Job summary
- Main area
- Microbiology
- Grade
- Microbiology Consultant
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 10 sessions per week
- Job ref
- 213-MED-DH-8000781
- Employer
- King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust - Denmark Hill
- Town
- Camberwell
- Salary
- £113,565 - £150,569 Per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 14/06/2026 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant Microbiologist
Microbiology Consultant
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c£1.8 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King’s College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in the London Borough of Bromley.
We encourage all our staff to have a healthy work/life balance. In doing so, you can apply for flexible working from the beginning of your employment. We offer a range of options which are designed to suit different circumstances and priorities in line with service requirements.
Job overview
This is a replacement consultant post, and forms part of our Infection Sciences Department. The post-holder will be based and work at the Denmark Hill site and will support and develop our Infection service at DHS. This service consists of Microbiology, Virology, Infection Prevention and Control and the Infectious Diseases (ID) and OPAT services.
The appointee will deliver Infection services for in/out-patients and the local CCG as part of the microbiology consultant team and play an active role in the general workload of the department including overseeing the resident doctors. There is a 1:9 on-call commitment providing ‘second on’ out-of-hours cover for a week at a time (Band A).
Main duties of the job
The post holder will join the microbiology “duty day” rota, providing senior supervision and support to trainees, fellows and the laboratory in managing significant microbiology results, complex clinical queries (by telephone and EPIC referral system), and authorisation of results. Ward-based consults are encouraged (by trainees and consultants) to optimise patient management and outcomes. The post holder will also be expected to provide support for the interpretation and authorisation of serology results, working in conjunction with other consultants and clinical scientists. The successful candidate will provide regular microbiology support to the adult Critical Care Units as part of a team of Infection Consultants, and if the candidate has sufficient ID experience, will join the ID consultation service, ID outpatient clinic and OPAT services on a rotational basis. All infection consultants have a responsibility to promote antimicrobial stewardship in their area of clinical cover, and contribute to prospective audit and feedback to the clinical teams. He/she will also join a team of other consultants with dedicated PAs to cover infection control and provide support to the Director of Infection Prevention and Control and the IPC nursing team.
Working for our organisation
King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts, with a turnover of £1.8bn per annum – and we are delighted you are considering a career with us.
Our teams provide services out of five hospitals across South East London and Kent, namely King’s College Hospital, the Princess Royal University Hospital, Orpington Hospital, Queen Mary’s Hospital Sidcup, and Beckenham Beacon.
We employ nearly 14,000 staff, who together treat over 1.5 million patients every year.
We provide a full range of local and specialist services, and our teams are nationally and internationally recongised for our work in liver disease and transplantation, neurosciences, cardiac, haemato-oncology, fetal medicine, stroke, major trauma, and emergency medicine.
Our Strong Roots, Global Reach strategy, published in 2021, sets out our BOLD vision, and commitment towards:
- Brilliant People
- Outstanding care
- Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education
- Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
- Together with other colleagues, to provide a high-quality care service to patients. This includes all aspects of treatment and relevant management duties for the proper functioning of the Care Group.
- Shared responsibility with other colleagues and Responsible also for covering colleagues periods of annual leave and short-term sickness as detailed in your contract.
- Provide clinical supervision of junior medical/dental practitioners as a shared responsibility with other consultant colleagues.
- Responsible for carrying out teaching, examination and accreditation duties as required and contributing to CPD and clinical governance initiatives
- Responsible for outpatient clinic commitments in peripheral hospitals as agreed with the Care Group’s management team where part of the service structure.
- Contribute to the Care Group’s research interests in accordance with the Trust’s R&D framework.
- Contribute to the audit programmes, Morbidity and Mortality, Clinical Governance programmes and Learning from Deaths
- Take an active role in the formulation, implementation and monitoring of the Care Group’s Business Plan. This may include assisting with discussions regarding service plans and developments with internal and external agencies.
- Conduct all activities within the contracted level of service and operating plan for service(s).
- Exercise professional leadership for all staff working in the specialty. This will include fostering and developing projects focused towards these ends and ensuring that the momentum of post- qualification professional education and other appropriate training is maintained.
- Work in conjunction with clinical and other professional colleagues to ensure that the productivity of staff within the specialty is maintained and their job satisfaction is enhanced. This may include involvement in the appraisal process for peers and/or junior colleagues
- Undertake Care Group management duties as agreed with the Care Group/Departmental Manager/Clinical Director.
- Be aware of, and comply with, all Trust infection prevention and control policies, to include hand hygiene, personal hygiene, environmental and food hygiene.
- Prepare for and undertake the protective interventions that you are responsible for in a manner that is consistent with evidence-based practice and maintaining patient safety.
- King’s is committed to providing Consultant led 7-day services and in the event of future developments the post holder would be expected to contribute equally with other Consultant colleagues.
Person specification
Qualifications & Higher Education
Essential criteria
- Registerable medical qualification (MBChB, MBBS or equivalent)
- FRCPath (UK), or show evidence of equivalent qualification
Desirable criteria
- MRCP (UK) or show evidence of equivalent qualification
- Other higher degree or diploma (e.g., MD or PhD)
- Diploma in Hospital Infection Control (or equivalent)
Registration
Essential criteria
- Full and specialist registration (and with a current licence to practise) with the general Medical Council (GMC) (or be eligible for registration within six months of interview) in Medical Microbiology +/– Infectious Diseases
- Applicants that are UK trained, must ALSO be a holder of a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), or be within six months of award of CCT by date of interview.
- Applicants that are non-UK trained, will be required to show evidence of equivalence to the UK CCT
Desirable criteria
- Holder of Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in Infectious Diseases, or within six months of award of CCT or equivalent by date of interview
Training and Experience
Essential criteria
- Wide experience in all aspects of Microbiology and Infection, culminating in award of CCT or equivalent.
- Experience of working with the clinical and laboratory aspects of Medical Microbiology
- Specialist training in Microbiology or Joint Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
- Experience in infection control
Desirable criteria
- Experience in laboratory management
- Experience in infectious diseases
- Experience in delivering outpatient antimicrobial therapy
- Experience in antimicrobial stewardship
- Experience in managing infection in specialist services such as neurosurgery and transplant
Administration
Essential criteria
- Experience in day to day organisation of Infection services in a busy Teaching Hospital
Desirable criteria
- Familiar with current structure of Health Service and conversant with recent initiatives and changes
Management and Leadership
Essential criteria
- Able to demonstrate leadership capability within multi-disciplinary teams
Audit, Research and Publications
Essential criteria
- Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit. Must have undertaken and completed audit projects
- Experience of clinical research.
- Publication of relevant review or research articles or case reports
Teaching
Essential criteria
- Experience of undergraduate and post-graduate teaching and exam preparation.
Desirable criteria
- Teaching skills course/qualification
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
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Aileen Boyd
- Job title
- Clinical Lead Infection Sciences
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0203 299 4369
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