Locum Consultant in Microbiology

East and North Hertfordshire have fantastic opportunities available for a Locum Consultant post in Microbiology. Could this be YOU? You've started to read the advert to please continue.... ! This is a 6 month fixed-term post based at Lister Hospital located in Stevenage. The post consists of 10 programmed activities (PAs), but part time and job share applicants are welcome to apply. The Locum Consultant Microbiologists provide a proactive, dynamic, and consultative link between clinicians, the patients, and the laboratory service., The Locum Consultant Microbiologists provide a proactive dynamic and consultative link between clinicians, the patients and the laboratory service. The role includes the provision of advice on appropriate and timely investigations for microbial diseases, professional direction of the laboratory service. Working together with senior Biomedical staff to ensure regular review of the investigative repertoire and the methodology employed, medical reporting and interpretation of results and advice on patient management.

At East and North Hertfordshire Teaching NHS Trust, we are proud of the range of general and specialist services we provide and our 6,000 or so dedicated staff ensure our patients get the best care. Our ability to be flexible and innovative in the way in which we work and deliver our services to our catchment has never been more important than it is now. We run the following hospitals:

• The Lister Hospital, Stevenage
• New Queen Elizabeth II (New QEII), Welwyn Garden City
• Hertford County, Hertford
• Mount Vernon Cancer Centre (MVCC), Northwood
We have ambitious plans to become an outstanding, patient-led Trust where dedicated staff provide high-quality, compassionate care to our patients. We continue to undergo significant transformation and our staff and patients are at the heart of delivering this ambitious agenda. We are committed to a positive work life balance for our employees. This means that any employee is entitled to seek to work flexible working patterns and we are committed to listen and consider all requests. Such requests, of course, have to be made and considered formally, and will need to be balanced against service needs, but our starting point will always be to find ways to support making them happen.