Consultant Microbiologist

Naas General Hospital is a 243 bedded – acute model 3 public hospital serving the catchment area of Kildare and West-Wicklow with a population of over a quarter of a million people. It provides a range of services including medical, surgical and stroke. There is a 4-bedded intensive care unit. Our services are designed to meet the needs of the adult population in this catchment area. The majority of hospital activity results from unscheduled inpatient admissions through the Emergency Department (ED). The emergency department is open 24-hours per day 7 days per week all year round. The hospital is owned and managed by the Health Service Executive (HSE) and is part of the Dublin Midlands Hospital Group.

The clinical microbiology service at Naas General Hospital (NGH) provides a 24/7 service – laboratory reporting, clinical liaison, infection prevention & control advice and antimicrobial stewardship, as well as clinical liaison and advice to GPs, Occupational, Community and Public Health colleagues as required.

The NGH Microbiology Laboratory is an INAB accredited laboratory that provides a diagnostic service to all patients in NGH and to General Practitioners in the community across a large catchment area. In recent years there has been significant expansion of molecular testing capacity.

Naas General Hospital for 14.5 hours per week, CHO 7 for 18.5 hours and Tallaght University Hospital for 4 hours per week

To support and further develop the provision of the Clinical Microbiology service in Naas General Hospital with improved links with TUH.

To provide consultant leadership for the CHO7 Infection Prevention and Control and Antimicrobial Stewardship programmes

To support the ongoing development of links between acute and community services.

It is envisaged that this post will allow time to develop a proactive IPC AMS service, specifically through education, training, guideline development, audit, quality improvement projects, implementation and integration of the ICNet software system across acute and community sites.