Clinical and Public Health Fellow: Sponsorship Available

UK Health Security Agency

Job summary

An opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated registrar in Infectious Diseases, Medical Microbiology, Virology, public health or paediatrics (including paediatric infectious diseases) to join UKHSA as a clinical fellow

This fellowship is an outstanding opportunity for the individual to gain experience and expertise at a national level in areas including investigation and management of major incidents and outbreaks; infectious disease surveillance; guidance and policy development and implementation; research; service development and improvement including close collaborative work across regional reference laboratories, directorate and divisions.

An individual plan will be agreed with the Fellow depending on prior experience and interests, setting out their duties and objectives. The agreement will be tailored to take in consideration the both the needs of the Directorate/Division and the individual. It will include objective setting and mapping expected outputs and timescales for any projects.

For full details, please see attached Job Description & Person Specification.

Main duties of the job

There is a fellowship opportunity available for 12 month Out of Programme Experiences (OOPE) post to commence April 2027. This is aimed at Infectious Diseases, Medical Microbiology, Virology and Public Health registrars currently on training programmes with a National Training Number (NTN). The registrar MUST have OOPE/OOPT approval in principle from their TPD.

The StR will be expected to:

Gain understanding and experience of:

  • The delivery of the national role of UKHSA
  • The commissioning and financing of different aspects of the delivery of public health programmes and their impact on programme performance
  • The role of the various agencies in delivering, managing and monitoring programme
  • Guidance and policy development
  • Service and quality improvement in relation to aspects of UKHSA’s work
  • Providing public health input into commissioning and financing decisions with regards to the delivery of public health programmes

Develop skills in:

  • Liaising with other stakeholders to optimise the delivery of public health programme
  • Cross divisional working within UKHSA
  • Providing clinical input into delivery of the national programmes
  • Policy development and implementation
  • Decision making and time management
  • Working on ad hoc analyses of each area of responsibility as directed by consultants and scientists
  • Identifying, investigating and responding to cases, clusters and outbreaksof communicable disease

For full details, please see attached Job Description & Person Specification.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Medical degree MBBS or equivalent experience of working in a clinical field, including Public Health Trainees on accredited training programmes
  • Specialist trainee in infectious diseases, microbiology, virology, public health or paediatrics (undertaking a specialty training programme with national training number)

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

  • Understanding of the UK research and NHS system

Desirable

  • Experience of collaborating within other agencies (e.g. NHS England)
  • Experience of presenting complex ideas to stakeholders

Skills, Capabilities and Behaviours

Essential

  • Experience in preparation of written reports and published work
  • Ability to work individually and as part of a team
  • Ability to prioritise work in a timely manner
  • Working in a multidisciplinary team
  • Able to convey ideas and opinions clearly and concisely, orally and in writing

Equality and Diversity

Essential

  • An understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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).

Closing Date: 10 November 2026

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