Job overview

Applications are invited for a new Virology consultant post within the Department of Infection at Barts Health NHS Trust. This post is based primarily at the Royal London Hospital (RLH) but has responsibilities covering all the hospitals within Barts Health NHS Trust, as well as those of the East and South East London (ESEL) NHS Pathology Partnership. The successful candidate will work alongside consultant colleagues to provide a comprehensive clinical Virology service for all the Barts Health sites and those sites for which Barts Health holds SLA’s.  This post provides excellent opportunities to work across the large academic tertiary care centres and acute general hospitals in the East End of London.

This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a growing department of Microbiologists, Virologists and Infectious diseases physicians, as well as working in a Trust with an on-site diagnostic laboratory. The laboratory, based at the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel, hosts the new East and South East London (ESEL) NHS Pathology Partnership that came into existence on 1^st May 2021. It is an NHS pathology partnership between Barts Health NHS Trust, Homerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust pathology services. The Virology and Microbiology laboratories are UKAS ISO 15189 accredited and provides a full range of high-quality routine and specialist microbiology and virology investigations for Barts Health

Main duties of the job

The post holder will work as part of an integrated Department of Infection, joining 17 permanent and 8 locum/secondment/honorary consultant colleagues across the Trust. It is expected the appointee will participate in delivery of diagnostic, clinical, stewardship and infection prevention and control services to patients, staff and local general practitioner. They will also deliver departmental teaching activity, including training of clinical scientists and specialist registrars in Medical Virology, Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. 

This post attracts a 1 in 4 ‘third tier’ on call for Virology mostly worked remotely. Dependent on candidate experience and qualifications, there may be opportunity to participate in the Infectious Diseases on call for the department.

Working for our organisation

Barts Health is one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and one of Britain’s leading healthcare providers.  

The Barts Health group of NHS hospitals is entering an exciting new era on our improvement journey to becoming an outstanding organisation with a world-class clinical reputation. Having lifted ourselves out of special measures, we now have the impetus and breathing space to chart a fresh course in which we are continually striving to improve all our services for patients.  

Our vision is to be a high-performing group of NHS hospitals, renowned for excellence and innovation, and providing safe and compassionate care to our patients in east London and beyond. That means being a provider of excellent patient safety, known for delivering consistently high standards of harm-free care and always caring for patients in the right place at the right time. It also means being an outstanding place to work, in which our WeCare values and behaviours are visible to all and guide us in how we work together.  

We strive to live by our WeCare values and are committed to promoting inclusion, where every staff member has a sense of belonging. We value our differences and fully advocate, cultivate and support an inclusive working environment.