Consultant in Infection

Job summary

We are looking for enthusiastic and able Consultants in Infection to join the integrated Infection Service across the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust. These are posts supported by an expansion in inpatient work at the Queen Elizabeth site. They represent an exciting opportunity to practice clinical infection across a large Trust which includes tertiary and secondary care services and serves a diverse population of approximately 2 million people.

The post holder will work across the 4 hospital sites -- Birmingham Heartlands Hospital, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Good Hope Hospital and Solihull Hospital. They may also be required to support additional hospitals regionally eg, Royal Orthopaedic Hospital.

For further details, please review the job description and contact the following Clinical Service Leads on 0121 424 3354:

Dr Neil Jenkins, Clinical Service Lead for Infectious Diseases.

Dr Mimi Hamad, Clinical Service Lead for Microbiology

Main duties, tasks & skills required

The post holder will have the opportunity to rotate across all clinical activities of the integrated infection service. This includes inpatient work, a clinical infection consultant service, close working with Acute & General Internal Medicine, a regional Tuberculosis service, Military Services, Tropical Medicine, Viral Hepatitis, Complex Outpatient Antibiotic, Orthopaedic infection, HIV, Immunology & Allergy, Clinical Microbiology and Paediatrics.

The post-holder will participate in all clinical governance activities, including clinical audit, clinical effectiveness, risk management, quality improvement activities as required by the Trust, and external accrediting bodies.

The Direct Clinical Care PAs will be worked flexibly by agreement with Consultant colleagues over as monthly blocks as part of an annualised job plan. There is no prospective cover provided within the weekly job plan. On-call out of hours will be shared between the Consultant team.

About us

We are recognised as one of the leading NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK. Our vision is to Build Healthier Lives, and we recognise that we need incredible staff to do this.

Our commitment to our staff is to create the best place for them to work, and we are dedicated to:

Investing in the health and wellbeing of our staff, including a commitment of offering flexible working where we can;
Offer our staff a wide variety of training and development opportunities, to support their personal and career development objectives.

UHB is committed to ensuring that our staff are treated fairly and feel that they belong, by creating a kind and inclusive environment. This is about equity of opportunity; removing all barriers, including discrimination and ensuring each individual member of staff reach their true potential, achieve their ambitions and thrive in their work. This is more than words. We are taking action. Our commitment to an inclusive culture is embedded at all levels of the organisation where every voice is heard, driven by our diverse and active staff networks, and at Board level by the Fairness Taskforce led by our CEO. We nurture a culture which empowers staff to challenge discriminatory behaviours and to enable people to bring their 'whole self' to a kinder, more connected and bold place to work.

Job description

*Please Note : For a detailed job description for this vacancy, please see attached Job Description* 

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

*Full GMC Registration.

*Entry on the Specialist Register, or within 6 months of CCT/CESR in Infectious Diseases.

*MRCP (or evidence of equivalent training or experience).

Desirable

*CCT/CESR in General (Internal) Medicine or Medical Microbiology (or within 6 months of achieving such).

*Higher degree such as PhD or MD.

*Training in teaching skills.

*Instructor status in at least one of ATLS/ALS or APLS.

Experience

Essential

*Comprehensive clinical experience in infectious diseases and related activities e.g. infection consultation service.

*Evidence of understanding of and adherence to the principles of Good Medical Practice set out by the General Medical Council.

Desirable

*Experience of integrated micro/ID clinical service.

*Experience in management of bone/joint infections.

*Experience of complex community antibiotic treatment service.

*Experience of managing general medical inpatients.

Additional Criteria

Essential

*Acceptable health record over previous 2 years (in accordance with standards identified in Trust policy).

*To have an involvement in teaching junior doctors and nurses.

*To have an involvement in undergraduate education.

Desirable

*Live within 15 miles/30minutes of Trust base (unless an exemption is granted by the Medical Director).

*Car owner/driver.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

For help with your application, contact: 

Neil Jenkins 

01214243354