Locum Consultant Microbiologist | University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

Posting date:	15 September 2025
Salary:	Not specified
Additional salary information:	£109,725 - £145,478 Per annum inclusive of London Weighting
Hours:	Part time
Closing date:	15 October 2025
Location:	London, NW1 2PG
Company:	University College London Hospital
Job type:	Contract
Job reference:	7461353/309-UCLH-6811

Summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a 12-month fixed term 5 PA Consultant Medical Microbiologist post at UCLH due to current substantive staff undertaking a sabbatical due to start as soon as possible. The appointee will be joining a team of dynamic Consultants at UCLH.

There may be an opportunity to extend beyond this period dependant on funding.

This post is varied and will give the post-holder an opportunity to gain experience in a wide variety of infection liaison activities and teaching.

The main activities are:
• Intensive Care, providing laboratory liaison, expert microbiological and infection control advice and antimicrobial stewardship for patients in the intensive care unit, UCLH.
• General Microbiology - leading the daily clinical bacteraemia / microbiology MDT on a rotational basis and participating in the Microbiology on-call service out of hours.
• Providing clinical cover for Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, principally by delivering laboratory support.
• Delivering Antimicrobial Stewardship through a regular medical / surgical ward round and attendance at the Trust’s Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee.
• Undergraduate teaching lead for UCL medical students placements in Infection: to include bedside teaching, case-based discussion sessions and infection services including assessment and evaluation of education. Attendance at Module management group to discuss quality of teaching.



CV reqd for application.

The job plan is expected to comprise 5 PAs per week on average. This will include Supporting Professional Activities (SPA) time.

• Intensive Care:
o Providing laboratory liaison, expert microbiological and infection control advice and antimicrobial stewardship for patients in the intensive care unit, UCLH, including attending twice weekly meetings to review results of metagenomics tests on blood and respiratory specimens for this patient population.
• General Microbiology:
o Leading the daily clinical bacteraemia / microbiology MDT on a rotational basis.
o Participating in the Microbiology on-call service by providing advice on microbiological testing and clinical management out of hours – for frequency see below.
• Specialist Microbiology:
o Providing clinical cover for Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, principally by delivering laboratory support.
• Antimicrobial Stewardship:
o Antimicrobial stewardship round, medical / surgical ward on a rotational basis.
o Microbiology representation at the Trust’s Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee.
• Teaching:
o Undergraduate teaching lead for UCL medical students placements in Infection: to include bedside teaching, case-based discussion sessions and infection services including assessment and evaluation of education. Attendance at Module management group to discuss quality of teaching.

University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.

We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:

· University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)

· National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery

· Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals

· University College Hospital Grafton Way Building

· Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine

· University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre

· The Hospital for Tropical Diseases

· University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street

We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women’s health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.

For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

Please note, due to anticipated high volumes of applications, this vacancy may close earlier than the listed closing date. You are advised not to delay submitting your completed application

Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*

*UCLH top trust to work at in England- In the most recentNHS staff surveyUCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England – for the third year in a row.

UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff – To find out more, visit:Flexible working. 

To discover more about what makes UCLH a great place to work, visit:Why Choose UCLH?


This advert closes on Monday 29 Sep 2025

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