HIV/STI Surveillance

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and capable HIV/STI Surveillance and Prevention Scientist to join the Blood Safety, Hepatitis, Sexually Transmitted Infection and HIV Division of the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA).

We are seeking an epidemiologist to work on the surveillance of STIs in England, to coordinate and develop the collation and epidemiological analysis of HIV and STI surveillance datasets to support the routine surveillance of these infections.�

Under the supervision of senior scientific staff, the successful candidate will regularly extract, collate and validate surveillance datasets and carry out epidemiological analyses to monitor trends, geographic distribution and risk factors. The postholder will contribute to the delivery of surveillance and policy reports and to peer-reviewed publications. The postholder will adopt a variety of public health and surveillance portfolios, develop, and implement standardised data collection and analysis protocols, will identify data quality issues, and will facilitate their resolution. They will ensure that data are collected and processed in accordance with relevant policies and standard operating procedures (SOPs) and will undertake regular assessments of data quality and completeness.

Job description

The postholder will adopt a variety of public health and surveillance portfolios, develop and implement standardised data collection and analysis protocols, will identify data quality issues and will facilitate their resolution. The postholder will ensure that data are collected and processed in accordance with relevant policies and standard operating procedures (SOPs) and will undertake regular assessments of data quality and completeness.

Person specification

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- � �Develop, maintain and document (standard operational procedures) the surveillance systems.
- � �Planning, organising and delivering on a range of data requests requiring analytic input, including negotiating and agreeing the most appropriate data output, initiating and planning workloads and setting delivery timescales.
- � �Support senior staff in the management and continued development of surveillance databases.
- � �Support senior staff in the management of outbreak investigations, liaising with internal and external stakeholders.
- � �Perform all work in cognisance of data protection requirements and the need to maintain confidentiality and security of surveillance information.
- � �Understanding which are the key local and national stakeholders with an interest in hepatitis data both within and outside UKHSA. Attending meetings with key local stakeholders, representing the hepatitis team and BSHSH department at events.
- � �Communicate effectively specialist information with colleagues.
- � �Using a variety of methods including written briefings and oral presentations to communicate the implication of public health analytical outputs for action to improve local population health to internal and external stakeholders from a range of backgrounds.
- � �Working collaboratively as part of the analytical capacity. Assisting colleagues in the delivery of the analytical work programme and with colleagues in other analytical teams in UKHSA as required.�

Other responsibilities
The above is only an outline of the tasks, responsibilities and outcomes required of the role. �You will carry out any other duties as may reasonably be required. �The job description and person specification may be reviewed on an ongoing basis in accordance with the changing needs of the organisation.

Professional Development
Identify, discuss and action own professional performance and training / development needs with your line manager through appraisal / individual development plan. �Attend internal and external training events. �Participate in all mandatory training as required ( information governance training).�

Key Working Relationships�
The post holder will develop working relationships and communicate regularly with a wide range of individuals, clinical and non-clinical, internal and external to UKHSA. This will include:

a) � �Medical, scientific, ICT/bioinformatics and administrative colleagues within BSHSH and the CPH Group;
b) � �Staff in other divisions of UKHSA, especially colleagues in Laboratory Services;
c) � �Colleagues in the UKHSA Statistics Unit, Field Services, Local Health Protection Teams and the Communications Dept;
d) � �Patient networks and charities;
e) � �Department of Health and Social Care;
f) � �NHS Digital, NHSx, NHS England and NHS Improvement, NIMS
g) � �Child Health Records Department managers, Screening and Immunisation teams, PHEC staff, Directors of Public Health, Immunisation Co-ordinators and immunisation leads
h) � �European Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (ECDC) and European Food Safety Authority (EFSA);
i) � �Local government;
j) � �Devolved administrations (Public Health Scotland, Public Health Wales);
k) � �Other agencies to develop clinical codes, data specifications and data systems related to vaccine coverage;
l) � �Other clinical, public health, scientific and academic staff in NHS Trusts, national, regional and local institutions within and outside the UK

Benefits

Alongside your salary of �34,463, UK Health Security Agency contributes �9,305 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Learning and development tailored to your roleAn environment with flexible working optionsA culture encouraging inclusion and diversityA with an average employer contribution of 27%

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