Locum Consultant in Infectious Disease

Job summary
This Fixed Term 8PA Consultant post is based within the Infection Service of Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, bringing together expertise in Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology. The successful applicant will join a multidisciplinary consultant team delivering specialist infection services across the Trust and wider Bristol region.

The role provides an opportunity to contribute to both clinical Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology services through a flexible job plan tailored to the successful candidate's training, expertise and service requirements. The post holder will contribute to inpatient and outpatient Infectious Diseases care, specialist consultative service and ambulatory infection pathways with opportunities to work in clinical microbiology and infection prevention activities.

The post holder will need to have a CCT in Infectious Diseases and either General Internal Medicine or Microbiology. Applicants should have CCT or be within 12 months of achieving this at the date of interview.

There is a commitment to a 1 in 8 Infectious Diseases weekend and High Consequence Infectious Disease on call service at Southmead Hospital.

Main duties of the job
The Infection Service provides a comprehensive inpatient, outpatient, consultative and ambulatory infection service across Bristol NHS Foundation Trust. Clinical activity currently includes a 38-bed Infectious Diseases and General Medicine inpatient ward, specialist infection consultation services for medical, surgical and critical care specialties, Same Day Emergency Care (SDEC) pathways, Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT), an Infection Virtual Ward, and outpatient clinics in Infectious Diseases, Tuberculosis and HIV Medicine.

Outpatient activity includes both new and follow-up appointments delivered through face-to-face and virtual consultations. The service also provides specialist microbiology advice, antimicrobial stewardship, infection prevention and control support, and regional specialist infection services.

The post holder will contribute to the full range of Infection Service activities. The exact balance of duties will be agreed through the job planning process and reviewed annually.

About us
Bristol NHS Foundation Trust brings together more than 28,000 staff to deliver over 160 clinical services across thirteen hospital locations, operating from three main sites at Southmead, Bristol city centre and Weston.

With an annual turnover of £2.3 billion, we are now one of the largest NHS trusts in the United Kingdom. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone's throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer.

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust values all people as individuals. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we're meeting our pledge.

Details
Salary: £113,565 to £150,569 a year pro rata
Contract: Fixed term
Duration: 3 months
Working pattern: Part-time
Closing date: 09 November 2026

Job responsibilities
The post holder will have continuing responsibility for patients under their care and for the effective delivery of specialist infection services. Clinical responsibilities will include consultant-led management of patients with complex infectious diseases, care of patients admitted to the designated Infectious Diseases inpatient bed base, provision of specialist infection advice to medical, surgical and critical care teams, expert microbiology advice regarding diagnosis and management of infection, and contribution to the development of integrated infection pathways across inpatient, ambulatory and community services.

Person Specification
Essential qualifications and registration

• MRCP or equivalent
• Maintain full registration with the GMC
• CCT in Infectious Diseases with either General Medicine or Microbiology, and entered on the GMC Specialist Register at the time of appointment
• Specialist registrars that do not hold a CCT must be due to be awarded one within 12 months of the interview date

Essential training and experience

• Recent experience and familiarity of UK hospital systems and practices (or equivalent). Experience of running an ID inpatient ward
• Training in prevention, diagnosis and treatment of infective conditions

Essential teaching, audit and leadership

• Proven teaching ability and willingness to teach undergraduates and postgraduates
• Able to be educational supervisor for infection trainees
• Experience in audit and quality improvement
• Evidence of management training and ability to organise efficient running of a specialist service
• Ability to practice independently as a consultant and take on leadership responsibility

Essential interpersonal and other skills

• Ability to communicate effectively with patients, relatives and colleagues
• Good knowledge of, and ability to use, spoken and written English
• Ability to develop effective working relationships across all levels of staff
• Ability to adapt and respond to changing circumstances
• Meets professional health requirements
• Agreement to travel to and work in other Bristol NHS Foundation Trust sites necessitated by the role

Desirable

• MD, MSc, PhD, DTM&H
• Dip HIV Med
• FRCPath or evidence of equivalent qualification
• Managing complex TB and HIV cases
• Experience in the management, organisation and delivery of OPAT services
• Experience in Infection Control/Decontamination
• Proven track record in research and evidence of relevant peer reviewed publications
• Evidence of management/leadership experience and/or qualifications

Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details
Employer name: Bristol NHS Foundation Trust
Address: Brunel Building Southmead Hospital, Southmead Road, Bristol, BS10 5NB, United Kingdom

For questions about the job, contact:
Clinical Lead in Infectious Diseases, Megan Jenkins, ID.admin@nhs.net

Bristol NHS Foundation Trust is an equal opportunities employer.