Consultant in Medical Microbiology: Sponsorship Available

King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

Job summary

This is a replacement Consultant post and forms part of our Infection Sciences department. The post-holder will be based and work at the Denmark Hill site and will support and develop our Infection service at DHS. This service consists of Microbiology, Virology, Infection Prevention and Control and the Infectious Diseases (ID) and OPAT services.

There is a 1:9 on-call commitment providing ‘second on’ out of hours cover for a week at a time (Band A).

Main duties of the job

The provision of a comprehensive infection service including advice regarding appropriate specimens, involvement in specimen analysis, validation and interpretation of results for transmission to clinicians, and management of individual patients through full clinical liaison.

In conjunction with King’s consultants, senior nurses and the IV team work closely with the antimicrobial stewardship lead and clinical colleagues across the Trust to ensure appropriate and cost-effective use of antibacterial and antifungal agents.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Registerable medical qualification (MBChB, MBBS or equivalent)
  • Full FRCPath (UK) or show evidence of equivalent qualification
  • Full and specialist registration (and with a current licence to practise) with the General Medical Council (GMC) or eligible for registration within six months of interview)

Desirable

  • MRCP (UK)or show evidence of equivalent)
  • Diploma in Hospital Infection Control (or equivalent)
  • Other higher degree or diploma (e.g., MD)

Registration

Essential

  • Full Registration with GMC
  • Name on GMC Specialist Register on date of taking up appointment

Training and Experience

Essential

  • Wide experience in all aspects of Microbiology and Infection, culminating in award of Certificate of Completion of Training by GMC, or completed portfolio pathway application.
  • Experience of working with the clinical and laboratory aspects of Medical Microbiology
  • Specialist training in Microbiology or Joint Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
  • Experience in Infection Control

Desirable

  • Experience in laboratory management
  • Experience in Infectious Diseases
  • Experience in delivering outpatient antimicrobial therapy
  • Experience in management of infection in critical care settings

Administration

Essential

  • Experience in day-to-day organisation of Infection services in a busy Teaching Hospital
  • Familiarity with information technology and general computer skills
  • Familiar with current structure of UK National Health Service and conversant with recent initiatives and changes

Desirable

  • Familiar with current structure of Health Service and conversant with recent initiatives and changes

Management and Leadership

Essential

  • Able to demonstrate leadership capability within multi-disciplinary teams

Desirable

  • Management course and/or qualification

Audit and Quality Improvement

Essential

  • Thorough understanding of principles of medical audit
  • Must have undertaken and completed audit projects

Desirable

  • Audit Publications

Research and Publications

Essential

  • Experience of clinical research
  • Publication of relevant review articles or case reports

Desirable

  • Relevant research experience in one or more aspects of Microbiology, ID or IPC

Teaching

Essential

  • Experience of undergraduate and post-graduate teaching and exam preparation.

Desirable

  • Teaching skills course/qualification

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 (Opens in a new tab).

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 (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Closing Date: 6 September 2026

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