Specialty Doctor Microbiology

Job overview

Integral to the responsibilities of the post are the following requirements: -

• To ensure the provision of a first-class clinical service
• To deliver teaching
• Involvement in audit
• To undertake all work in accordance with the Trust’s procedures and operating policies

Main duties of the job

As well as a comprehensive and very busy clinical microbiology service, the department provides a full range of bacteriological, mycological and parasitological investigations, and a wide range of serological tests and virus detection tests.  Specimens for specialist serology & molecular tests are mostly sent to the Public Health Laboratory in Bristol who also provide us with specialist clinical virology advice.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Southwest Pathology Service operates a county-wide Laboratory Information Management System - “WinPath Enterprise”͘ This is a single pathology system for the acute NHS Foundation Trust and the local health community͘ Electronic requesting and reporting (“Clinysis ICE ”) is in place for acute hospitals and GPs͘. The microbiology laboratory is connected to UKHSA’s Second Generation Surveillance System (SGSS).