Consultant in Infection

Location

Hereford, Herefordshire | United Kingdom

Job description

Please refer to attachments and summary below. Clinical practice and liaison Timely clinical liaison in response to blood cultures/critical specimen results and/or clinician requests is expected. GUM is outsourced to a private provider with no clinical input from WVT. The consultants in infection share clinical duties. There is an ITU ward round daily. A Clinical Scientist/Higher Specialist Scientist trainee also supports the department. There is a 0.5 wte antimicrobial pharmacist. This post is supported by an antimicrobial pharmacist technician. The AMS program is under continuous development, including development of new antibiotic/infection guidelines, enhanced AMS activities and a new penicillin allergy de-labelling initiative. The consultants in infection attend several MDTs: TB and NTM with respiratory physicians (3 monthly) Prosthetic joint infection/revision meeting with orthopaedic department (monthly) OPAT meeting with podiatry, community nursing and pharmacy (weekly). The consultant in charge of the patient retains clinical responsibility. Diabetic foot infection clinical with podiatry, orthopaedic foot surgeons, diabetes specialist and vascular team (fortnightly) Clostrididioides difficile round (weekly) The appointee will take equal (or an appropriate share of) responsibility for departmental commitments. The consultant in infection who leads on antimicrobial stewardship attends the Medicines Safety Committee, chairs the 6 monthly Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee and meets monthly with the antimicrobial stewardship team. The head of department attends pathology board. Infection prevention and control There is an infection prevention team consisting of a Band 8a 1.0 wte lead nurse, two band 7 0.8 wte deputies and 3 wte band 6 infection prevention nurses who work closely with the ICD. The DIPC is the Director of Nursing. There are 2 band 4 0.4 wte administrator who supports the team. The budget holder is the lead infection prevention nurse. The ICD is the deputy chair of the infection prevention committee. There are 4 PAs for the ICD role which is provided only for WVT The ICD attends the decontamination committee, the infection prevention committee, the cleanliness and food safety committee, the water management group, the PFI performance management group and the Herefordshire and Worcestershire-wide HCAI forum. The apportionment and possible rotation of roles will be decided between the appointee and the existing medical staff. There are additional opportunities for teaching (including for junior medical staff, students and our Higher Specialist Scientist trainee) and a weekly hospital Grand Round which our department participates in. Our team would be delighted to have a discussion with/take queries from any potential candidates. Applicants must have: Full registration with a licence to practise with the General Medical Council (GMC) MBBS, MB ChB or evidence of equivalent qualification MRCPath or evidence of equivalent qualification. or Registration with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) MRCPath or evidence of equivalent qualification or MRCP or evidence of equivalent qualification (CCT or equivalence in Infectious Diseases)

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£93.67k - £126.28k per annum