Locum Consultant Adult Infectious Diseases & Med.Micro​/MMV or GIM

Locum Consultant Adult Infectious Diseases & Med.

Micro (/MMV) or GIM

Closing date: 08 February 2026

Full‑time, 6‑ fixed‑term locum. No. of sessions: 10.

Individual consultants bring specialist expertise and this post will initially support Cancer services and Intensive Care delivering ward‑based infection consults and telephone advice on diagnosis, management and prevention of infection in response to referrals and significant laboratory results. Consultant will join the 2.5 WTE existing Infection consultants based at Guys’ Hospital and will rotate between Guys, Royal Brompton (RBH) and Harefield (HH) sites, supporting routine clinical infection work at all five trust sites.

• Ward‑based infection consults and telephone advice on diagnosis, management and prevention of infection.
• Support development of specialist service guidelines and quality improvement initiatives.
• Timetabled multi‑disciplinary clinical meetings, ward rounds and surgical board rounds, anti‑microbial stewardship.
• Support  clinics in close conjunction with sub‑specialist service.
• Specialist Registrar clinical supervision (2 SpRs attached to Guys service).
• Leadership of antimicrobial stewardship within Cancer and Surgery on Guys Hospital site (bacterial and fungal).
• Laboratory duties: result authorisation, contribution to day‑to‑day running of diagnostic service, troubleshooting of unexpected results and participation in laboratory management and development.
• Induction and training of StRs rotating to Microbiology/Virology/; participation in postgraduate teaching and training; participation in KCL Medical School undergraduate teaching years 2 and 3.
• Working closely with clinical teams, pharmacists and IPC nursing team to support and develop local clinical guidelines, manage outbreaks and deliver key performance objectives (e.g.
  
  C. difficile, bloodstream infections).
• Participation in non‑resident on‑call rota shared equally with other consultants in the Microbiology section. Weekend authorisation performed remotely; no weekend on‑site presence generally required.
• Contribute to the induction and training of the StRs rotating to Microbiology/Virology/ may be required to take an active part in postgraduate teaching and training and participate in KCL Medical School undergraduate teaching in years 2 and 3.

• Full and Specialist GMC Registration and current licence to practise.
• UK‑trained applicants must be a holder of a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), or be within six months of award of CCT by date of interview.
• MRCP or equivalent.
• Non‑UK‑trained applicants must show evidence of equivalence to UK CCT.
• On GMC Specialist Register for Microbiology and Infectious Diseases OR General Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases.
• Infection Prevention and Control qualification (e.g. DipHIC or MSc).
• FRCPath or equivalent.

• Comprehensive experience across the range of adult infectious diseases.
• Experience in writing clinical infection and/or laboratory guidelines.
• Working knowledge in Infection Prevention and Control in acute care setting (e.g. management of outbreaks).
• Working knowledge and experience of antimicrobial stewardship.
• Expert knowledge and experience in management of infection in the non‑HIV immunocompromised host, e.g. transplant or cancer patients.
• Expert knowledge and experience in diagnosis and management of infections in renal patient populations.
• Expert knowledge and experience in orthopaedic and/or diabetic foot infections.
• Expert knowledge and experience in OPAT.
• Leading or managing a diagnostic laboratory.
• Introduction of new laboratory tests into the diagnostic repertoire.
• Managing change in order to deliver clinical infection or infection control targets.

• Operating an Infectious Diseases clinical consult service and contributing to multi‑disciplinary clinical meetings.
• Clinical assessment and management of infection in Critical Care patients.
• Running an Infectious Diseases out‑patient clinic or OPAT service.
• Ability to work as an effective member of a multi‑disciplinary team.

• A track record demonstrating clinical governance, audit, service development…