Associate Consultant / Consultant (Clinical Microbiology)

The Clinical Microbiologist position is based in the Department of Laboratory Medicine (DLM), which provides a range of comprehensive laboratory services (including Clinical Microbiology services) to KTPH, the adjoining Yishun Community Hospital (YCH) and external clients.

The incumbent will provide diagnostic and consultative clinical microbiology services to the hospital and participate in teaching, research, quality improvement and administrative activities.

The activities range from leadership of the Microbiology service, bench-level advice and management of the clinical microbiology service, validation of significant positive microbiology results, quality control of a medical diagnostic laboratory to communication of critical microbiology results, antimicrobial treatment and stewardship advice and other consultative services to staff of all clinical disciplines in the hospital.

This includes regular interaction with the hospital’s infectious di...