A Vacancy at Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking to recruit a Specialty Doctor to work in the Microbiology Pathology Department at North Tyneside General Hospital. The successful candidate will be joining a team of four consultants and one specialist trainee. They will be encouraged to complete FRCPath Microbiology and supported for CESR. There is also opportunity to move to a Specialist Grade post in microbiology subject to demonstration of satisfactory progression. Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is committed to assisting all employees to achieve a work-life balance, regardless of their personal circumstances. Any applicant who is unable, for personal reasons, to work full-time, will be eligible to be considered for the post. If such a person is appointed, modification of the job content will be discussed on a personal basis in consultation with consultant colleagues. The successful candidates will participate in the provision of clinical microbiology services to the population of Northumberland and North Tyneside. The Specialty Doctor role will include authorisation of the laboratory results, supporting laboratory staff by providing advice and guidance, supporting clinical staff by providing advice on managing various infection, advising infection control team, critical care ward round, ward round or communicating with clinical team about important results like blood culture, attending MDT, supporting the team with audits, research education and quality improvement process. The post holder will participate in the varied clinical microbiology workload shared between the consultants. We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, covering one of the largest geographical areas of any NHS trust in the country. Leading in innovation and quality – opening a state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. Do you want to work in one of the best performing NHS organisations in England? Work in an organisation that supports its staff and focuses on staff experience as much as it does the experience of its patients? You can live and breathe in an area that has the cleanest air, cost effective living, great nightlife, some of the best schools with a wealth of history available on your doorstep. Sound too good to be true? Well it isn’t, this is what you get when you work for Northumbria Healthcare, this is the Northumbria Way! Please read ‘applicant guidance notes’ before submitting your application. The successful applicant for this post will work closely with all the consultant medical Microbiologists to provide a comprehensive, efficient and cost-effective clinical microbiology, virology and infection control service. There will be a laboratory induction period to enable familiarisation with the department and the routine laboratory service. The successful applicant will be expected to take part in: 1. All aspects of local routine laboratory processes, including a pre-analytical understanding of test requesting, specimen processing and post-analytical interpretation and reporting of results. 2. Close liaison with microbiology laboratory team and address any queries that they may have related to the specimen processing 3. Provision of clinical advice in response to verbal and written clinical enquiries from both the acute Trust and community sources. 4. Regular Microbiology and Antimicrobial ward rounds, including reviewing patients with significant test results (blood culture, CSF etc.) or with complex infections, daily Critical Care ward rounds, and other regular specialty ward rounds including Antimicrobial Stewardship. 5. Close liaison with the Infection Control Team and Public Health This advert closes on Wednesday 8 May 2024 Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme Disability Confident About Disability Confident