Job summary
Senior Clinical Fellow in Viral Hepatitis. The Royal Free London Viral Hepatitis Service provides care to one of the largest cohorts of viral hepatitis patients in the country. With the recent introduction of Emergency Department opt-out testing, the hepatitis B service is growing at a rate of 400 new patients per annum. The Royal Free Hospital is also the hub of the North Central London and Hertfordshire Operational delivery network for the elimination of hepatitis C which now delivers programs for the earlier diagnosis of cirrhosis and liver cancer surveillance in hard-to-reach populations of all liver disease aetiologies across the region.
Highly effective treatments and monitoring for complications of liver disease can only be impactful with sustained patient engagement. The Viral Hepatitis Senior Clinical Fellow will be responsible for developing new strategies to improve engagement in services across community and outpatient settings.
Reporting to the ODN and Viral Hepatitis clinical leads, they will be expected to work predominantly at the Royal Free Hospital but make occasional trips to other partner ODN Trusts and community treatment sites. The post holder will share managerial responsibility over a data collection team and will have the opportunity to learn extensive data analysis skills.
This role will be supported by the ODN Pathway coordinator, ODN Manager, clinical nurse specialist (CNS) and clinical practitioner teams.
Main duties of the job
The post begins in summer 2024 for a one year fixed-term contract. It would thus provide an ideal opportunity for a specialist trainee, post-MRCP core medical trainee or post-CCT fellow to pursue independent funding for a PhD or MD in the field of hepatology, Public Health, infectious diseases, virology, hepatology and/or health service delivery.
An individualised programme of clinical sessions, research and audit will be agreed with the successful candidates to meet subspecialist interests and training needs in a tertiary hepatology and liver transplant setting. Suitably experienced candidates will be able to participate in the hepatology on-call registrar rota. A thorough understanding of viral hepatitis is required, thus the successful applicant would contribute to outpatient clinical management of patients with viral hepatitis at the Royal Free Liver Unit.
For more information about the post please contact the Clinical Lead, Professor Emmanouil Tsochatzis (emmanouil.tsochatzis@nhs.net).
About us
The Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK's biggest and most innovative trusts. Across three main hospitals, our dedicated army of staff care for over 1.6million patients, treat more than 200,000 in A&E, deliver over 8,000 babies and carry out more than 17 million tests.
Our size, scale and influence offer you unrivalled career opportunities and a forward-thinking approach to working that works around your lifestyle. From flexible hours and generous benefits, to next level training, we make it easier to take your career to the top
For more information please follow link https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Sheila Sherlock Innovation Fellow will be responsible for delivering two major quality improvement projects to improve early detection of liver disease and HCC surveillance across the region. This will involve close working with all regional hepatology and radiology leads to formulate agreed standards in HCC surveillance pathways and monitor their continual improvement.
Reporting to the Community Liver Health Checks clinical and project leads, the Fellow will be based at the Royal Free Hospital but expected to visit all 7 partner ODN Trusts and some community diagnostic sites. They will not be expected to visit multiple sites on a single day. The post-holder will share managerial responsibility for a team of three clinician assistants and will be supported by the ODN Manager and clinical nurse specialist (CNS) team.
The post begins in summer 2024 for a one-year fixed-term contract and would suit speciality trainees in gastroenterology and hepatology seeking out-of-programme experience (OOPE) placement with a focus on hepatology leadership and implementing change in the NHS. Suitably experienced candidates will be able to participate in a tertiary centre hepatology on-call and GI bleed registrar rota and have access to subspecialist clinical training opportunities in both inpatient and outpatient settings.
An individualised programme of training in data governance, data analysis and change management at UCL and/or UCLPartners will be arranged with the successful candidate.
The role offers an opportunity to network with hepatology leads across three training regions whist developing skills in clinical guideline formulation, statistical analysis, project management, team supervision and change implementation. This is not a research post but will generate large-volume observational data which could be used as the basis for hypothesis-driven research projects in subsequent years and funding applications thereof.
For more information about the project and post please contact the North Central London Community Liver Health Checks clinical lead Professor Emmanouil Tsochatzis (emmanouil.tsochatzis@nhs.net).
Job description
Job responsibilities
The Sheila Sherlock Innovation Fellow will be responsible for delivering two major quality improvement projects to improve early detection of liver disease and HCC surveillance across the region. This will involve close working with all regional hepatology and radiology leads to formulate agreed standards in HCC surveillance pathways and monitor their continual improvement.
Reporting to the Community Liver Health Checks clinical and project leads, the Fellow will be based at the Royal Free Hospital but expected to visit all 7 partner ODN Trusts and some community diagnostic sites. They will not be expected to visit multiple sites on a single day. The post-holder will share managerial responsibility for a team of three clinician assistants and will be supported by the ODN Manager and clinical nurse specialist (CNS) team.
The post begins in summer 2024 for a one-year fixed-term contract and would suit speciality trainees in gastroenterology and hepatology seeking out-of-programme experience (OOPE) placement with a focus on hepatology leadership and implementing change in the NHS. Suitably experienced candidates will be able to participate in a tertiary centre hepatology on-call and GI bleed registrar rota and have access to subspecialist clinical training opportunities in both inpatient and outpatient settings.
An individualised programme of training in data governance, data analysis and change management at UCL and/or UCLPartners will be arranged with the successful candidate.
The role offers an opportunity to network with hepatology leads across three training regions whist developing skills in clinical guideline formulation, statistical analysis, project management, team supervision and change implementation. This is not a research post but will generate large-volume observational data which could be used as the basis for hypothesis-driven research projects in subsequent years and funding applications thereof.
For more information about the project and post please contact the North Central London Community Liver Health Checks clinical lead Professor Emmanouil Tsochatzis (emmanouil.tsochatzis@nhs.net).
Person Specification
Royal Free World Class Values
Essential
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
Education & professional Qualifications
Essential
- Possession of MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
- GMC Registration
- Membership of relevant Royal College or equivalent
- Undergoing or completed specialist training in General Internal Medicine and/or gastroenterology and/or hepatology and/or infectious diseases
Desirable
- A post graduate medical degree
Skills and aptitudes
Essential
- Excellent clinical skills
- Ability to work as part of a team and willingness to be personally accountable for actions
- Experience of managing viral hepatitis in an outpatient setting , particularly monitoring hepatitis C patients taking novel therapies
- A track record of working with people who face multiple barriers to engaging with healthcare
- Strong oral and written communications skills in English
- Ability to build good relationships and work collaboratively with staff at all levels of the organisation
- Knowledge of novel HCV treatments and their indication, selection and safety profile
- Ability to communicate effectively with patients, the public and colleagues and treat others with compassion, dignity and respect, taking into account any diversity issues
- Willingness and skills to recognise and challenge unacceptable behaviour and if necessary escalate
- Ability to organise and prioritise personal workload
- Basic knowledge of clinical database design and maintenance
- The flexibility, enthusiasm, resilience, positive and helpful attitude and drive needed to thrive in today's rapidly changing NHS
- Proficiency in MS Access, MS Excel and Statistical Analysis software (e.g. SPSS, Stata)
Desirable
- Knowledge or experience of health economics analysis
- Experience managing and interacting with team members from diverse clinical and non-clinical disciplines
- Publications in peer-reviewed journals or international conferences demonstrating basic research competencies
Experience
Essential
- At least 2 years of higher level training in gastroenterology and/or hepatology
Person Specification
Royal Free World Class Values
Essential
- Demonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values
Education & professional Qualifications
Essential
- Possession of MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
- GMC Registration
- Membership of relevant Royal College or equivalent
- Undergoing or completed specialist training in General Internal Medicine and/or gastroenterology and/or hepatology and/or infectious diseases
Desirable
- A post graduate medical degree
Skills and aptitudes
Essential
- Excellent clinical skills
- Ability to work as part of a team and willingness to be personally accountable for actions
- Experience of managing viral hepatitis in an outpatient setting , particularly monitoring hepatitis C patients taking novel therapies
- A track record of working with people who face multiple barriers to engaging with healthcare
- Strong oral and written communications skills in English
- Ability to build good relationships and work collaboratively with staff at all levels of the organisation
- Knowledge of novel HCV treatments and their indication, selection and safety profile
- Ability to communicate effectively with patients, the public and colleagues and treat others with compassion, dignity and respect, taking into account any diversity issues
- Willingness and skills to recognise and challenge unacceptable behaviour and if necessary escalate
- Ability to organise and prioritise personal workload
- Basic knowledge of clinical database design and maintenance
- The flexibility, enthusiasm, resilience, positive and helpful attitude and drive needed to thrive in today's rapidly changing NHS
- Proficiency in MS Access, MS Excel and Statistical Analysis software (e.g. SPSS, Stata)
Desirable
- Knowledge or experience of health economics analysis
- Experience managing and interacting with team members from diverse clinical and non-clinical disciplines
- Publications in peer-reviewed journals or international conferences demonstrating basic research competencies
Experience
Essential
- At least 2 years of higher level training in gastroenterology and/or hepatology
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
