Consultant Medical Microbiologist

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity for a Consultant, to join our established team of 8.6 WTE Consultant Medical Microbiologists and 1.1 WTE Speciality Doctor. A Speciality Trainee, based in Cardiff, rotates to the service on a 6 monthly basis.

The Executive Board have approved investment into the service, which has a high organisational profile. The Consultant team has increased to 8.6 WTE within the past 3 years, with Community Antimicrobial Pharmacist and administrative support.

The clinical and laboratory Microbiology service has full UKAS ISO15189 accreditation and is networked to provide a comprehensive microbiology and infection control service.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be based at the Royal Gwent Hospital for the regular duties of the Microbiology and Infection Control service (which will be shared and rotated between 9 Medical Microbiologists).

The post holder will attend meetings and ward visits at other sites within Aneurin Bevan University Health Board.

They will play an important role in the redesign of service provision in light of the Health Board’s Clinical Futures strategy, and the Welsh Government “Future Delivery of Pathology Services in Wales” document.

Together with colleagues, the successful candidate will provide a comprehensive, efficient, and cost-effective clinical microbiology, virology and infection control service to all users of the service. They will lead in specified aspects of the microbiology and infection control service as discussed at periodic service reviews.

Person Specification

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Personal Attributes

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Clinical Governance

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Teaching

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Management

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Research

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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
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Closing Date: 18 July 2026

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