Description
An opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated registrar in Infectious Diseases, Medical Microbiology, Virology, public health or paediatrics (including paediatric infectious diseases) to join UKHSA as a clinical fellow.
This fellowship is an outstanding opportunity for the individual to gain experience and expertise at a national level in areas including investigation and management of major incidents and outbreaks; infectious disease surveillance; guidance and policy development and implementation; research; service development and improvement including close collaborative work across regional reference laboratories, directorate and divisions.
An individual plan will be agreed with the Fellow depending on prior experience and interests, setting out their duties and objectives. The agreement will be tailored to take in consideration the both the needs of the Directorate/Division and the individual. It will include objective setting and mapping expected outputs and timescales for any projects.
Main duties of the job
The registrar MUST have OOPE/OOPT approval in principle from their TPD.
The StR will be expected to:
- Gain understanding and experience of:
+ The delivery of the national role of UKHSA + The commissioning and financing of different aspects of the delivery of public health programmes and their impact on programme performance + The role of the various agencies in delivering, managing and monitoring programme + Guidance and policy development + Service and quality improvement in relation to aspects of UKHSA's work + Providing public health input into commissioning and financing decisions with regards to the delivery of public health programmes
- Develop skills in:
+ Liaising with other stakeholders to optimise the delivery of public health programme + Cross divisional working within UKHSA + Providing clinical input into delivery of the national programmes + Policy development and implementation + Decision making and time management + Working on ad hoc analyses of each area of responsibility as directed by consultants and scientists + Identifying, investigating and responding to cases, clusters and outbreaks of communicable disease
About us
We pride ourselves as being an employer of choice, where Everyone Matters promoting equality of opportunity to actively encourage applications from everyone, including groups currently underrepresented in our workforce.
UKHSA ethos is to be an inclusive organisation for all our staff and stakeholders. To create, nurture and sustain an inclusive culture, where differences drive innovative solutions to meet the needs of our workforce and wider communities. We do this through celebrating and protecting differences by removing barriers and promoting equity and equality of opportunity for all.
Benefits
Flexible working opportunities
Requirements
- Medical degree MBBS or equivalent experience of working in a clinical field, including Public Health Trainees on accredited training programmes
- Specialist trainee in infectious diseases, microbiology, virology, public health or paediatrics (undertaking a specialty training programme with national training number)
Knowledge and Experience
- Understanding of the UK research and NHS system
Skills, Capabilities and Behaviours
- Experience in preparation of written reports and published work
- Ability to work individually and as part of a team
- Ability to prioritise work in a timely manner
- Working in a multidisciplinary team
- Able to convey ideas and opinions clearly and concisely, orally and in writing