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Consultant in Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology
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Main area Paediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology
Grade YC72
Contract Permanent
Hours Full time - 10 sessions per week
Job ref 349-MCH-5943645*
Site Royal Manchester Children's Hospital
Town Manchester, United Kingdom
Salary £93,666 - £126,281 Per annum
Salary period Yearly
Closing 26/01/2024 23:59
Job overview
This is an exciting opportunity to join the Paediatric Infectious Diseases & Immunology team in Manchester. This is a full-time 10 Programmed-Activity (PA)
post in an expansion of the role of the PID team with the option of working alternate weeks at RMCH and then at NMGH delivering the existing PID service.
The first step is the development of a robust Paediatric Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (pOPAT) service. This is based on the provision of a Virtual Ward including
daily communication with community teams, same day case review of patients as needed and once weekly review of all patients.
The electronic records and prescribing enables the identification of potential patients across MFT.
The consultant role includes Antimicrobial Stewardship rounds to encourage appropriate prescribing and eligibility for pOPAT.
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