate will join four existing consultants (3.5 WTE) and participate in a 1: 5 out of hours on-call rota with prospective cover at a category A rating (5%). Applications are welcomed from those approaching their CCT, as well as experienced consultants. We are open to discussing job share or part-time arrangements and there is flexibility to meet the needs of individual applicants. The appointee will take on a co-Lead role for an area to support their colleagues and provide cross cover when necessary. To qualify for this role, you will be a member of the Royal College or Pathologists (or equivalent). You will either hold or be eligible for specialist registration, holding a Certificate of completion of training (CCT or equivalent) or be within 6 months of award of CCT by the interview date

Infectious diseases and complex infections form a large part to the clinical case mix within the Trust as the hospital serves a very culturally diverse and socially deprived population. This presents unique challenges and opportunities for the microbiology & infection services. The hospital also has one of the larger HIV centres in London. The hospital is also the main treatment centre for tuberculosis for outer North Central London. The microbiology department works closely with all infection specialties and others to deliver an infection service that is in line with the needs of our patients.

We have close collaborations with Infection Colleague across North Central London, and have developed a collaborative partnership with UCH Virology, where we present clinical cases and the results of COVID genomic analysis at a weekly MDT.

We are an established postgraduate clinical training site for North London for trainees specialising in Core Infection Training / Specialist Infection Training / HIV. Two HEE appointed Core Infection registrars rotate on a six monthly bases through our service, and participate in the Microbiology on-call. We also have a dedicated Year 2 Foundation House Officer Microbiology trainee working with us on a four monthly rotational basis, and two junior clinical fellows in Infection.

The post holder will provide consultant and specialist advice for North Middlesex University Hospital NHS Trust. Infectious diseases and complex infections contribute a large part to the clinical case mix at NMUH, as the hospital serves a very culturally diverse and socially deprived population. The hospital has one of the larger HIV centres in London. The hospital
is also the main treatment centre for tuberculosis for outer North Central London. The microbiology department works closely with all infection specialties and others to deliver an infection service that is in line with the needs of our patients. The post holder will have responsibility for clinical infection consultation and antibiotic stewardship elements of the service.

Microbiology and Virology core laboratory services are centralised in a Hub laboratory (Health Service Laboratories (HSL), with a newly built Rapid Response Laboratory on site since June 2016. We have representation on all HSL laboratory related working groups, and have direct input into laboratory practices, and autonomy to set up site specific processes relating to our laboratory work .

We have close collaborations with Microbiology, Infectious Diseases, and Virology colleagues across North Central London, and have developed a collaborative partnership with UCH, Virology, where genomic analysis of our COVID cases is discussed at a weekly MDT.


This advert closes on Friday 21 Feb 2025