Clinical Fellow in fungal diseases

Integrated Care System; London; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

An exciting opportunity for a Fellow at a leading healthcare institution focused on invasive fungal disease management. This role combines 90% research and 10% clinical duties, with responsibilities including developing electronic health systems and analyzing antifungal stewardship data. Predominantly based in renowned hospitals, the fellowship aims to enhance training and skills in clinical analytics and digital health interventions.

Benefits

Career development

Flexible working

Wellbeing programs

Staff recognition

Cycle to Work scheme

Car leasing

Season ticket loans

Leisure memberships

Qualifications

• Primary medical qualification and full GMC registration required.
• MRCP or equivalent essential.
• Experience in service audit and research methodology preferred.

Responsibilities

• Conducting a 3-year retrospective analysis on invasive fungal disease.
• Developing data pipelines for analysis of disease incidence and treatment.
• Creating an antifungal stewardship dashboard for real-time data.

Skills

Team working

Critical appraisal

Clinical governance

Education

Primary medical qualification

Full GMC registration

MRCP or equivalent

Job description

The post is based in the Imperial College Infection Service, primarily between Charing Cross Hospital (Medical Mycology Laboratory) and Hammersmith (Immunocompromised patient groups). The Trust Fellowship is 90% Research and 10% Clinical, providing exposure to all aspects of fungal disease clinically and from a research perspective. The primary aim is to develop a clinical analytic electronic healthcare record data platform to enable systematic antifungal stewardship data capture, analytics, patient identification, and digital health interventions. This offers an excellent opportunity for sub-specialist training in invasive fungal disease management, antifungal stewardship, digital health, and clinical analytics.

The Fellow will conduct a retrospective 3-year analysis of patients with invasive fungal disease during the COVID era and develop a real-world prospective analysis linked to an antifungal dashboard, facilitating real-time data collection for antifungal stewardship.

The program is supported by a multidisciplinary antifungal stewardship team including Meg Coleman (Respiratory), Darius Armstrong-James (Medical Mycology), Mark Gilchrist, and Richard Wilson (Pharmacy).

Main duties of the job

The Fellow will allocate 90% of their time to research and 10% to clinical duties, primarily supporting the Fungal MDT and antifungal stewardship. Flexibility is available to accommodate the candidate's interests. The main focus will be on developing electronic health systems for antifungal stewardship and analyzing data related to prescribing, diagnostics, and outcomes in fungal disease populations.

About us

Imperial College Healthcare offers an environment for extraordinary achievements with leading clinicians. We promote values of expertise, kindness, collaboration, and aspiration. Benefits include career development, flexible working, wellbeing programs, staff recognition, and optional schemes like Cycle to Work, car leasing, season ticket loans, and leisure memberships.

We are committed to equal opportunities and flexible working arrangements. Applicants are encouraged to discuss flexible work options during interviews.

Job responsibilities

Funded by Gilead Sciences, the key responsibilities include:

• Providing training in digital methods for antifungal stewardship and medical mycology.
• Developing data pipelines and analytical approaches for retrospective and prospective analysis of invasive fungal disease incidence, treatment, and outcomes.
• Conducting a 3-year retrospective analysis focusing on emerging risk groups, such as patients on immunomodulators and critical care patients.
• Assessing the impact of viral pneumonia on invasive fungal disease and antifungal use and expenditure.
• Performing a prospective analysis of disease incidence and outcomes.
• Creating an antifungal stewardship dashboard for real-time visualisation of clinical and prescribing data.
• Disseminating findings through national and international conferences and publishing research papers.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Primary medical qualification
• Full GMC registration
• MRCP or equivalent

Other Requirements

• Effective team working skills
• Understanding of clinical governance and audit
• Ability to critically appraise papers
• Experience in service audit and research methodology

Experience

• Strong history and examination skills
• Ability to formulate diagnoses and order investigations
• Relevant image interpretation skills
• Experience working at SHO level and in infectious diseases

Clinical skills/Knowledge

• Interest in infectious diseases and broad medical knowledge
• Experience working in the NHS

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post requires a DBS check due to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975.

Salary range: £41,750 - £64,288 per annum plus London Weighting.