Consultant in Infectious Diseases & Microbiology

Overview

In this Consultant role you will deliver an integrated Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology service within the Bradford Trust. You will lead antimicrobial stewardship and collaborate with pharmacists and clinical teams to optimize prescribing. The role includes inpatient reviews, outpatient care and support for a diverse patient population, alongside teaching, quality improvement and service development. You will work with cross-functional teams and participate in on-call rotas to ensure safe, evidence-based infection care. A strong emphasis on collaboration, leadership and service innovation anchors the position.

Pay / Benefits

• remote working
• teaching opportunities
• support for continuing professional development
• clinical governance involvement
• participation in quality improvement
• service development involvement

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist infection diagnosis, investigation and treatment guidance
• Deliver inpatient reviews, in-reach services and outpatient clinics
• Oversee Clinical Microbiology Laboratory operations, reporting and QA
• Lead antimicrobial stewardship with the antimicrobial pharmacist and develop guidelines
• Engage with Infection Prevention and Control to ensure safe patient care
• Contribute to teaching, clinical audits, quality improvement and service development
• Participate in on-call rota and provide cross-cover for ID and Microbiology
• Support policy formulation and ISO accreditation activities
• Promote remote service delivery (MS Teams MDT/ward rounds) and future planning with partner trusts
• Support undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and professional development

Key requirements

• Evidence of completed approved training in Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology
• Excellent communication and organisational skills
• Ability to work in multi-professional teams and collaboratively
• UK GMC registration and licence to practice

• Excellent communication
• Teamwork and collaboration
• Organisational skills
• Antimicrobial stewardship leadership
• Laboratory management and QA/ISO accreditation
• Policy and SOP development

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