Consultant in Infection

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 256655**Salary**:

- £88,364 - £119,133**Job grade**:

- Other- NHS Medical and Dental: Consultant**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Type of role**:

- Health Adviser
- Health Professionals
- Medical
- Senior leadership**Working pattern**:

- Part-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- SalisburyAbout the job

**Job summary**:

- The Rare and Imported Pathogens Laboratory (RIPL) provides the national diagnostic service for the detection of arboviruses, rickettsiae, leptospirosis, viral haemorrhagic fevers and a range of ACDP hazard group 3 bacteria including
- _Bacillus anthracis_ and
- _Francisella tularensis_. The Lyme disease specialist unit diagnostic service was transferred into RIPL in 2012. RIPL is part of the National Infection Service of the UK Health Security Agency and works closely with other departments covering a wide range of infectious disease services and associated epidemiology services. RIPL is also home to the national Imported Fever Service, a partnership between RIPL clinicians and clinicians from the Tropical Infectious Diseases units of the Royal Liverpool and University College Hospitals. RIPL is a category 1 response laboratory for high consequence infectious diseases and biothreat agents, and forms part of the UK’s national resilience provisions. RIPL also works closely with DEFRA teams on certain zoonotic diseases.**Job description**:
**Person specification**:

- The Consultant in Infection will provide expert consultant support for RIPL and the Imported Fever Service and take the lead for the Lyme Disease service in the department. RIPL operates an acute specialist service with 24hour availability for high consequence pathogens including viral haemorrhagic fevers, the arbovirus group, hantaviruses, Borrelia, rickettsia and Coxiella, anthrax, tularaemia and other biothreat agents. The work covers a wide range of imported bacterial and viral agents and zoonoses and vector borne diseases in the UK, and the consultant will be a key part of the team offering advice on diagnosis, management, and infection control for these agents. As an expert in control of infection and antimicrobial resistance the consultant will bring this expertise to RIPL and UKHSA as required. The post holder will work with key patient groups for Lyme disease to improve the service in the interests of patients and will lead an educational programme for healthcare professionals on Lyme and related infections.**Benefits**:

- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

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**Selection process details**:
UKHSA ethos is to be an inclusive organisation for all our staff and stakeholders. To create, nurture and sustain an inclusive culture, where differences drive innovative solutions to meet the needs of our workforce and wider communities. We do this through celebrating and protecting differences by removing barriers and promoting equity and equality of opportunity for all.

Open to all external applicants (anyone) from outside the Civil Service (including by definition internal applicants)

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.**Security**:
- People working with government assets must complete basic personnel security standard checks.**Nationality requirements**:
This job is broadly open to the following groups:

- UK nationals
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals working in the Civil Service
- relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals who have built up the right to work in the Civil Service
- certain family members of the relevant EU, EEA, Swiss or Turkish nationals

Further information on nationality requirements**Working for the Civil Service**:

- The Civil Service Code sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.
- We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles.-
- This vacancy is part of the Great Place to Work for Veterans initiative.- Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.**Contact point for applicants**:
Job contact:

- Name:
- Tim Brooks
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