About this role
Job summary
An opportunity has arisen for a 12-month) fixed term post in Clinical Virology at UCLH.
The post will involve working at Senior Clinical Fellow (ST3+) level within the Department of Clinical Virology under the supervision of Virology consultants. The Clinical Virology department provides a liaison to the diagnostic virology laboratory, while providing clinical teams in the various hospitals that make up UCLH NHS Foundation Trust with clinical advice. The department works with the teams in Infection Prevention and Control as well as microbiology and Infectious Diseases to provide a comprehensive Infection Service.
This post would be ideal for someone who is looking to gain further experience in Clinical Virology with a view to pursuing specialty training in Infection or for a senior virologist looking for further experience in advanced diagnostics.
Main duties of the job
The clinical fellow will undertake the role of the virology 'specialty registrar' and will participate in the work of the department in clinical liaison, laboratory and infection control, under supervision of the consultants. This includes authorization (sign-out) of laboratory reports, dealing with telephone enquiries from clinicians and participating in ward rounds and multidisciplinary team meetings. There is a weekly viral hepatitis clinic that they would attend.
Specifically, this post has been created so that the clinical fellow can work alongside the virology/microbiology consultants and laboratory staff to monitor the introduction of mNGS as a diagnostic tool in clinical practice. Evaluation of the service after its implementation will be required with the post holder acting as a key point of contact for this.They will liaise closely with clinical colleagues concerning the diagnosis and management of patients, and prevention of infections.
Where appropriate, experience in all sections of the virology laboratory will be provided.
Additionally, the successful candidate will be on the on-call microbiology specialty registrar Rota. Specialist registrars who have completed the induction period join in the clinical advice on-call rota on Monday to Friday for Microbiology (including Virology) and on Saturday/Sunday for microbiology alone. As appropriate there is a consultant Microbiologist and consultant Virologist second on call.
About us
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services, to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top-quality patient care, excellent education, and world-class research.We provide first-class acute and specialist services across eight sites:o University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)o National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgeryo Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitalso University College Hospital Grafton Way Buildingo Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicineo University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centreo The Hospital for Tropical Diseaseso University College Hospital at Westmoreland StreetWe are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal and oral disease. It has world class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine and pathology.We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.
Job description Job responsibilities
For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
Clinical Virology is within the Infection Division is one of six Divisions within the Medicine Board. The Infection Division comprises the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, infectious diseases inpatient and outpatient activity including the OPAT clinic, Clinical Microbiology, Clinical Virology, Parasitology, the Department of Infection Prevention & Control, the Find & Treat service and NathNac. The Division works closely with the Pathology Division.
Within the Divisions of Infection and Pathology each discipline has a Clinical Lead. Clinical Leads provides professional leadership and are responsible for the service co-ordination and delivery of the clinical services across the trust. They are appointed by the Divisional Clinical Director of Pathology and the Medical Director of the Medicine Board and are accountable to the Divisional Clinical Director for professional issues, and the Divisional Manager for managerial issues.
The post holder will collaborate with clinical teams, other fellows, nurses, other clinical staff and laboratory biomedical scientists.
Please note, due to anticipated high volumes of applications, this vacancy may close earlier than the listed closing date. You are advised not to delay submitting your completed application
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Person Specification
Knowledge and Qualifications Essential
MBBS or equivalent medical qualification Eligible for full registration with the GMC at time of appointment and hold a current licence to practise at the time of intended start date.
Desirable
Additional related qualifications, e.g. MRCP or equivalent, Diploma in Medical Microbiology, MSc in Microbiology, FRCPath Part 1 and/or Part 2
Experience Essential
Be able to provide complete details of their employment history Have evidence that their career progression is consistent with their personal circumstances. Have evidence that their present level of achievement and performance is commensurate with the totality of their period of training Not have previously relinquished or been released / removed from a medical virology/microbiology training programme, except under exceptional circumstances. Not previously resigned, been removed from, or relinquished a post or programme with resultant failure to gain the award of a FACD5.2, except under extraordinary circumstances and on the production of evidence of satisfactory outcome from appropriate remediation Previous experience of working within or observing a department of clinical microbiology/virology
Desirable
Experience of laboratory work (including research) relevant to medical virology Experience of infection liaison to haematology or oncology services Prior experience of metagenomic sequencing
Skills and Abilities Essential
Capacity to take in others' perspectives and treat others with understanding; sees patients as people. Demonstrates respect for all.
Desirable
Demonstrates relevant information technology skills, e.g. electronic patient records, laboratory information management systems
Values Essential
Demonstrate ability to meet Trust Values of safety, kindness, teamwork and improving
Communication Essential
Demonstrates clarity in written/spoken communication, and capacity to adapt language to the situation, as appropriate. Able to build rapport, listen, persuade & negotiate.
Responsibilities towards promoting Equality Diversity and Inclusion Essential
Demonstratable understanding of the Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion and/or Knowledge of the NHS obligations under the Equality Act 2010 and the Public Sector Equality Duties
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Address University College London Hospital
250 Euston Road
London
NW1 2PG
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.uclh.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)