Job summary
Public Health England provides strategic leadership and vision for protecting and improving the nations health. Its ambition is to lead nationally and enable locally a transformation in the health expectations of all people in England regardless of where they live and the circumstance of their birth. It will achieve this through the application of research, knowledge and skills. Public Health England is an executive agency of the Department of Health, which started on 1 April 2013. We are a distinct delivery organisation with operational autonomy to advise and support Government, local authorities and the NHS in a professionally independent manner.
Main duties of the job
The Immunisation and Countermeasures Division is responsible for the national surveillance of most vaccine preventable infections, including influenza and COVID-19. The Division has an additional role in providing public health expert support to the Department of Health and Social Care and NHS England and NHS Improvement in planning and delivering the national immunisation programme and provides expert clinical and delivery support to local NHS providers and public health teams. The Division also evaluates the programmes by generating high quality data on disease incidence, vaccine uptake, age-specific immunity, vaccine efficacy and safety and analysis of vaccine policy options (with the statistics and modelling department).
Candidates must be included on the GMC Specialist Register. Applicants will be expected to have relevant qualifications (including CCT or equivalent) and FRCPath or equivalent (i.e. MRCP and PhD if applying as an ID physician with a special interest in Virology)
About us
Open to all external applicants (anyone) from outside the Civil Service (including by definition internal applicants.
To apply for these vacancies please visit www.jobs.nhs.uk
Applicants are strongly advised to use the criteria in the person specification (available online) as sub-headings in their application to make it clear how they meet each of the selection criteria. Please also see job description for competencies.
Public Health England promotes diversity in the workplace and is an equal opportunities employer.
Job description
Job responsibilities
This post is positioned within the NIS (Colindale site), working within the Immunisation and Countermeasures service providing scientific and managerial leadership to both the Immunisation and Countermeasures service and national reference services within NIS Laboratories.
The purpose of this post covers four broad areas:
- Lead the clinical aspects, risk management, governance for reference services for viral infections.
- Support the PHEs national programme of work related to development and improvement of surveillance, investigation, prevention and control of vaccine preventable diseases.
- Lead clinical aspects including risk management and clinical governance for vaccine preventable diseases including measles, mumps, rubella, parvovirus B19, VZV and rabies.
- To provide general clinical support dealing with outbreaks, incidents, events and queries relevant to Reference Virology Services
- To provide support to the NIS senior managers and Deputy Directors on all aspects of work associated with vaccine preventable disease.
- To support teaching and training initiatives related to vaccine preventable diseases or reference virology/microbiology.
The successful candidates will be appointed to the Consultant salary scale appropriate to their years of seniority.
Please see attached JD forDetailed job description, person specification and main responsibilities
Contact Persons:
Mary Ramsay (Mary.Ramsay@phe.gov.uk)
Kevin E Brown, Kevin.Brown@phe.gov.uk
Job description
Job responsibilities
This post is positioned within the NIS (Colindale site), working within the Immunisation and Countermeasures service providing scientific and managerial leadership to both the Immunisation and Countermeasures service and national reference services within NIS Laboratories.
The purpose of this post covers four broad areas:
- Lead the clinical aspects, risk management, governance for reference services for viral infections.
- Support the PHEs national programme of work related to development and improvement of surveillance, investigation, prevention and control of vaccine preventable diseases.
- Lead clinical aspects including risk management and clinical governance for vaccine preventable diseases including measles, mumps, rubella, parvovirus B19, VZV and rabies.
- To provide general clinical support dealing with outbreaks, incidents, events and queries relevant to Reference Virology Services
- To provide support to the NIS senior managers and Deputy Directors on all aspects of work associated with vaccine preventable disease.
- To support teaching and training initiatives related to vaccine preventable diseases or reference virology/microbiology.
The successful candidates will be appointed to the Consultant salary scale appropriate to their years of seniority.
Please see attached JD forDetailed job description, person specification and main responsibilities
Contact Persons:
Mary Ramsay (Mary.Ramsay@phe.gov.uk)
Kevin E Brown, Kevin.Brown@phe.gov.uk
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification
Essential
- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
- Registered medical practitioner, with full registration with the GMC (and a licence to practise) (or be eligible for entry onto that register within six months of the AAC date. Ideally inclusion on the Specialist Register should be for Medical Microbiology and Virology and/or Infectious Diseases
- Applicants that are UK trained, must ALSO be a holder of a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), or be within six months of award of CCT by date of interview Applicants that are non-UK trained, will be required to show evidence of equivalence to the UK CCT
- FRCPath in Virology by examination OR evidence of equivalent qualification (i.e., completion of Training as an ID physician with evidence of specialist interest in Virology e.g., PhD)
- Evidence of continuing medical education (existing consultants must be able to demonstrate active participation in recognised CPD scheme)
Desirable
- MRCP (essential if applying as an ID physician)
- MD, PhD or evidence of equivalent qualification or documented research output.
- Relevant higher qualifications e.g. teaching, management, or infection control.
Experience
Essential
- Training and experience in clinical virology
- Relevant post registration experience
- Experience of clinical risk management
- Experience in teaching and training both medical and non-medical staff
- Evidence of teaching experience
- Experience and ability to work in multi professional teams
- Active interest in research and development in virology
- Appropriate level of clinical knowledge
Desirable
- Experience in other related specialties
- Public health experience
- Demonstrates breadth of experience and awareness in and outside speciality/ medicine
- Demonstrate use of evidence-based practice
- Experience of leading on teaching and training for specialist virology trainees (STs)
- Research experience, presentations, publications, prizes and honours.
Skills
Essential
- Competent to work without direct supervision where appropriate
- Clear, logical thinking showing an analytical scientific approach
- Ability to foster and promote the delivery of the clinical diagnostic service of the laboratory
- Ability to organise self and own work and to prioritise clinical need
- Shows awareness of limitations
- Communication skills (clarity, intelligibility, ability to build rapport, listen, persuade, negotiate)
- Decisiveness/ accountability (ability to take responsibility, show leadership, make decisions, exert appropriate authority)
- Interpersonal skills (see patients as people,empathise, work co-operatively with others)
- Flexibility (able to change and adapt, respond to rapidly changing circumstances)
- Resilience (able to operate under pressure, cope
- Thoroughness (is well prepared, shows self- discipline/commitment, is punctual and meets deadlines)
- Shows initiative/ drive/ enthusiasm
- Probity (displays honesty, integrity, aware of ethical dilemmas)
- Ability to communicate effectively with clinical members of staff
Desirable
- Understanding of NHS, clinical governance and resource constraints
- Evidence of leading audits
- Management/ financial awareness
- Information technology skills
- Enthusiasm for teaching
- Familiarity with specialist training program requirements and competencies in clinical and or educational supervision
Equality and diversity
Essential
- Proven appreciation and acknowledgment of the range and complexities of diversity in the
- Self-awareness in terms of emotional intelligence, biases and personal triggers.
- Cultural competence including cultural sensitivity and awareness.
Values and Behaviours
Essential
- Commitment to and focused on quality, promotes high standards in all they do
- Consistently thinks about how their work can help and support clinicians and frontline staff deliver better
- Values diversity and difference, operates with integrity and openness
- Works well with others, is positive and helpful, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of
- Consistently looks to improve what they do, looks for successful tried and tested ways of working, and also
- Actively develops themselves and supports others to do the same
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification
Essential
- MBBS or equivalent medical qualification
- Registered medical practitioner, with full registration with the GMC (and a licence to practise) (or be eligible for entry onto that register within six months of the AAC date. Ideally inclusion on the Specialist Register should be for Medical Microbiology and Virology and/or Infectious Diseases
- Applicants that are UK trained, must ALSO be a holder of a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), or be within six months of award of CCT by date of interview Applicants that are non-UK trained, will be required to show evidence of equivalence to the UK CCT
- FRCPath in Virology by examination OR evidence of equivalent qualification (i.e., completion of Training as an ID physician with evidence of specialist interest in Virology e.g., PhD)
- Evidence of continuing medical education (existing consultants must be able to demonstrate active participation in recognised CPD scheme)
Desirable
- MRCP (essential if applying as an ID physician)
- MD, PhD or evidence of equivalent qualification or documented research output.
- Relevant higher qualifications e.g. teaching, management, or infection control.
Experience
Essential
- Training and experience in clinical virology
- Relevant post registration experience
- Experience of clinical risk management
- Experience in teaching and training both medical and non-medical staff
- Evidence of teaching experience
- Experience and ability to work in multi professional teams
- Active interest in research and development in virology
- Appropriate level of clinical knowledge
Desirable
- Experience in other related specialties
- Public health experience
- Demonstrates breadth of experience and awareness in and outside speciality/ medicine
- Demonstrate use of evidence-based practice
- Experience of leading on teaching and training for specialist virology trainees (STs)
- Research experience, presentations, publications, prizes and honours.
Skills
Essential
- Competent to work without direct supervision where appropriate
- Clear, logical thinking showing an analytical scientific approach
- Ability to foster and promote the delivery of the clinical diagnostic service of the laboratory
- Ability to organise self and own work and to prioritise clinical need
- Shows awareness of limitations
- Communication skills (clarity, intelligibility, ability to build rapport, listen, persuade, negotiate)
- Decisiveness/ accountability (ability to take responsibility, show leadership, make decisions, exert appropriate authority)
- Interpersonal skills (see patients as people,empathise, work co-operatively with others)
- Flexibility (able to change and adapt, respond to rapidly changing circumstances)
- Resilience (able to operate under pressure, cope
- Thoroughness (is well prepared, shows self- discipline/commitment, is punctual and meets deadlines)
- Shows initiative/ drive/ enthusiasm
- Probity (displays honesty, integrity, aware of ethical dilemmas)
- Ability to communicate effectively with clinical members of staff
Desirable
- Understanding of NHS, clinical governance and resource constraints
- Evidence of leading audits
- Management/ financial awareness
- Information technology skills
- Enthusiasm for teaching
- Familiarity with specialist training program requirements and competencies in clinical and or educational supervision
Equality and diversity
Essential
- Proven appreciation and acknowledgment of the range and complexities of diversity in the
- Self-awareness in terms of emotional intelligence, biases and personal triggers.
- Cultural competence including cultural sensitivity and awareness.
Values and Behaviours
Essential
- Commitment to and focused on quality, promotes high standards in all they do
- Consistently thinks about how their work can help and support clinicians and frontline staff deliver better
- Values diversity and difference, operates with integrity and openness
- Works well with others, is positive and helpful, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of
- Consistently looks to improve what they do, looks for successful tried and tested ways of working, and also
- Actively develops themselves and supports others to do the same
Additional information
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).
