Consultant Medical Microbiologist (£5000.00 Welcome Bonus available*)

The appointment is to the QEHKL, and the candidate will be mainly based at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn.
Contribute to the provision of a comprehensive microbiology service for all users of the laboratory. The consultant will rotate with his/her colleagues to provide either Infection Prevention and Control doctor role or Antibiotic stewardship role. This will happen by mutual agreement.
Give a consultation and advisory service to medical colleagues in other specialties in the QEHKL and to GPs and other healthcare professionals in Primary Care. Out of hours (on-call) service includes provision of advisory services to James Paget University Hospital and Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, in addition to primary care.
Liaise with medical staff in other specialties and participate in regular clinical meetings and other postgraduate activities of the QEHKL
Take part in the Royal College of Pathologists continuing medical education programme. The Trust will provide study leave expenses in line with national terms and conditions of service., Visa and Immigration
If you are wishing to apply for this role and would require sponsorship (this includes if you are already in a sponsored post and looking to change employer), you can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship for this post by assessing your circumstances against criteria specified on the gov.uk website https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa/your-job.
Travelling to work
Staff parking is available onsite; however, this is limited during core working hours. We have more capacity in the evening and at weekends and can usually provide spaces during those hours.
We look to allocate these spaces fairly. Our Travel Office have a set of criteria that staff must meet in order to qualify. If you qualify for a space, you may be placed on a waiting list if we are at full capacity.
The NNUH is served by a number of public buses, and we offer generously discounted monthly passes with First Bus & Konect.
The Costessey Park and Ride runs regularly each day from 06:30 (from P&R) to 20:45 (from NNUH) and this service is free for NHS staff. There is a regular Thickthorn P&R service as well which is free. Applications to the Travel Office are required for this service. We also have a discounted service from the airport P&R if you purchase a bundle. Please see Konect website for further details.
The NNUH host multiple bicycle racks and a salary sacrifice scheme. We also benefit from a Beryl station onsite.
If you work at another Trust site, please discuss travel and parking arrangements at interview.
DBS
If this post involves working with children or adults the application form will ask for information regarding previous convictions as you will be required to undertake a Criminal Record and Barring Check known as a DBS check.
If you are a new employee or registering with the Staff Bank you will need to meet the cost of this unless your salary is less than point 9 of Afc
NHS Service
Should you be appointed to the post we will need to establish any previous NHS service via the ESR IAT and we will accept the submission of your application as your agreement to this.
UK Registration
You will need to have current UK professional registration where this is a requirement of the role.
Application
Following candidate feedback and to reduce our dependency on paper, all our communication with you regarding your application will be by email so could you please check your e-mails (and Spam) regularly.
We value equality in our team and recruit from all sections of the community. We recognise there is a wealth of talent among people who have a disability and if you meet the minimum criteria detailed in the person specification and have a disability, you may wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme by indicating this in the relevant section on your application.
We look forward to receiving your application and if you do not hear within the next four weeks this will usually mean that you have not been short-listed. However, if you wish to confirm this please contact the person indicated on the advert.
Flexibility
Whilst every effort will be made to recruit to the post as it is advertised, there may be occasions where we consider alternative working patterns, such as part time working, or contract types, such as secondments, depending on circumstances. Should you wish to work in a different working pattern to that stated in our advertisement, please indicate this in the supporting statement to your application.

At NNUH it is our privilege to provide healthcare to over one million people across Norfolk and surrounding areas. Our vision is to 'provide the best care for every patient', and if this inspires you and you share our values, we really want you to join our team.
NNUH is currently the busiest Trauma Unit in the East of England caring for almost 850 trauma patients annually many with complex care needs. We are enhancing our urgent and emergency care specialist services for patients with significant injuries as a result of trauma and have an ambition to become a Major Trauma Centre.
Our values support our vision and guide the behaviour of everything we do, these are:
People-focused
We look after the needs of our patients, carers and colleagues, to provide a safe and caring experience for all.
Respect
We act with care, compassion and kindness and value others' diverse needs.
Integrity
We take an honest, open and ethical approach to everything we do.
Dedication
We work as one team and support each other to maintain the highest professional standards.
Excellence
We continuously learn and improve to achieve the best outcomes for our patients and our hospital., The successful candidate will share the provision of day-to-day clinical microbiology services at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Kings Lynn NHS Foundation Trust (QEH), Kings Lynn.
This is a replacement post at QEH, with the existence of the Eastern Pathology Alliance (EPA) of which all three acute Trusts in Norfolk are members, there is an expectation for cross cover for the 3 hospitals that make up EPA. Although employed by the Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (NNUHFT), it is expected that the post
holder will spend most of their time at QEH working alongside other consultants to provide a comprehensive microbiology service for that Trust including provision of cross-cover for infection prevention and control.
There is a service level agreement already in place between the Trusts to allow this pattern of working, and job planning will be arranged jointly
between the two organizations.

The EPA Department of Microbiology is a large and busy department which is continuing to expand to accommodate the increasing microbiological needs of the modern NHS. It provides a county-wide diagnostic microbiology service as part of the Eastern Pathology Alliance, as described below.
The Department provides a comprehensive infection service encompassing diagnostic and clinical microbiology, infection prevention and control, health protection and health promotion. It has full UKAS accreditation in both Microbiology and Virology. As of 2013, the Department has incorporated all the Trust and Community microbiology laboratory workload previously processed by James Paget Hospital and Queen Elizabeth Hospital and consolidated all Microbiology workload to form a single laboratory at NNUHFT. This work is performed on behalf of the EPA.
The EPA Medical Microbiology Department encourages collaboration with Quadram Institute, although there is no dedicated research PAs currently within this post, applicants with research interests are encouraged to apply as this can be discussed.
The Department moved into newly refurbished laboratories at Norwich Research Park at Colney in 2010. These are very close to the main hospital site, the University of East Anglia and the Quadram Institute.
In addition to the welcome bonus we wish to offer the following incentives:
Relocation Package (up to £8,000)