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Job summary

Main area
Medical Microbiology
Grade
NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor
Contract
Permanent
Hours
Full time - 40 hours per week (no on call)
Job ref
208-AECAAE-26
Employer
Northern Lincolnshire & Goole NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Trustwide
Town
Scunthorpe
Salary
£61,542 - £99,216 per annum pro rata
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
19/04/2026 23:59

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Northern Lincolnshire & Goole NHS Foundation Trust logo

Specialty Doctor in Medical Microbiology

NHS Medical & Dental: Specialty Doctor

 

 

Job overview

As an employee of the Humber Health Partnership, the post-holder will collaborate closely with 
clinical, medical, professional, and managerial colleagues to deliver high-quality, patient-centred 
care.
Key responsibilities include:
• Delivering an exemplary clinical service in line with best practices.
• Providing effective leadership to junior doctors and medical students.
• Adhering to Partnership policies, procedures, and service plans.
• Ensuring clinical practice aligns with contractual obligations and operational priorities.

Main duties of the job

The appointee will work alongside our team of consultant medical microbiologists and work across the full breadth of medical microbiolgy service. 

Working for our organisation

The Humber Health Partnership is one of the largest acute and community Partnership arrangements in the NHS, seeing well over one million patients every year and managing a budget of over £1.3 billion.

Made up of two Trusts - Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust (NLAG) and Hull University Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust (HUTH) - our Partnership has significant ambitions and is committed to delivering world-class hospital and community services for the 1.65 million people we serve.

Together we employ nearly 20,000 staff. Our five main hospital sites are Diana, Princess of Wales Hospital, Scunthorpe General Hospital and Goole and District Hospital, for NLAG and Hull Royal Infirmary and Castle Hill Hospital for HUTH.

As Teaching Hospitals working with the Hull York Medical School, we both lead and contribute to research in many areas - biomedical research, primary care, palliative medicine, cardiovascular and respiratory medicine, vascular surgery, cancer surgery and oncology.

We believe that by developing a diverse, inclusive, innovative, skilled and caring workforce, we can deliver excellent care to our patients and a great future for our employees, our Partnership and our community.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Specific Responsibilities
The appointee will work alongside Consultant Microbiologist colleagues to fulfil the following duties:
Clinical Duties
• Deliver timely expert advice on infection diagnosis, management, and prevention to hospital 
and community clinicians.
• Conduct ward rounds as required, with a focus on specialist units (e.g., ICU, 
haematology/oncology, orthopaedics).
Leadership & Governance
• Lead on infection management within the hospital.
• Attend monthly Directorate, audit, and clinical governance meetings.
• Participate in Trust committees (e.g., Drugs & Therapeutics, Risk Management, Mortality 
Reviews).
Infection Prevention & Control (IPC)
• Maintain collaboration with UKHSA Yorkshire & Humber and UKHSA East Midlands
Consultants in Health Protection.
• Play an active role in IPC and antimicrobial stewardship, including:
o Attendance at NLAG/ULTH IPC Committee meetings.
o Leading outbreak response and incident management.
Antimicrobial Stewardship
• Contribute to the development and review of the Path Links antimicrobial formulary and 
prescribing guidelines, working alongside microbiologists and antimicrobial pharmacists.

Person specification

Shortlisting criteria

Essential criteria
  • FRCPath part 1
  • Full GMC registration with a licence to practice
  • NHS experience

Additional criteria

Desirable criteria
  • Additional higher qualification (e.g. DTM&H, master's degree in IPC)
  • Verifiable experience in guideline review or writing

Employer certification / accreditation badges

NHS Pastoral Care Quality AwardApprenticeships logoMenopause Friendly EmployerDisability confident employerDisability confident committedArmed Forces Covenant Bronze AwardNational Preceptorship for Nursing Quality Mark

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Dr Reena Rambani
Job title
Clinical lead for Microbiology
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
03033 306999
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