Total 8 microbiologist job vacancies in Health / Beauty / Fitness category in The United States of America

For more information regarding the main responsibilities and requirements essential for this role please refer to the supporting documents heading and review the job description and person specification which will outline the duties of the role including a proposed job plan. Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust £338 million (PFI) investment has re-built and modernised both Whiston and St Helens Hospitals, resulting in modern state of the art health care facilities for the treatment and care of patients. St Helens Hospital was completed in 2008 and Whiston Hospital in 2010. The hospitals include 887 inpatient beds with state-of-the-art CT and MRI facilities existing on both hospital sites. CT and MRI scanners at St Helens have also recently been upgraded including installation of a high field 3 Tesla MRI scanner. The DEXA scanner is also located at St Helens Hospital. The Trust delivers acute hospital care, intermediate care, community, and primary care services to a population of over 600,000 people with a combined workforce of around 9000 dedicated and skilled staff from 17 locations including Whiston, Southport & Formby, St Helens, Ormskirk, and Newton hospitals. The Trust provides regional services for burns, plastic surgery, and spinal injuries to more than 4 million people across Mersey and West Lancashire, Cheshire, the Isle of Man and North Wales. As a Trust, our aim is to provide a high-quality service to all patients. We strive to meet the best standards for professional care whilst being sensitive and responsive to the needs of individual patients. Our valued workforce is recognised for their unique skills and talents with our teams of experts winning national awards on a regular basis. Whiston Hospital Whiston Hospital a busy teaching hospital which provides a comprehensive range of acute Medical and Surgical Services, Emergency Services, Maternity Services, Paediatrics and Medicine for Older People. The Regional Burns and Plastic Surgery Units are also based on this site. There is a Critical Care Unit consisting of ICU, HDU, CCU and an onsite Cardiac Catheter Laboratory. The stroke consultants deliver 24/7 thrombolysis to eligible patients presenting with acute stroke. There is a 30-bed Stroke Unit which accommodates both acute stroke patients and those with rehabilitation needs. St Helens Hospital St Helens Hospital is an Ambulatory Care Centre providing Intermediate Care and Day Surgery. Rheumatology, Dermatology and Diabetes services are based on this site and within easy reach of other acute specialties at Whiston Hospital. Southport Hospital Southport Hospital is a General Hospital that includes adults accident and emergency services, intensive care, and a range of medical and surgical specialities. There is also an outpatients service. The North West Regional Spinal Injuries Centre at Southport hospital provides specialist care for spinal patients from across the North West, North Wales, and the Isle of Man. The hospital, which replaced the Southport General Infirmary and the Southport Promenade Hospital, opened in September 1988. Ormskirk Hospital Ormskirk Hospital is a General Hospital and provides womens and childrens services, including accident and emergency services, surgery, and maternity care. The hospital provides these services for patients living across West Lancashire, Southport, and Formby. Life in Merseyside and West Lancashire Merseyside, which includes the great city of Liverpool, is within easy reach of North Wales, the Lake District and the Peak District and provides an interesting mix of rural and urban life. Liverpool is a vibrant, music city which has undergone a renaissance in recent years and has recently been named European City of Culture. High quality schools are available in and around Merseyside and West Lancashire. The area has many sports facilities including championship golf courses, several sailing clubs and one of the finest windsurfing venues in Britain. People from Merseyside and West Lancashire are renowned for their friendliness and quick-witted humour and the region sports two of the finest football teams in the Premier League. The town of St Helens is renowned for its glassworks and rugby. The district has a population of around 340,000 and is of mixed residential, industrial, and rural character. It is situated on the edge of Merseyside, between the open countryside of Cheshire to the south and Lancashire to the north. Southport is a seaside town and has a population of around 90,000. Southport lies on the Irish Sea Coast and is fringed to the north by the Ribble estuary. Town attractions include Southport Pier, the second longest seaside pleasure pier in the British Isles and Lord Street, an elegant tree-lined shopping street. Southport today is still one of the most popular seaside resorts in the UK and hosts various events including an annual air show on and over the beach, the largest independent flower show in the UK and the British Musical Fireworks Championship. Ormskirk is an historic Market town surrounded by beautiful countryside, reserves, and wildlife. Ormskirk has quaint village streets, winning restaurants and farm shops and is also home to the award-winning Edgehill University. Distance to Liverpool City Centre: From Whiston Hospital 13.3 miles From St Helens Hospital 15 miles From Southport Hospital 19.9 miles From Ormskirk Hospital 18.1 miles Distance to Manchester City Centre: From Whiston Hospital - 26.6 miles From St Helens Hospital 27.7 miles From Southport Hospital 42.4 miles From Ormskirk Hospital 35.4 miles

Please see the Job Description and Person Specification attached for full details of the post. The Microbiology Department The Microbiology Laboratory provides a comprehensive service covering all aspects of general microbiology to the West Suffolk Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (circa 500 beds plus Virtual Ward), Newmarket Community Hospital (33 beds) and GPs in Bury St Edmunds and the surrounding catchment area. The laboratory is located in the main West Suffolk Hospital building. The microbiology department was assessed by UKAS in December 2023 and recommended for accreditation subject to clearing the non-conformances. The evidence to demonstrate this was submitted in March 2024 and the outcome is awaited. The microbiology Laboratory Manager is Mr Marcus Milner. There are four Band 7 Biomedical Scientists who lead on Health & Safety, Quality and Training. Administrative support for the Microbiology Department, Consultants and Infection Prevention Team is provided by named members of the Pathology Administrative & Clerical team. Team-based administrative support across Pathology helps ensure demand is met regardless of holidays, sickness and any other absence. This team approach also helps with appropriate support when most needed, for example during outbreaks. Pathology uses the CliniSys WinPath Enterprise laboratory information management system and the Q-pulse quality management system. Office space containing a personal computer (with access to email, the internet and the relevant IT systems) will be provided within the West Suffolk Hospital Microbiology Department. A laptop will also be provided to facilitate remote on-call working. The Laboratory undertakes routine bacteriology, parasitology, serology and antibiotic susceptibility testing. It participates in the UKNEQAS schemes for general bacteriology, antimicrobial susceptibility, faecal parasitology, mycology and appropriate viral serology. There is also an internal quality assurance scheme. There is an automated blood culture system (BioMerieux BacT/ALERT), automated urinalysis (Beckman Coulter DxU), a Bruker MALDI-TOF, Serosep EntericBio and BioMerieux BioFire FilmArray. C. difficile toxin gene testing is performed on a Cepheid GeneXpert. Rapid antigen testing is available for Norovirus. The bulk of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza testing is performed on SAMBA IIs in a designated laboratory area within the Emergency Department. Paediatrics have Roche LIAT and Lumira DX analysers for point-of-care Influenza, RSV and SARS-CoV-2 testing. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing uses both the BioMerieux Vitek 2 automated system and EUCAST standardised disc methods. Gentamicin and Vancomycin assays are performed in the Biochemistry department; other antimicrobial assays are referred to the Bristol antimicrobial reference laboratory. Serological testing, including antenatal serology, is performed on a DiaSorin Liaison XL. Chlamydia & Neisseria gonorrhoeae NAATs testing is currently performed at Micropathology. Other molecular testing is performed at UKHSA Cambridge, and specialist virology advice is obtained from regional virologists. Mycobacterial culture is undertaken at a reference laboratory at present. AAFB staining is performed on site. Urgent overnight microbiology samples are transported to UKHSA Cambridge for testing at present, with a plan to repatriate this service. Abnormal results are communicated to the West Suffolk Hospital Consultant Microbiologist on call. WSFT has also been confirmed as one of 40 Trusts across the country to receive funding for a new build hospital from the Governments Health Infrastructure Programme. Planning is well underway, and the Pathology Department has a wonderful opportunity to create a purpose-built department to enable further development of a modernised service for our patients and users. The post-holder will be provided with a Trust laptop to enable remote access into the hospital and pathology computer systems.Out-of-hours infection prevention advice is provided by the on-call Consultant Microbiologist.

Please find attached to the vacancy a detailed person specification and job description for further information about this role.

Croydon Health Services NHS Trust is looking to recruit two forward thinking and motivated consultant microbiologists/consultants in infection to join the microbiology team in providing a comprehensive clinical microbiology, infection prevention and control and antimicrobial stewardship service for the Trust and to primary care and public health colleagues.

These are replacement Consultant microbiologist/Consultants in infection posts. One is a full time substantive post comprising of 10 programmed activities (PAs) whereas the other is a substantive part time position comprising 7 PAs.

The successful applicants will join a team of two consultant microbiologists and two Speciality doctors to deliver the service. The appointees will also be offered opportunities to lead on either antimicrobial stewardship programme or laboratory related issues. There is an opportunity to deputise on the leadership of, and also participate in, the successful OPAT programme.

There is a variable and interesting infection-related patient cohort, an excellent electronic patient record system and opportunity for hybrid working i.e.Consultants who are not required to be on-site for clinical duties may be able to work remotely on rotation with other members of the service
• Clinical microbiology (including bacteriology, virology, mycology, mycobacteriology etc.) practice and liaison which will include advising consultants, GPs, trainee doctors, other doctors, nurses etc.,
• Laboratory practice including interpretation and authorisation of results, communicating urgent results to clinical teams as per local protocol, contributing to updating of standard operating procedures and contribute to ensuring the laboratory is up to date with accreditation
• Participation in antimicrobial ward rounds and other multi-disciplinary meetings
• Maintenance of infection prevention and control precautions and also participation in outbreak and incident related meetings
• Antimicrobial stewardship lead: This will for one of the successful applicants. The lead can also deputise the OPAT lead and participate in the OPAT activities
• Laboratory issues lead: one of the successful candidate will be offered the opportunity to lead on laboratory related issues.
• The successful applicants will be encouraged to develop a relevant subspecialty interest, to participate in audits and also to participate in research, subject to resources and local priorities
Croydon Health Services NHS Trust provide hospital and community services from a number of community and specialist clinics throughout Croydon.
These include:
• Croydon University Hospital
• Purley Hospital
• The Sickle Cell and Thalassaemia Centre in Thornton Heath
• Community bases at Purley, Sanderstead, New Addington, Broad Green, Woodside
• A minor injuries unit in New Addington
Croydon and our Children’s Hospital at Home cares for children with long-term conditions without them having to come to hospital.
We are a very close-knit and friendly organization where every one of our 3600 members of staff is valued. We strongly believe that our employees are our greatest asset.

Our Vision:

“Excellent integrated care for you and your family, when and where you need it”

Our 5 key ‘Here for you’ promises to the people of Croydon are:
• You feel cared for by helpful and welcoming staff
• You feel in safe hands with highly professional staff
• You feel confident in your treatment from skilled teams of compassionate clinicians
• You feel we value your time with convenient appointments, minimal waiting and care closer to home
• You feel it’s getting better all the time as we continue to improve our services
“As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination uptake as this remains the best line of defence against COVID19.”

Most of the microbiology laboratory work is carried out at the South West London Pathology (SWLP) hub laboratory based at St. George’s Hospital, Tooting. As Croydon Health Service NHS Trust (CHS) is one of the Trusts that oversee SWLP network, the CHS microbiologists have a very close working relationship with colleagues at the SWLP hub laboratory and participate in all aspects of laboratory management and governance.

The post holders will be employed by the Croydon Health Service Trust (CHS) and the posts are based at the Croydon University Hospital (CUH) site. The successful applicants will join a team of two substantive Consultant Microbiologists and two Microbiology Speciality doctors to:
• Provide a comprehensive, efficient and cost effective clinical microbiology and infection service to CHS and other users of the service.
• Actively participate in antimicrobial stewardship activities
• Support the well established out-patient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT) service.
• Participate in matters concerning infection prevention and control, clinical governance and audit
• Contribute to laboratory leadership
• Maintain continuous professional development.

The out-of-hours service for these posts is a 1:6 rota remunerated at 1 PA and appropriate supplementary pay. Applicants who prefer doing alternative oncall frequencies are also encouraged to apply.


This advert closes on Sunday 21 Apr 2024

We are looking for 3 friendly, enthusiastic infection specialists to join the existing consultant to provide infection and infection prevention advice to DGFT and the wider community. The posts will be based at Russells’s Hall Hospital, Dudley. The posts are full time, but applications are welcome from individuals wishing to work part time.

The BCPS Microbiology service is of a significant size and provides opportunity for:
• Joint working on antimicrobial stewardship and IPC policies
• Case review (peer review) meetings
• Development of ID services (for a suitably qualified candidate)
• Research
• Excellent training for junior doctors (currently 1 ST grade at RWT and 2 ST grades at SWBH)
• Combined CPD meetings

The successful candidates will join the current BCPS Consultants as they work together to develop this agenda.

Microbiology medical staff at all sites have access to attend the Hub laboratory, to support troubleshooting, quality improvement, and innovation in the speciality. Each consultant has been allocated a laboratory section to lead. There is the option for consultants to have a regular attendance at the hub laboratory built into their job plan if desired



The appointees will provide a clinical advisory service with continuing responsibility for care of patients with infections in liaison with clinical consultant colleagues. The clinical work will include ward liaison, ITU ward rounds and development of clinical guidelines. The post holder will attend MDT meetings as required and will support antimicrobial stewardship and OPAT.

The appointees will be expected to provide a comprehensive microbiology service including authorisation and interpretation of results and liaison with the hub laboratory. There is the opportunity to work one day alternate weeks at the hub laboratory enabling involvement with clinical governance and development of laboratory SOPs.

The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust is one of the largest NHS trusts in the West Midlands providing primary, acute and community services and we are incredibly proud of the diversity of both our staff and the communities we serve. We are building a workforce that can help us to fulfil our values, improve the quality of care for patients, and solve the health care problems of tomorrow. We’re passionate about the value that diversity of thinking and lived experience brings in enabling us to become a learning organisation and leader in delivering compassionate care for our patients.

We are delighted that we have been rated as “Good” by CQC. We have achieved numerous awards; The Nursing Times Best Diversity and Inclusion Practice and Best UK Employer of the Year for Nursing Staff in 2020.

The Trust is a supportive working environment committed to creating flexible working arrangements that suit your needs and as such will consider all requests from applicants who wish to work flexibly.

It is anticipated that some of the activities listed below will evolve as BCPS develops.
• To liaise with clinicians, hospital staff and general practitioners in the diagnosis, management and prevention of infection in collaboration with the existing Consultant Microbiologist. This will include positive blood culture ward rounds including a regular critical care round to review the most unwell patients, ward rounds with the antimicrobial pharmacist to the acute admissions areas to provide support and review of key antimicrobial prescribing decisions based on alert antimicrobial usage and the review of individual complex patients by request from consultant colleagues.
• Together with all the BCPS Microbiology consultants ensure that professional standards are maintained in the laboratory. Safety, quality assurance and standards required to satisfy UKAS accreditation are the duty of all staff.
• Authorisation and interpretation of results issued by the laboratory.
• In conjunction with the Clinical Lead and the clinical governance committee and in co-operation with the Service lead (BMS) to ensure that the service is cost-effective and that tests are clinically relevant.
• To provide, in conjunction with the Infection Control & Prevention Doctor, infection prevention and control advice to DGFT and the wider community and to assist in the implementation of infection & prevention policies.
• To co-operate with the UK-HSA West Midlands and Environmental Health Officers in management and prevention of communicable diseases within the community.
• To undertake on-call consultative microbiology in co-operation with the team of Consultant Microbiologists. This includes a commitment to undertake weeknight and weekend on-call. It is expected that the post-holder will do 6 hours of predictable DCC on Saturday when on-call and Monday is given as time off in lieu for this. Cover for absence (study/annual leave or illness) will usually be arranged between the Consultants.
• To formulate and assist in implementation of policies for the use of antimicrobials in DGFT. Support of antimicrobial stewardship and where appropriate attendance at antimicrobial stewardship committee and medicines management committee meetings.
• To participate in the planning of pathology services in co-operation with other Consultant Pathologists within BCPS.
• To participate in audit activities.
• To participate in the Trusts’ Undergraduate Medical Training Programme for students from Birmingham University Medical School. Also, to participate in postgraduate teaching programmes for medical, laboratory and nursing staff.
• To develop relevant research interests. Laboratory space is restricted however projects may be accommodated within the laboratory.
• To participate in the Royal College of Pathologists programme for Continuing Professional Development, as outlined in College guidelines published in January 1999 to include elements of Microbiology and Virology. Both financial support and time are available for study leave by agreement with the Clinical Director for BCPS.


This advert closes on Thursday 18 Jan 2024

- Performs manual and automated microbiology laboratory testing including advanced and complex laboratory procedures; recognizes deviation from expected results; analyzes and corrects problems using scientific principles.
- Evaluates and solves problems related to collection and processing of biological specimens for analysis taking into account physiologic processes and requirements.
- Maintains and documents the optimal functioning of laboratory equipment. Uses, calibrates, identifies malfunctions, repairs, and performs preventive maintenance of laboratory equipment. Diagnoses deviations in test performance due to instrument malfunction.
- Performs and documents quality control and assurance activities and corrective actions related to test performance using statistical principles and theories of performance improvement.
- Adheres to practices and regulations governing biosafety and biosecurity in the workplace.
- Identifies discrepancies, solves problems, and presents solutions.
- Answers inquiries regarding test results, methodology, test specificity, test sensitivity, and specific factors, which influence test results. Interprets results and suggests follow-up test selection or procedures.
- Evaluates and implements new techniques and procedures in the laboratory in terms of equipment, method comparison, and establishment of reference intervals using statistical methods and theoretical knowledge. Interprets findings and makes recommendations.
- Incorporates principles of educational methodology in the instruction and training of new employees and students and in the laboratory's in-service/continuing education program.
- Communicates effectively and courteously while working as a healthcare team member. Provides excellent service as defined by the customer (healthcare providers, patients, and others). Gives direction and guidance using underlying principles of laboratory testing.
- Organizes work and sets priorities to meet deadlines.

Work Schedule: Full Time, Monday-Friday 8:00am-4:30pm, or as needed by department, rotating weekends and holidays.
Telework: Not Available
Virtual: This is not a virtual position.
Functional Statement #: 21246O
Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized
EDRP Authorized: Contact VISN2EDRPCoordinators@va.gov, the EDRP Coordinator for questions/assistance. Learn more
Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized
Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Starting at $64,928 Per Year (GS 9)

The three main roles of Head of Department, Antimicrobial lead and Infection Control Doctor will rotate in mutual agreement with the four Consultant Colleagues and are usually for a period of 3-5 years. The post holder will be eligible for any of those roles and may take up one of those areas of responsibility at some stage after appointment and in agreement with their three colleagues and dependent on the appointees special area of interest. We encourage and welcome people with disabilities to apply. If you have any further questions, please contact us for additional information. We strive to live by our Commitment, Care and Quality values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging.

The appointee, together with consultant colleagues, will be responsible for the provision of a comprehensive, efficient clinical microbiology, virology and infection prevention and control service to EKHUFT and other users of the service such as consultant colleagues, GUM physicians and lead respiratory physicians for tuberculosis management, GPs, antibiotic pharmacists, infection prevention and control nurses, and health protection consultants. Participate in, and offer medical advice through a Microbiologist duty desk daily rota. They will participate in a rota of regular commitments to specific units, such as haemato/oncology, renal medicine, neurology, SCBU and orthopaedics, together with daily ward rounds to intensive care and high dependency units and review of significant ward patients. Contribute to the activities and development of microbiology in line with user needs and expectations and reflect the changing function of a Consultant Microbiologist. This will include business planning, including the assessment and introduction of new methods, and forward planning for staff and equipment requirements. Our package of benefits includes an additional £20,000payment* to thank you for choosing to work at our trust andhelp you get settled in. We offer removal expenses, up to 32days annual leave and active support for study, qualityimprovement and patient safety work as part of our Wecare improvement journey, and medical education andresearch.