Job overview

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 They will work alongside the microbiology/virology consultants and laboratory staff to implement and 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 Virologist second on-call.  

Working for our organisation

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: 
•    University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing) 
•    National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery 
•    Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals 
•    University College Hospital Grafton Way Building 
•    Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine 
•    University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre 
•    The Hospital for Tropical Diseases 
•    University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street 
We 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.