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Job overview

Applicants are invited to apply for the above post of Consultant Immunologist at the Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

While this is a 10 PA job plan, any applicant who is unable, for personal reasons, to work full-time will be eligible to be considered for the post. If such a person is appointed, modification of the job content will be discussed on a personal basis with the trust.

The appointee would be encouraged to develop any sub-specialty interests (e.g. autoimmunity, vasculitis, etc.) which complement those already provided in the department (i.e. primary immunodeficiency and allergy). Although this is not an academic post, research interests will be encouraged.

Applicants:
•    must hold full and specialist registration (with a current license to practise) with the General Medical Council (GMC), or be eligible for registration within six months of interview;
•    who are UK trained, must also be a holder of a certificate of completion of training (CCT), or be within six months of award of CCT by date of interview;
•    who are non-UK trained, will be required to show evidence of equivalence to the UK CCT;
•    must possess both the FRCPath in immunology and MRCP (UK) (or equivalent respective qualifications, and/or demonstrated training and experience);
•    must meet the essential person specification.

Main duties of the job

Clinical Duties:

• participate in, and have a role in maintaining and developing allergy and immunology services, management and triage of the services and participation in the development of the clinical services for accreditation;
• conduct weekly clinics for the investigation and management of immunodeficiency and allergy in adults;
• supervise and manage the long-term treatment of patients with primary immune deficiency and allergy;
• supervise immunoglobulin replacement therapy, allergen immunotherapy, and challenge/provocation testing;
• advise on the care of in-patients, in consultation with colleagues from other specialties;
• contribute to the updating of clinical guidelines and protocols.

Laboratory Duties:

Senior laboratory staff include a laboratory service manager, operational manager and a clinical scientist. The post holder will share the responsibility for providing a consultant-led diagnostic immunopathology service and, as such, will:

• contribute to the day-to-day running of the laboratory, participating in demand management, quality assurance / clinical governance, audit, research and development, and processes relevant to the maintenance of ISO 15189 accreditation;
• liaise with the clinical scientist, consultant immunologist colleague and BMS staff in relation to the scientific and clinical validation of pathology reports and the provision of the immunopathology service;
• provide clinical interpretive advice and related liaison to requesting clinicians.

Working for our organisation

Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust was created on 1 October 2019 following the merger of two adult acute Trusts, Aintree University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust.

The merger provides an opportunity to reconfigure services in a way that provides the best healthcare services to the city and improves the quality of care and health outcomes that patients experience.

The Trust runs Aintree University Hospital, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool University Dental Hospital and the Royal Liverpool University Hospital.

It serves a core population of around 630,000 people across Merseyside as well as providing a range of highly specialist services to a catchment area of more than two million people in the North West region and beyond.

To hear more about our achievements click here https://www.liverpoolft.nhs.uk/media/13089/1606-annual-report-booklet_final.pdf

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