Stockport NHS Foundation Trust
Specialist grade in Microbiology and infectious sciences
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Job Description: Specialist Grade Clinical Microbiologist / Infectious Sciences Doctor
Stockport NHS Foundation Trust and Tameside and Glossop Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust are seeking a full-time (10 PAs) substantive Specialist Grade Clinical Microbiologist / Infectious Sciences Doctor. This is a new specialist grade post, established in line with the 2021 SAS doctor contract reform. The post holder will bring a strong commitment to high-quality patient care, clinical governance, innovation, delivery of performance targets, and training excellence.
About the Role
This is a cross-site post, with duties at both Stepping Hill and Tameside General Hospitals, providing microbiological and infection prevention and control advice to both Trusts and associated community and primary care services.
The post holder will develop close working relationships with clinicians and staff across both sites, encourage the safe and optimal management of infection, and support specialty training, antimicrobial stewardship, and infection prevention and control. There is a clear expectation to develop a specialist clinical interest and take a leadership role within the team.
Participation in both the workday and out-of-hours consultant clinical microbiology rotas is expected across the component Trusts.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide laboratory liaison, expert microbiological and infection control advice, and antimicrobial stewardship across both Stepping Hill and Tameside General Hospitals, including clinical reviews on ward rounds.
- Share oversight of specimen processing with consultant colleagues, validate and interpret results, and advise clinicians and GPs on diagnostic tests, antibiotic usage, and patient management.
- Participate in ICU ward rounds, antibiotic stewardship rounds, and microbiology discussion meetings, and support the IPCNs in day-to-day infection prevention and control.
- Communicate results and technical advice to all service users, maintain confidentiality, report incidents per Trust policy, and attend Directorate and Trust meetings, including SAE/SUI meetings as required.
- Contribute to policy and service development, assist with UKAS compliance, develop a specialist clinical interest, and take a leadership role to support safe, effective service delivery.
- Assist in training junior medical staff.
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Requirements
Participation in the workday and out-of-hours clinical microbiology rotas is expected, as part of the consultant out-of-hours rota (currently ~1 in 5 weeknights and 1 in 7 weekends), providing advice to Stockport, Tameside, Mid Cheshire, and East Cheshire.
About Us
We hold a unique position in the Stockport community as the provider of healthcare and are one of its largest employers.
We believe that the best organisations are those that reflect the communities they serve. We are therefore seeking to improve the diversity of our workforce to make it truly representative of our local population.
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We actively encourage applications irrespective of race, age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage & civil partnership, or pregnancy or maternity. Recognising those communities that are underrepresented within our workforce, we would particularly welcome applications from you.
If you require support with your application, please contact a member of the recruitment team, who can discuss alternative application methods.
We recognise that flexible working is important. We take requests for flexible working seriously, consider any request we receive, and try to work with you, so we can explore if your request may fit with the needs of the service.
Benefits We Offer To You
- Between 27-33 days of annual leave plus bank holidays
- NHS pension scheme membership
- Salary sacrifice schemes for lease cars, home electronics, and more, to make your salary go further
- NHS Staff discounts
- Cycle to work scheme
- Salary finance – for loans, savings, budget planning, and tips on managing debt
- Stockport Credit Union – for local financial advice
Contact Information
For further details / informal visits, contact:
- Name: Mark Gordon
- Job title: Associate divisional director for Pathology
- Email address: Mark.gordon@stockport.nhs.uk
- Telephone number: 0161 419 4676
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