Consultant in Infection

Job overview

Main duties of the job

• Provide input where required to infection management of patients and contribute to Microbiology Multidisciplinary team meetings.
• Participation in the joint ward round with the Antimicrobial Pharmacist and rounds on other specialist unit’s e.g. critical care, Neurosurgery, Orthopaedics, Surgery, will be agreed among the consultants according to personal interest & may rotate between the consultants with mutual agreement. Currently some of the ward rounds and MDTs are taking place through Microsoft Teams.
• Be involved in the management of patients on the OPAT service.
• Be involved in the Undergraduate Teaching of medical students.
• Be involved in the clinical supervision of Higher Specialist Scientific Training.
• Participate in the Infection Service Consultant on-call rota (one in 6) for Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
• Assume a continuous commitment for care of patients, even if employed less than full-time and ensure that adequate arrangements are made for leave and off duty periods.
• Promote high professional standards of clinical care for patients, both direct patient care and by the maintenance of continuing professional development.
• Develop links with General Practitioners operating in the area.

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