JOB SUMMARY

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.
Potential placement locations include: London, Birmingham, Manchester, Bristol, Salisbury, Cambridge.

JOB DESCRIPTION

There are various fellowship opportunities across the organisation for 12 month Out of Programme Experiences (OOPE) posts to commence February/April 2026. Potential placements might include examples below. These are aimed at Infectious Diseases, Medical Microbiology, Virology and Public Health registrars currently on training programmes with a National Training Number (NTN). The registrar MUST have OOPE/OOPT approval in principle from their TPD.

Main duties include

• Advising clinical and public health colleagues on the selection of diagnostic tests and interpretation of results (molecular, genomic and conventional).
• Clinical authorisation of results and participation in weekly multidisciplinary meetings to discuss complex cases and laboratory results.
• Initiation of and participation in clinical audit.
• Liaison with public health teams in outbreaks and incidents.
• Postgraduate teaching of medical and biomedical scientist trainees.
• Opportunities to participate in tuberculosis and non-tuberculous mycobacteria surveillance reports and policy development.

The StR is expected to:

• Take responsibility for arranging 1:1 sessions with their supervisor(s)
• Inform their educational supervisor of any special requirements, ideally at the pre-placement meeting;
• Inform their education supervisor promptly of any difficulties, including concerns about lack of opportunities to gain experience;
• Attend the workplace as required and on time;
• Share their diaries with UKHSA staff;
• Notify their educational supervisor (or unit/department administrator if unavailable) when unwell;
• To deliver the objectives set out in the plan the SpR will be expected to work closely with members of the individual teams
• Short induction including familiarisation with base, the team, and organisational arrangements.
• Dealing with enquiries from across UKHSA and government
• Issuing clinical and public health advice on individual incidents
• Participating in investigation of clusters/ outbreaks
• Attendance at (and presentation where appropriate) key meetings relevant to the division
• Attendance at cross UKHSA, meetings relevant to training, and /or projects
• Work on projects which contribute to the strategic work of the division and which are appropriate to the individual SpR
• To meet regularly with their project and educational supervisors.
• To complete an evaluation of the placement.
• The SpR should pursue a programme of continuing professional development in accordance with any relevant professional registration or statutory requirements, whilst maintaining appropriate awareness of service provider requirements.

NATIONALITY REQUIREMENTS

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Further information on nationality requirements

Main duties include

• Advising clinical and public health colleagues on the selection of diagnostic tests and interpretation of results (molecular, genomic and conventional).
• Clinical authorisation of results and participation in weekly multidisciplinary meetings to discuss complex cases and laboratory results.
• Initiation of and participation in clinical audit.
• Liaison with public health teams in outbreaks and incidents.
• Postgraduate teaching of medical and biomedical scientist trainees.
• Opportunities to participate in tuberculosis and non-tuberculous mycobacteria surveillance reports and policy development