Locum Consultant in Infectious Diseases and/or Medical Micro/Viro/GIM

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Locum Consultant in Infectious Diseases and/or Medical Micro/Viro/GIM The closing date is 28 September 2025

6 mth locum with a view to converting to a substantive post

Consultant in Infectious Diseases (Adult or Paediatric) & Medical Microbiology/Virology (ID/MMV) or Medical Microbiology or Medical Virology

No. of Sessions (PAs): 10

The post holder will provide the infection support concentrating on the St Thomas' and Evelina hospital sites.

It is a requirement of your employment that you be prepared to work at any additional or different location owned or served by the Trust, either on an on-going or temporary basis according to the demands of the service.

Working closely with the Paediatric Infectious Diseases team the postholder will be the main microbiology liaison with Evelina Children Hospital. This will include PICU ward rounds and haematology/oncology/bone marrow transplant ward rounds and consults when the service commences in 2026.

The postholder will develop and lead a penicillin allergy de-labelling service with support from the allergy team which will include setting up an outpatient clinic with nursing and/or ID pharmacy support.

Provide cross-cover on the St Thomas' site for colleagues who are reducing their PA allocation as well as annual / study leave. This will involve covering the bacteraemia/endocarditis and ICU roles.

Main duties of the job Whilst individual consultants will develop their own areas of specialist expertise over time, all will deliver:

Ward-based general infection consults and telephone advice on the diagnosis, management and prevention of infection in response to referrals and significant laboratory results.

Timetabled multi-disciplinary clinical meetings and ward rounds.

ID out-patient clinics in close conjunction with the sub-specialist service.

Support the Infection Sciences laboratory services alongside the other site microbiologists and virologists.

The post-holder will be expected to contribute to the induction and training of the StRs rotating to Microbiology/Infectious Diseases/Virology and to take an active part in postgraduate teaching.

Work closely with clinical teams, pharmacists and the IPC nursing team to develop local clinical guidelines, manage outbreaks, and deliver key performance objectives. This will include contributing to good antimicrobial stewardship (bacterial and fungal).

All consultants will have PA allocation for specific responsibilities e.g. antimicrobial stewardship, IPC, OPAT.

The post-holder will participate in the non-resident on-call rota which will be shared equally with the other consultants in the Microbiology section.

About us The Directorate of Infection (DoI) comprises clinical, laboratory, infection prevention and control and surveillance services covering Guy's and St Thomas' Hospitals, the Evelina children's hospital, Harefield and the Royal Brompton. A defining characteristic of the service model we have striven to develop is seamless integration of these distinct but complementary clinical disciplines in order to deliver the highest-quality patient care.

The DoI provides specialist clinical care across a wide range of tertiary specialities, including one of the largest Critical Care services in the country, that together with RBH hosts the two largest UK ECMO Centres. In addition, we are one of five units in the national network for High Consequence Infectious Diseases-airborne pathogens (HCID-a), we provide a commissioned multi-drug resistant tuberculosis service and work closely with one of largest Vascular Surgery services in Europe.

The recent merger with the RBH serves a growing and increasingly complex iatrogenically immunocompromised adult and paediatric patient cohort, across oncology and solid organ transplant (heart, lung, renal and pancreas).

As we are a large and popular ID post-graduate centre for dual training in both ID/GIM and ID/ Medical Microbiology-Virology (MMV), the post-holder will be expected to provide trainee clinical supervision on a daily basis and participate in teaching and training programmes.

Job responsibilities Working closely with the Paediatric Infectious Diseases team the postholder will be the main microbiology liaison with Evelina Children Hospital. This will include PICU ward rounds and haematology/oncology/bone marrow transplant ward rounds and consults when the service commences in 2026.

The postholder will develop and lead a penicillin allergy de-labelling service with support from the allergy team which will include setting up an outpatient clinic with nursing and/or ID pharmacy support.

Provide cross-cover on the St Thomas site for colleagues who are reducing their PA allocation as well as annual / study leave. This will involve covering the bacteraemia/endocarditis and ICU roles.

Support the Infection Sciences laboratory services alongside the other site microbiologists and virologists. Laboratory duties will include result authorisation, contribution to the day-to-day running of the diagnostic service, troubleshooting of unexpected results, and active participation in laboratory management and development. Alongside existing consultant colleagues they will also support the transfer of work to the new large, multi-hospital offsite laboratory hub in autumn 2025. This includes transfer of microbiology workload from GP practices in Bexley, Greenwich and Lewisham in late 2025.

The post-holder will be expected to contribute to the induction and training of the StRs rotating to Microbiology/Infectious Diseases/Virology and to take an active part in postgraduate teaching and training and participate in KCL Medical school undergraduate teaching in years 2 and 3

Work closely with clinical teams, pharmacists and the IPC nursing team to develop local clinical guidelines, manage outbreaks, and deliver key performance objectives (e.g. C. difficile, blood stream infections etc.) and staff education/training. This will include contributing to good antimicrobial stewardship (bacterial and fungal).

All consultants will have PA allocation for specific responsibilities e.g. antimicrobial stewardship, IPC, OPAT.

The post-holder will participate in the non-resident on-call rota which will be shared equally with the other consultants in the Microbiology section. Weekend authorisation is performed by the on-call Infection consultant, this can be done remotely and no weekend on-site presence is generally required. At present there is a separate on-call rota covering Guys & St. Thomas Hospitals and Royal Brompton & Harefield Hospitals, however this is under review and the post holder may be required to contribute to either rota.

Job Planning:

The post holders job plan is anticipated to contain 10 Programmed Activities (PA) per week, to be carried out primarily at the St Thomas / Evelina sites.

Below is anexample outline programme based on 10 PAs but the exact job plan will vary dependant on site of working and discussed with the Clinical Director and Service Leads prior to any start date, particularly in order to reflect specific responsibilities that are agreed). The job plan will also be negotiated between the Consultant and their Clinical Lead at least annually.

When the Childrens PTC has transferred (estimated Autumn 2026) there is an opportunity to (subject to the job-planning process) substitute activities to incorporate childrens cancer liaison work into the current job plan.

Type of work

PAs

DCC

Clinical work including ward consults and ward rounds

3

Lab clinical validation, actioning and communicating abnormal results

1.5

Multi-disciplinary meetings about direct patient care

1

Penicillin allergy de-labelling service (inducing outpatient clinic)

2

On-call activity 1:5 to 1:6 (non-resident)

1

SPA

Job Planning, appraisal, CPD, clinical governance, audit, mandatory training

1

Teaching/StR supervision, being an appraiser, etc, defined in job planning according to service needs

0.5

Total

10

The exact amount of Supporting Professional Activity (SPA) allocation can be increased during the job planning process, depending on post-holders interests.

Proposed timetable:

Final agreement on timetabled commitments will be agreed on taking up the post and then reviewed at least annually as part of the job planning process. As an organisation we are committed to developing our services in ways that best suit the needs of our patients. This means that some staff groups will increasingly be asked to work a more flexible shift pattern so that we can offer services in the evenings or at weekends or asked to work of any of the trust sites.

An example of the proposed timetable for the postholder:

Description of work

Start-Finish

Frequency

Cat.

Mon

Ward Rounds/Consults

Diagnostic work

1x1w

1x1w

1x1w

DCC

DCC

DCC

Tues

Academic Seminar

Diagnostic work

MDTs/Clinical work / PICU ward round

1x1w

1x1w

1x1w

SPA

DCC

DCC

Wed

Ward Rounds/Consults

CPD

1x1w . click apply for full job details