232136 Consultant Medical Microbiologist or Consultant Microbiologist with Infectious Diseases

Nhsscotland; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A health care organization in Edinburgh is seeking a Consultant Medical Microbiologist. The role involves providing specialist infection advice, collaborating with various clinical teams, and contributing to antimicrobial stewardship. Candidates must hold full GMC registration and have relevant specialist training. This role offers a full-time position with potential flexibility for part-time applicants.

Qualifications

• Candidates must have full GMC registration and be eligible for inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register.
• Must demonstrate equivalent training if trained outside the UK.
• Must have evidence of higher specialist training leading to CCT or be currently in training.

Responsibilities

• Provide specialist infection advice for pediatrics.
• Deliver infection liaison service and support antimicrobial stewardship.
• Collaborate with clinical teams and participate in diagnostic services.

Skills

Full GMC registration

License to practice

Higher specialist training

Infection service knowledge

Antimicrobial stewardship

Education

CCT in Microbiology

CCT in Infectious Diseases

Job description

232136 Consultant Medical Microbiologist or Consultant Microbiologist with Infectious Diseases

NHS Scotland is inviting applications for the role of Consultant Medical Microbiologist or Consultant Microbiologist with Infectious Diseases.

NHS Lothian

NHS Lothian is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is to have a truly representative workforce and to ensure every employee feels respected and able to give their best.

To this end, NHS Lothian welcomes applications from all sections of society. We will fully support disabled candidates, and candidates with long‑term conditions or who are neurodivergent by making reasonable adjustments to our recruitment policy and practices.

Applicants must have full GMC registration, a license to practise and be eligible for inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register. Those trained in the UK should have evidence of higher specialist training leading to CCT or be within six months of confirmed entry from the date of interview. Portfolio Pathway (formerly known as CESR – Certificate of Eligibility for Specialist Registration) route doctors are only eligible to apply for a substantive consultant post once it has been awarded. Non‑UK applicants must demonstrate equivalent training.

Applications are welcome for the above permanent full‑time post based in the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh.

Consultant Medical Microbiologist or Consultant Medical Microbiologist with Infectious Diseases

Applicants are invited to join a multidisciplinary team of consultants providing an infection service covering all of Lothian. The post holder will play a significant role in the clinical infection diagnostic team at the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh (RIE) and Royal Hospital for Children and Young People (RHCYP), both based at the Little France campus in Edinburgh. Responsibilities include provision of specialist infection advice for paediatrics, rotational infection service input into adult tertiary referral centres on‑site including neurosurgery and other specialities, delivery of infection liaison service and antimicrobial stewardship. We have excellent working relationships with clinical teams and ongoing collaboration with researchers in Edinburgh and beyond. Specialist virology services and five Scottish reference laboratories are also based in the department of Laboratory Medicine at the RIE. The laboratories have full UKAS ISO 15189:2022 accreditation.

The post holder will have a CCT in Microbiology or Microbiology and Infectious Diseases or be within six months at interview date of achieving this. On‑call frequency for Microbiology is currently 1 in 11 / 1 in 12 with prospective cover and a 3% availability supplement.

The vacancy is full‑time, but part‑time or job‑share applicants will be considered.

For informal enquiries and arrangements to visit the Department, please contact:
Dr Naomi Gadsby, Consultant Clinical Scientist and Head of Specialty for Microbiology, [e-mail].

If you are viewing this from an external site, please visit https://apply.jobs.scot.nhs.uk for a job pack detailing the minimum requirements for this post and details of how to apply.

Interview Date: 14/01/2026 AM

Seniority level

• Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

• Full‑time

Job function

• Health Care Provider

Industry

• Hospitals and Health Care