AIOS Medical Microbiology

As a resident in training to become a specialist (AIOS) in medical microbiology, you will work within the Medical Microbiology department and follow the training to become a medical microbiologist. The training has a maximum duration of five years and is aimed at training a medical specialist who supports medical patient care and develops an independent role within it.

During the training, the emphasis lies on the prevention, integrated diagnostics, and therapy of infectious diseases. In this context, you will learn to recognize infectious diseases, interpret microbiological diagnostics, and translate these into clinically relevant advice. You will be intensively involved in medical patient care and will work together with various medical disciplines.

The Medical Microbiology department is strongly involved in clinical discussions and consultations within the hospital. As an AIOS, you will actively participate in these. Throughout the training, you will receive increasing responsibility and will increasingly perform diagnostic research and consultations independently. This allows you to develop step by step into an independently functioning medical microbiologist.

In addition to patient care, you will be part of the department's teaching and research activities during your training. You will participate in scientific research and contribute to the education taking place within the department. This combination of care, science, and education forms an integral part of the training.

Part of the training is completed outside of Radboudumc. Two years of the training are completed at the Canisius Wilhelmina Hospital in Nijmegen or one year at the Rijnstate Hospital in Arnhem. These components are a fixed part of the training program.

For patient care, the Medical Microbiology department performs laboratory diagnostics and consultation of infectious diseases in all its facets (bacteriology, virology, serology, mycology, parasitology, molecular diagnostics, and infection prevention).

In addition, advisory and consultative tasks are performed. The scientific research is both translational and fundamental. The department's tasks include patient care, training, education, and research.

Medical Microbiology is very active nationally and internationally in various research areas. Additionally, the laboratory is part of several NFU expertise centers, including those for mycology and tuberculosis. Furthermore, the department is active in the field of sequence analysis of microorganisms, rapid diagnostics, and the innovation of care processes (for example, antimicrobial stewardship and infection prevention).

The department participates in faculty education for students of medicine, biomedical sciences, and dentistry. There is training to become a medical microbiologist and a medical molecular microbiologist.

You have completed a Master's degree (wo) in Medicine and are a BIG-registered physician. You have demonstrable affinity with medical microbiology and are motivated to further develop yourself in this field. Additionally, clinical experience is recommended and contributes to your functioning within patient care and consultative tasks.

You possess good communication and social skills and can speak and write Dutch fluently. Furthermore, you fully recognize yourself in the competencies of customer orientation, quality orientation, collaboration, self-management, and stress resistance.

• An AIOS work week is on average 46 hours per week.
• A shadowing day is part of this application procedure. These are scheduled between January 11 and January 18, 2027.
• The interviews will take place on Tuesday, January 19, 2027. It would be good if you could take this into account in advance.
• A Certificate of Conduct (VOG) is required for this position.

We are recruiting for this vacancy ourselves. We do not appreciate acquisition; however, sharing within your network is welcome.