Total 11 Microbiologist job vacancies in Others category in The United States of America

Detailed job description and main responsibilities The job plan will be agreed between the post holder and the Clinical Director and is subject to annual review. A provisional work programme is attached. Laboratory Day-to-day supervision of diagnostic methods and examination of specimens and authorisation and interpretation of the results obtained. Involvement in policy and SOP preparation. Responsibility for quality assurance within the department, including taking part in all relevant National External Quality Assurance (NEQAS) programmes. Responsibility for achieving and maintaining full accreditation of the laboratory with Clinical Pathology Accreditation (UK) Ltd, UKAS or another equivalent agency. Business planning, including the assessment and introduction of new methods, and forward planning for staff and equipment requirements. Provision of an on-call service in microbiology. Clinical Liaison with clinicians, hospital staff and GPs concerning the diagnosis and management of patients and prevention of infection. Implementing an on-going medical audit programme within the department and participating in multidisciplinary clinical audit. Providing advice on management of OPAT patients Ward Rounds Attendance at ward rounds and ward visits to discuss patient management Infection Control Duties Advising on hospital policies for infection prevention and control, antibiotic and disinfectant use. Co-operating with Public Health England and environmental health officers in the investigation and prevention of communicable disease in the community. Antimicrobial Stewardship Antimicrobial stewardship is a key area of our work. This is led by one of the microbiologists/ infectious diseases physicians, on a rotational basis (reviewed at annual job planning), who chairs the Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee. A longer tenure is possible if a staff member has a particular interest in this area. The Trust has an antibiotic App (MicroGuide). All departmental consultants are expected to play a role in antimicrobial stewardship. Key Internal Relations: Others involved in infection control, particularly the infection control and prevention nurses, other Consultant Microbiologists, microbiology scientific staff, the Chief Executive, Trust Board, Medical Directors, Physicians, Surgeons, Occupational Health Physicians and Heads of Departments e.g. Catering, Estates, Pharmacy, HSDU, Domestic Services. All of the existing departmental consultants are expected to provide support to each other and to new starters. The Head of Department can be approached with any issues. A mentor can be appointed for the first year in post (may or may not be required dependent on experience of the new appointee). Key External Relations: In the case of statutorily notifiable diseases, community involvement, and major outbreaks of infection with community involvement, work closely with the Consultant and other staff in the Public Health England, appropriate Reference Laboratories, Environmental Health Officers, General Medical Practitioners and Microbiologists / Infectious Disease Physicians in other regional departments. Teaching The directorate participates in teaching medical students, medical and non-medical staff and the post holder will be expected to participate in the teaching process. Administration Contributing to management within the Trust, via the directorate structure Acting as custodian of data under the Data Protection Act. Service and administrative duties on various committees which may include: Microbiology Management Meetings Antimicrobial Stewardship Committee Hospital Infection Prevention Committee Infection Prevention and Control Team Meetings Clinical Governance and Audit The post holder will be expected to be actively involved in the development of clinical guidelines, investigation protocols, laboratory SOPs, guidance in the use of appropriate use of antimicrobials. The post holder must be involved in Clinical Audit. The appointee is expected to participate actively in clinical audit meetings.

Most of the microbiology laboratory work is carried out at the South West London Pathology (SWLP) hub laboratory based at St. Georges 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.

Please see attached job description where there is a detailed description of the Consultant Microbiologist/ Consultant Clinical Scientist role. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trusts policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately. If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £41.50. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salary In addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £13.

Optimisation of laboratory working practices Authorisation of results, accounting for approximately 2 hours of the working day Contribution to quality assurance processes within the department Collaboration with biomedical scientists to achieve a diagnostic service that is modern and of the highest standard Contribution to the business planning process for the microbiology service Membership of Pathology Directorate Support training and development of all types and grades of staff Participation in laboratory audits Offering solicited advice to medical and nursing staff Offering unsolicited advice where this is warranted and of benefit to the patient Monitoring progress of patients Daily visits to the Critical Care Unit (shared) Visits to wards on a frequent basis Membership of Drugs and Therapeutics Committee (when Antibiotic Lead) Chairmanship (when Antibiotic Lead) or membership of Trust Antibiotic Group Participation in audits (including antibiotic audits) Weekly multi-disciplinary clinical meeting for orthopaedic service one CMM designated. Weekly haematology ward round one consultant designated. Lead clinical role (when Infection Control Doctor) in day-to-day management of infection control related problems Lead role (when Infection Control Doctor) for policy and guideline development Contribution to prevention and management of outbreaks of infection Support for the Trust Infection Prevention and Control Programme Liaison with Infection Prevention and Control Nurse Liaison with the Director of Infection Prevention and Control (Director of Nursing) Chairmanship of monthly Infection Prevention and Control Team meetings (when Infection Control Doctor) Membership of: Infection Control Committee Healthcare-associated Infection Operational Group (when Infection Control Doctor) Trust Sepsis Group one consultant designated. OPAT group one consultant designated. Liaison with the Consultant in Health Protection and the Public Health England (PHE)

For more information regarding the main responsibilities of the role, please refer to the attached Job Description. We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.

A timetable of responsibilities will be subject to negotiation and mutual agreement with the successful applicant, in conjunction with Consultant Microbiologist colleague. The job plan will be reviewed at 3 months. These duties may be subject to review to reflect the changing needs of the service. If changes to the described duties are required these will be mutually agreed between the appointee, consultant colleague(s) and the Trust. Microbiologists do not work to rigid programmes, but a suggested weekly job plan/timetable is outlined below: The laboratory related clinical microbiology includes daily antibiotics ward rounds supported by antimicrobial pharmacist, daily ICU ward rounds and weekly Haematology and Neonatal ward rounds. Post holder is expected to contribute to weekly Isolation ward MDT which is supported by Infection Control Team and Gastroenterologist. Programmed activities 10 Programmed activities (PAs) in total Direct Clinical Care (DCC) 6.5 Predictable & un-predictable on call 2.0 Supporting Clinical Activities (SPA) 1.5

For further information please contact Dr Darren Powell, Clinical Director of Pathology (darren.powell@alderhey.nhs.uk); Clare Ellis, Pathology Manager (clare.ellis@alderhey.nhs.uk); or Dr Urmi Das, Director of Medicine (urmi.das@alderhey.nhs.uk). Job description and Person Specification for further details in relation to the role

To provide comprehensive clinical medical microbiology services including advice regarding appropriate specimen collection, involvement in specimen analysis, validation and interpretation of results for transmission to wards, and involvement in the management of individual patients through full clinical liaison. The post holder will be involved in policy, S.O.P.s etc. preparation, relevant to consultant medical microbiologist duties. To participate in Trust Infection Prevention functions and services including deputising for the Infection Control Doctor where appropriate. Involvement in the development of clinical management protocols shared with the community and other consultant colleagues. Participation in the management and future development of the microbiology service. Provision, with consultant and other colleagues, and when necessary with the support of local Public Health England, of microbiological and epidemiological support, including surveillance, for Consultants in Communicable Disease Control, environmental Health Officers, DoH and others, and for clinical staff in hospitals and the community, within the catchment area of the Laboratory.

The post holder will be expected to participate with the current medical staff in the provision of an infection consultation service, infection rounds on specialist units, the interpretation of laboratory reports and the on-call infection service rota. Team deliver leadership for Antimicrobial stewardship Infection control Community infection control Main Clinical Activities Liaison and ward/department visits to discuss individual clinical cases and infection prevention and control issues within the hospital Ward visits especially to ICU, renal, haematology and NICU/SCBU. Advice regarding diagnostic tests, antibiotic usage, interpretation of results, general patient management to GPs usually telephone advice on individual patients. Validation of and interpretation of laboratory test results. Ward rounds and patient discussion groups Antibiotic stewardship rounds Attend clinical antibiotic guideline group and antibiotic sub group. Infection Prevention Duties Attendance at Trust Infection Control Committee (ICC) /Infection Control Operational Group(ICOG) Decontamination Operational Group(DOG) and outbreak/SUI meetings/ HCAI RCA meetings as per rota Weekly difficile review group/MDT and MSSA review group Advise and support the IPCNs in day-to-day activities. Water management meeting and addressing/managing issues with legionella and pseudomonas Educational and other activities This includes participation in the preparation and writing policies and SOPs; collecting and analysing audit and surveillance data; responses to various documents; writing educational PowerPoint presentations; checking minutes of meetings. Involvement in quality assurance performance within the department, including taking part in all relevant national external quality assurance (NEQAS) programmes. Involvement in achieving and maintaining full accreditation with Clinical Pathology Accreditation (UK) Ltd/ISO, or an equivalent agency. Teaching and training a wide range of health care workers Managerial Arrangements In conjunction with the Laboratory Manager, you will be expected to manage all aspects of laboratory work on a day-to-day basis including supervision of specimen examination and reporting. To continually assess methods used and to maintain UKAS standards, ensuring continuation of full accreditation of the service. The appointee will also work closely with other service providers such as the Biomedical Scientists, Infection Prevention Nurses and Antibiotics Pharmacists in the day-to-day provision of an efficient and effective Microbiology and Infection Prevention service in University Hospitals of Derby & Burton NHS Foundation Trust. The employee will assist with the responsibility for use and security of the Trusts assets, including their own use, and ensuring correct use by others. You will also be expected to support business planning including introduction of new methods, support the Microbiology Manager in budgetary management and assist with Policy and SOP preparation Job Plan A job plan will be agreed between the appointee and the Assistant Clinical Director, on behalf of the Executive Medical Director. The job plan for the first 3 months is on average 10 programmed activities per week. Job plan rotates over 4 week cycle Week 1 - On call microbiologist Monday to Friday, this can be worked off site Week 2 Duty microbiologist, clinical and laboratory liaison, community/ hospital Week 3 - Renal, neonatal, ITU ward round, teaching, MDT, antibiotic ward round /review of antibiotic audit, Week end on call Friday to Monday Week 4 Infection control duties + attending IC meetings, update IC policy, MDT, HACI RCA meeting, audit, DCHS meetings & policy review On-call Availability On-call availability supplement: On-call Rota 1 in 5 The appointee will be expected to participate in this rota, providing an out-of-hours emergency service (weekend 72 hours) on a shared basis, 1:5 with other consultants within the department and one night/week. Due to the complex nature of the advice on call period, attracts a Class A supplement.

Please see main job description for further details or contact as below: Informal enquiries to Dr Shailesh Agrawal, Clinical Director on 0161 419 4963 or Dr Barzo Faris, Consultant Microbiologist on 0161 419 4491. The Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment and promote safeguarding by implementing the Trusts policies and procedures, acting promptly on concerns, communicating effectively and sharing information appropriately. If successful this vacancy will require an enhanced DBS check at a cost of £41.90. This cost will be deducted from your first Trust salaryIn addition to this it will be a condition of your employment that you will join the DBS update service and pay the annual subscription fee of £13. COVID-19 vaccination remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course our patients from the virus when working in our healthcare settings. Whilst COVID-19 vaccination is not a condition of employment at this time, we do encourage our staff to get vaccinated. We will be checking the vaccination status of all new starters so that we can manage individual and environmental risks, and so that we can support those who may be undecided about vaccination. If you are unvaccinated and you would like some advice or information, including how to get vaccinated, please email mandatory.vaccine@stockport.nhs.uk. There is a current Government consultation underway which will determine whether some new starters may need to be vaccinated.

Candidates who wish to work less than the advertised PAs and /or are within 6 months of specialist certification are encouraged to apply. It is anticipated that the successful candidate will take up their appointment in October 2023 at the earliest. Any general enquiries about this post can be directed to Dr Trupti Patel (Clinical Lead for Microbiology). For more information regarding the main responsibilities of the role, please refer to the attached Job Description.