Trosolwg o'r swydd

University Hospitals NHS Trust is seeking a forward‑thinking Consultant Microbiologist to join our dynamic Infection Sciences team. You will provide expert clinical microbiology and infection management services across the Trust, working closely with colleagues in Infectious Diseases, Infection Prevention & Control, and the wider multidisciplinary team.

In this key role, you will support high‑quality diagnostic services, contribute to antimicrobial stewardship, and offer specialist advice for complex infections. You will also play an active part in service development, clinical governance, and teaching for healthcare professionals and trainees.

We are looking for an enthusiastic leader with excellent communication skills and a commitment to improving patient outcomes. Applicants should hold FRCPath (or equivalent), be on the GMC Specialist Register (or within 6 months of CCT), and demonstrate strong collaborative practice.

We offer a welcoming, supportive environment, opportunities for research and innovation, and excellent professional development.

Join us and help shape the future of infection services within a high‑performing, patient‑centred Trust.

Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd

We are seeking an enthusiastic and forward-thinking Consultant Medical Microbiologist, or dual accredited Microbiologist and Infectious Diseases Consultant, to join our dynamic and supportive team.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

This is an opportunity to work in a modern, progressive infection service delivering:

• Comprehensive clinical microbiology, virology and mycology advice
• 24/7 consultant-led infection advisory service (1:7 non-resident on-call)
• Embedded antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) across the Trust
• Active involvement in Infection Prevention & Control (IPC)
• Close working relationships with tertiary specialties including ICU, NICU, renal transplant, haematology, cardiothoracic surgery and neurosurgery

The post holder will practise as an autonomous consultant microbiologist providing complex clinical advice, supporting optimal diagnostic pathways, and promoting evidence-based antimicrobial prescribing.

Suitable candidates for this role would need to be on the specialist register with a qualification in Medical Microbiology, dual accredited in Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases or Consultant Clinical Scientists who have completed a relevant training programme.

Applicants with dual accreditation in Infectious Diseases will have the opportunity to shape and develop the ID component of the service in line with their expertise and departmental needs.

Less than full-time applicants are warmly encouraged.

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust is the largest hospital in the Southwest peninsula and a major trauma centre, providing comprehensive secondary and tertiary healthcare.

Our geography gives us a secondary care catchment population of 450,000 with a wider peninsula population of almost 2,000,000 people who can access our specialist services. The population is characterised by its diversity – the rural and the urban, the wealthy and pockets of deprivation, and wide variance in health and life expectancy. Population ageing is a recognised national trend, but is exacerbated locally by the drift of younger people out of the area and older people in. The proportion of our population aged 85 or over is growing ahead of the national average by approximately 10 years and we have developed a Population Health Strategy in response to this demographic shift.