Consultant Epidemiologist

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

- 250487**Salary**:

- £79,592 - £119,133**Job grade**:

- Other- NHS Medical and Dental: Consultant or AfC Band 8d**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Type of role**:

- Health Professionals
- Medical
- Other**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- Hybrid work (Colindale/Home)About the job

**Job summary**:

- The Travel Health and IHR section contributes to the health of British travellers through surveillance, information, teaching and research, and has a central role in supporting UKHSA’s role of National Focal Point under the International Health Regulations, and as EU Focal Point under the EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement. The Section sits within the Clinical and Public Health group - Clinical and Emerging Infection Division at Colindale.**Job description**:
The main duties of the post are related to leading and developing surveillance for a range of travel associated infections and supporting the team’s function in providing the IHR NFP and EU focal point. The postholder will be part of the senior leadership of the Travel Health and IHR section.

The postholder will line manage some of the scientific staff within the section, undertaking annual appraisals and providing career development support as necessary.

**Person specification**:
The post holder will contribute to delivering the following in collaboration with the Head of TH/IHR and other senior staff:

- Oversight of surveillance of illness in returning travellers through a variety of surveillance mechanisms and in collaboration with UKHSA disease expert colleague
- Oversight of enhanced surveillance of enteric fevers which is managed by TH/IHR team and collaboration with the MRL with respect to enhanced surveillance of malaria
- Ensuring that surveillance data are provided for those who need this information in an accurate, timely and user-friendly manner
- Supporting the UK NFP role under IHR and the EU Focal Point under the TCA
- Collaboration with NaTHNaC in provision of evidence-based advice to health professionals advising the travelling public, including contributing to clinical updates for the NaTHNaC website
- Membership of the Advisory Committee on Malaria Prevention, the NaTHNaC technical advisory group and the JCVI travel vaccine subcommittee, as required
- In collaboration with NaTHNaC overseeing surveillance of international outbreaks/incidents of illness with relevance to public health in the UK and provide risk assessments as required
- Supporting response to international outbreaks and incidents (including natural disasters and international mass gathering events) with implications for public health in the UK through provision of evidence-based advice
- Provision of support and advice to local, regional and national colleagues in NHS, UKHSA, DHSC, non-health government departments, and non-governmental organizations re travel and international health regulations
- Policy and protocol development in relation to travel health
- Design and provision of teaching for a variety of individuals, institutions and stakeholders as required about travel health and international health regulations
- Liaison with UKHSA communications to develop media messages about travel health and imported infection
- Response to queries from a variety of stakeholders as required, including Parliamentary Questions
- Identification of research areas to improve the evidence base in guiding public health action to protect and improve the health of travellers
- Oversight of production of peer reviewed publications in travel health relevant topics
- Lead for maintenance and further development of travel health relevant content on the.GOV website
- Contribution to duty doctor rota in and out of hours, and IHR out of hours rota

**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**:
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

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