Consultant Epidemiologist

3 weeks ago


London, United Kingdom UK Health Security Agency Full time

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

- 256938**Salary**:

- £79,592 - £119,133**Job grade**:

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

- Permanent**Type of role**:

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

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

- 1Contents

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- LondonAbout the job

**Job summary**:
To provide an expert role in the surveillance and control of COVID-19 within the UKHSA Clinical and Public Health Group, working as part of a team of Consultant Epidemiologists, and working closely with COVID-19 information, administrative, and scientific staff. The key elements of the role are:

- Surveillance and epidemiological analysis of COVID-19 and Seasonal Influenza
- National public health advice and support on epidemiological issues
- Advice and support to professionals on COVID-19 and Seasonal Influenza epidemiological analysis
- Promotion of professional standards including training, research, and audit

**Job description**:
The COVID-19 Vaccines and Epidemiology Division has a key role in informing the understanding of the epidemiology of COVID-19 at the national level in order to inform the national vaccination programme and fulfils a number of specialist national functions in the control of COVID-19. The team supports a number of processes which are central to the use of epidemiology response undertaken by UKHSA and other key partners and provides public health expertise to support relevant national vaccination programmes. The role will also support similar work related to Seasonal Influenza.

The Consultant Epidemiologist will work with other consultant and senior epidemiology colleagues to provide senior leadership to the delivery of the division’s epidemiological functions and will have the opportunity to develop epidemiological studies and surveillance systems, working with key stakeholders at the national level.

**Person specification**:
The consultant will take a lead role in the daily reactive on-call service with Scientists, Information Officers, Epidemiology Fellows, Specialist Registrars in Public Health Medicine/Specialist Trainees and admin team.

The consultant will be expected to lead the response to outbreaks of COVID-19 and Seasonal Influenza at local and national levels. working with local health protection teams and other stakeholders where required.

To provide epidemiological advice, situational advice and support to senior leadership (such as UKHSA National Incident Director where relevant), CsCDC, DsPH and others involved in the control of COVID-19 and Seasonal Influenza at local, regional and national level.

To undertake the surveillance of COVID-19 and Seasonal Influenza, both in hospitals and the wider community, at local and national level where required, to ensure that timely and accurate information is available to those involved in the surveillance, prevention and control of communicable disease and infection at local, regional and national levels.

**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


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