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CONSULTANT MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGIST or
MICROBIOLOGIST WITH INFECTIOUS DISEASES
MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Reference: CG2676

NHS Lothian is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best.

To this end, NHS Lothian welcomes applications from all sections of society.

Applicants must have full GMC Registration, a license to practise and eligible for inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register. Those trained in the UK should have evidence of higher specialist training leading to CCT or be within 6 months of confirmed entry from the date of interview. CESR (Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration) route doctors are only eligible to apply for a substantive consultant post once CESR is awarded. Non-UK applicants must demonstrate equivalent training. remove if not applicable

Applications are welcome for the above Permanent, full time (40 hours per week) post based in St John’s Hospital.

Applicants are welcome to join a team of 12 Consultant Microbiologists who together with Virologists and Infectious Diseases physicians provide an infection service covering the whole of Lothian. The vacancy is one of 2 consultants based at St John’s Hospital, Livingston. We have excellent working relationships with clinical teams, especially where infection is important, and ongoing collaboration with researchers in Edinburgh and beyond. The Lothian Microbiology service includes five Scottish reference laboratories, dealing with Mycobacteria, E. coli O157, Bacterial Sexually-Transmitted Infections, Human Papilloma Virus and Viral Haemorrhagic Fever as well as Specialist Virology services. The laboratories have full UKAS ISO 15189:2012 accreditation.

Our goal is to make best use of available expertise in the management of infection for optimal patient care in our region. To achieve this we aim to develop teams comprising microbiologists, virologists, infectious diseases physicians and infection prevention and control colleagues at each of our base hospitals.

The post-holder will have a CCT in Microbiology or Microbiology and Infectious Diseases or be within 6 months at interview date of achieving this. On-call is 1:8 pro-rata with prospective cover and a 5% availability supplement.

The vacancy is full-time, but part-time or job-share applicants will be considered.

For informal enquiries and arrangements to visit the Department, please contact:
Dr Pota Kalima, Consultant Microbiologist and Head of Service for Microbiology
0131 242 6079 (0131 242 6016/6048)

Dr Ingólfur Johannessen, Director of Laboratory Medicine,
0131 242 6003.

More detailed departmental and specialty information can be found in the job description available via email address / link below.

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We cannot accept CV’s as a form of application and only a completed online application form will be accepted. Personal information will not be sent with the application for short listing. The application form will be identified by the candidate number only to ensure that all applicants are treated equally.

Closing Date: 30/07/2023

***PLEASE NOTE: We cannot accept late applications so please ensure your application is submitted early***

Interview Date: 17/08/2023