Job summary
This post provides a unique opportunity to join our innovative and expanding infection department. We welcome applicants with either CCT in Microbiology or joint CCT in Infectious Diseases and Microbiology. This is a replacement post offered at 10 PAs full time, though part time applicants with pro - rata on call will be considered.

The post holder will be responsible for contributing to our 24-hour Clinical Infection Service. Infection services in the trust encompass a wide range of complex and interesting cases including The Mid Yorkshire Regional Adult Burns Centre and Regional Childrens Burns Unit and Yorkshire Regional Spinal Injuries Centre.

The Trust is developing a range of clinical care services relevant to Infectious Diseases and Microbiology dual trained consultants, with one such consultant already in post.

Our Trust recently attained Teaching status. As part of our journey to University Hospital status, the Trust has a strategic priority to increase our number of clinical academic positions, we would welcome applicants who have an aspiration to adopt a clinical academic role in future.

Main duties of the job

• Provision of clinical advice from within the Trust, primary care and other healthcare colleagues in our region
• Authorisation and interpretation of laboratory results
• Liaison with the laboratory team
• Working effectively with junior infection specialist colleagues, the pharmacy team and regional infection specialist colleagues
• Infection prevention and control advice - with opportunity to take up Trust infection control roles e.g. DIPC
• Liaising with the local UKHSA team for notifiable diseases/organisms and participation in mandatory surveillance

About us
We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff members work in patients homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield).

Committed to continuous improvement, we prioritise our people and values so we can deliver excellent patient experience. Our team is friendly, passionate and always seeking better ways to work through research and innovation.

We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces for honest conversations and to share ideas, thoughts and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion.

As a member of the team, you will have access to the NHS pension plan, a generous holiday allowance, employee health and wellbeing services and extensive benefits and support. These include onsite nurseries, childcare vouchers, home electronics schemes, working carers support, carer-friendly policies, and more.

If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.

Job responsibilities
About the role
This post provides a unique opportunity to join our innovative and expanding infection department. We welcome applicants with either CCT in Microbiology or joint CCT in Infectious Diseases and Microbiology. This is a replacement post offered at 10 PAs full time, though part time applicants with pro - rata on call will be considered.

The post holder will be responsible for contributing to our 24-hour Clinical Infection Service. Infection services in the trust encompass a wide range of complex and interesting cases including The Mid Yorkshire Regional Adult Burns Centre and Regional Children’s Burns Unit and Yorkshire Regional Spinal Injuries Centre.

The Trust is developing a range of clinical care services relevant to Infectious Diseases and Microbiology dual trained consultants, with one such consultant already in post.

Our Trust recently attained Teaching status. As part of our journey to University Hospital status, the Trust has a strategic priority to increase our number of clinical academic positions, we would welcome applicants who have an aspiration to adopt a clinical academic role in future.

Main duties

• Provision of clinical advice from within the Trust, primary care and other healthcare colleagues in our region
• Authorisation and interpretation of laboratory results
• Liaison with the laboratory team
• Working effectively with junior infection specialist colleagues, the pharmacy team and regional infection specialist colleagues
• Infection prevention and control advice - with opportunity to take up Trust infection control roles e.g. DIPC
• Liaising with the local UKHSA team for notifiable diseases/organisms and participation in mandatory surveillance
• Multidisciplinary meetings – including haematology, orthopaedics, infection control, regional burns centre and intensive care
• Developing services including outpatient parenteral antimicrobial therapy (OPAT), undergraduate teaching and research
• On-call duties – currently shared on a 1 in 4 basis. On-call responsibility is currently based on 1 in 4 rota.
• Involvement in clinical governance, audit and quality of care assessment, maintenance and improvement

With the evolution of the service, there is a potential future opportunity to be involved with the delivery of TB and Non-tuberculous Mycobacteria infection care. Opportunities also exist to develop services in HIV and infectious diseases. Initially it is expected that this role will be distributed to largely deliver Medical Microbiology related care (including e.g. OPAT, bone and joint infection), with opportunity to discuss ongoing arrangements after appointment.

Please see the attached full job description for an example weekly timetable.

Essential person specification requirements

• Full and Specialist registration (with a licence to practise) with the GMC (or eligible for registration within six months of interview).
• UK trained applicants must ALSO be a holder of a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) including Microbiology, or be within 6 months of award of CCT by date of at the time of the advisory appointments committee.
• Applicants that are non-UK trained, will be required to show evidence of equivalence to the UK CCT Medical Degree (e.g. MBBS) from recognised medical school
• Fellowship of the Royal College of Pathologists in infection speciality (or show evidence of equivalent)
• Eligibility to work in the UK
• Wide experience of working within a microbiology department
• Ability to contribute to the development of the Trust and its services
• Good time management
• Able to communicate clearly & effectively with multidisciplinary team & patients
• Caring and compassionate
• Willingness to learn & comply with all aspects of Trust’s internal systems, processes & policies
• Physically able to carry out the duties of the post
• Disclosure + Barring Service (DBS) Clearance

For the full Person Specification, including desirable criteria for the role, please refer to the attached document within the job description.

Contact information
Dr Vinesh Patel, Clinical Lead for Microbiology 01924 317000

Be part of MY team
We are an acute trust caring for over one million people in Wakefield and Kirklees. Our 10,000 staff work in patients’ homes, the community, and our three hospitals in Pontefract, Dewsbury, and Pinderfields (Wakefield). We prioritise our people and values so we can deliver the best possible care to patients. Our team is friendly, passionate, and innovative, always seeking better ways to work.

We support work-life balance and foster a diverse, inclusive environment where everyone belongs. Our staff networks offer safe spaces to share ideas and concerns so we can increase awareness and appreciation of equality, diversity, and inclusion. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and especially encourage members of the LGBTQ+ community, ethnic minority groups, and people with disabilities or neurodivergence to apply, as they are currently underrepresented in the Trust.

If you value caring, high standards, improvement, and respect, join the MY team to make a difference every day.

Application guidance: We understand that more applicants are using artificial intelligence (AI) technology to help with their applications. While these tools can be useful, they cannot fully capture your skills, knowledge, and experience. It’s important that you personalise your application. Relying solely on AI is not recommended, as it may reduce your chances of success. Our screening process is thorough, so if you have used AI, please make sure to disclose this on your application form.

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Our benefits

• Access to the NHS pension plan
• Generous holiday allowance of 27 days plus bank holidays, increasing with 5 and 10 years of service
• Exceptional employee health and wellbeing services
• Extensive benefits and support, including: Onsite nurseries and childcare salary sacrifice scheme, Home electronics scheme, Cycle to work scheme - subject to eligibility criteria, Car lease salary sacrifice scheme - subject to eligibility criteria, Working carers support and advice, carers network and carers passport, Flexible working options and family and carer-friendly policies, Established staff networks, including LGBTQ+ and Race Equality, Career progression, training and support

Skilled worker sponsorship
You can find out more about skilled worker and health and care visas on our careers site.

Person Specification
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website.

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants.

UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

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