Senior Clinical Fellow (ST3+ level) in Medical Microbiology

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Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, (LGT), is a community-focused provider of local and acute care, delivering high-quality services to over one million people living across the London boroughs of Lewisham, Greenwich, and Bexley. We provide whole-life care and are here to support our communities to live healthier lives as well as taking care of them when they need us the most.

Employing almost 7,500 colleagues, affectionately known as Team LGT, we provide services at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich, University Hospital Lewisham, and at over a dozen community settings in Lewisham. We also provide some services at Queen Mary's Hospital in Sidcup.

We have recently launched our new vision and values to mark the LGT10 - the tenth anniversary of our Trust forming in 2013. Our trust vision is to be exceptional. In the quality of our patient care; our support for colleagues; and in the difference we make through our partnerships and in our communities.

To achieve this we value Respect, Compassion, and Inclusion; Being accountable over staying comfortable; Listening over always knowing best; and Succeeding together over achieving alone. You can read more about our visions and values here

Our hospitals and community sites provide a wide range of inpatient and outpatient services, as well as emergency and planned care. The Trust is rated as "good" or "outstanding" in over three-quarters of the services inspected by the Care Quality Commission.

Every year our work includes performing 10,000 procedures in our theatres; bringing seven and a half thousand new lives into the world; carrying out 570,000 visits to patients in their homes or communities and providing emergency care for more than 300,000 patients arriving in our busy Urgent and Emergency Departments.

LGT is a centre for the education and training of medical students enrolled with King's College London's GKT School of Medical Education. We are a training centre for nurses, midwives and allied health professionals. We are pioneering new roles that will support the changing needs of our patients and are one of the largest employers of physician associates in the country.

We are committed to working with our partners to deliver the best outcomes for our local communities. This means playing an active role in the South East London Integrated Care System (ICS), and in formal partnerships including the South East London Acute Provider Collaborative, provider partnerships with our local mental health trusts and borough-based boards of the ICS in Bexley, Greenwich and Lewisham.

Job overview

Senior Clinical Fellow (Specialty Registrar Year 3+ level) Medical Microbiology or Medical Microbiology/Infectious Diseases Whole Time - 6 month Fixed Term Contract

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Senior Clinical Fellow (registrar level) to
cover a specialist trainee rotation vacancy, and to be part of our team. The team provides a
fully cross-site clinical microbiology/infectious diseases (including infection prevention and
control) service to the Trust, including community sites.

This will be a fixed term contract to commence ASAP until 5 September 2025.

The new post holder will join seven (6.3WTE) infection consultant colleagues, a specialty
doctor, two antimicrobial pharmacists, a rotational Foundation Year 2 junior doctor and the
Infection Prevention and Control nursing team.

The successful applicant will, after appropriate training and experience, be expected to
participate in the provision of high quality medical microbiology/infectious diseases and
infection control support to clinicians in hospital and community including authorising of
results, telephone advice, ward consults and clinical liaison.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate should have MBBS or equivalent qualifications and be registered
with the General Medical Council. There should also be evidence of achievement of
Foundation competencies (or equivalent) by time of appointment in line with GMC standards
of Good Medical Practice.

As part of the Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, we are investing in our staff and
services to deliver high quality patient care. This post offers an excellent opportunity to
develop your skills and knowledge of microbiology, infectious disease management and
infection prevention and control

Please refer to attached job description or for any further information contact Dr Juliet Uwagwu, Microbiology Consultant via email julietuwagwu@nhs.net

Working for our organisation

Our people are our greatest asset. When we feel supported and happy at work, this positivity reaches those very people we are here for, the patients. Engaged employees perform at their best and our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) initiatives contribute to cultivate a culture of engagement. We have four staff networks, a corporate EDI Team and a suite of programmes and events which aim to insert the 5 aspirations:

1. Improving representation at senior levels of staff with disabilities, from black, Asian, and ethnic minorities background, identify as LGBTQ+ and women, through improved recruitment and leadership development
2. Widening access (anchor institution) and employability
3. Improving the experience of staff with disability
4. Improving the EDI literacy and confidence of trust staff through training and development
5. Making equalities mainstream

Detailed job description and main responsibilities
• Provide, supported by the Consultant Microbiologists, clinical and laboratory services to the Trust.
• Take part in the cross-site on-call rota. On-call duties (Category A) include attending the laboratory at weekends (although IT resource can be made available to support provision of predictable weekend work from home).
On call commitment for the six month post is 26 weeknights and 4 weekends (Sat/Sun)
• Annual and study leave is covered internally with no locum cover.
• Undertake CME/CPD as required by the relevant medical Royal College and facilitated by funds from the Trust.
• Take part in clinical governance as a practicing clinician and to seek to maintain clinical and laboratory standards.
• Take part in audit using the Trust audit facilities.
• Teaching and training of resident doctors, medical students, scientific staff and other allied healthcare professionals
• Provide continuing clinical input for patients in the Trust's care and, in partnership with colleagues, to work towards the smooth running of the department.
• The post holder would be expected to subscribe to the research governance policies of the organisation.
• The post holder may be required to undertake other duties appropriate for a Senior Clinical Fellow in Medical Microbiology not otherwise specified.
• Advising on day to day and on call infection control activities

Person specification

Essential

Essential criteria

• MBBS or equivalent

Essential

Essential criteria

• Registered with GMC

Essential

Essential criteria

• Registered with GMC
• Eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment
• Understanding of the role of Medical Microbiology and Infection Control
• Is up to date and fit to practice safely
• MBBS or equivalent

Desirable criteria

• BSc in Microbiology (or related subject)
• MRCP (UK) or equivalent
• FRCPath Part 1
• MSc / MD / PhD in Microbiology based / related subject

We reserve the right to close the post before the stated closing date, please apply early. We do not contact applicants with the outcome of the shortlisting. If you have been shortlisted, you will receive an invite to an assessment day or interview.

As a local employer and anchor institution we work closely with our community to recruit locally and we welcome applications from the widest variety of people to ensure our workforce are reflective of the local communities which we serve. We encourage all suitable candidates to apply including if you are Black, Asian or other ethnic minorities, live with a disability (visible or not) or are LGBT+. We have a number of active staff networks including Disability, LGBT+, Multicultural Inclusion and Women's staff networks to bring staff together and celebrate diversity across our whole workforce.

Please note, not all roles will meet the criteria for a skilled worker visa.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

• Senior Clinical Fellow (Specialty Registrar Year 3+ level) Medical Microbiology or Medical Microbiology/Infectious Diseases Whole Time - 6 month Fixed Term Contract (PDF, 648.3KB)
• StR Advert (PDF, 192.6KB)
• Working at LGT (PDF, 4.2MB)