Senior Clinical Fellow NMRS

UK Health Security Agency; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Flexible working opportunities

Training provided

Research opportunities in TB

Job summary

UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) invites applications for a 12-month fixed-term post within the National Mycobacterial Reference Service. The role focuses on whole-genome sequencing for TB as a routine diagnostic service, with supervision and opportunities for TB research.

GMC registration with a licence to practise is required, and IMT/CMT or ST3-7 experience is expected. Responsibilities include advising on diagnostic tests, authorising laboratory results, participating in case reviews and

Qualifications

• Completed IMT or CMT, or at ST3-7 level
• Full GMC registration with a licence to practise
• Disclosure and barring (DBS) check
• Counter Terrorism Check (CTC) security vetting
• Normally resident in the UK for the last 3 years

Responsibilities

• Provide whole-genome sequencing-based identification of Mycobacterium species isolates as a routine diagnostic service
• Advise clinical and public health colleagues on selecting diagnostic tests and interpreting molecular, genomic and conventional results
• Give clinical authorisation of laboratory results, with senior support for routine laboratory clinical work
• Take part in weekly multidisciplinary meetings on complex cases and laboratory results
• Liaise with public health teams during outbreaks and incidents
• Ensure the epidemiology, surveillance and monitoring of communicable disease covered by the service meets the highest standard
• Initiate and take part in clinical audit
• Provide postgraduate teaching to medical and biomedical scientist trainees
• Contribute expert input to the service's quality and clinical governance agenda, challenging established opinion where specialist knowledge supports it
• Take part in TB and non-tuberculous mycobacteria outpatient clinics and TB cohort reviews by arrangement, depending on experience and interests
• Meet regularly with clinical supervisors, maintain the training portfolio and attend CL3 laboratory induction and mandatory training
• Maintain professional accreditation and registration and follow clinical governance, confidentiality and patient safety standards

Education

Completed IMT or CMT, or at ST3-7 level

Job description

This 12-month fixed-term post sits within UKHSA's National Mycobacterial Reference Service, which runs at two sites. Its core is whole-genome sequencing for TB as a routine diagnostic service, with advice to clinical and public health teams. It is not a recognised training post, but offers clinical laboratory experience under consultant supervision, with room for research in TB or non-tuberculous mycobacteria. Full GMC registration with a licence to practise is required; applicants should have completed IMT/CMT or be at ST3-7.

What the job involves

• Provide whole-genome sequencing-based identification of Mycobacterium species isolates as a routine diagnostic service
• Advise clinical and public health colleagues on selecting diagnostic tests and interpreting molecular, genomic and conventional results
• Give clinical authorisation of laboratory results, with senior support for routine laboratory clinical work
• Take part in weekly multidisciplinary meetings on complex cases and laboratory results
• Liaise with public health teams during outbreaks and incidents
• Ensure the epidemiology, surveillance and monitoring of communicable disease covered by the service meets the highest standard
• Initiate and take part in clinical audit
• Provide postgraduate teaching to medical and biomedical scientist trainees
• Contribute expert input to the service's quality and clinical governance agenda, challenging established opinion where specialist knowledge supports it
• Take part in TB and non-tuberculous mycobacteria outpatient clinics and TB cohort reviews by arrangement, depending on experience and interests
• Meet regularly with clinical supervisors, maintain the training portfolio and attend CL3 laboratory induction and mandatory training
• Maintain professional accreditation and registration and follow clinical governance, confidentiality and patient safety standards

What’s required

Qualifications

• Completed IMT or CMT, or at ST3-7 level

Registration & licences

• Full GMC registration with a licence to practise

Checks & eligibility

• Disclosure and barring (DBS) check
• Counter Terrorism Check (CTC) security vetting
• Normally resident in the UK for the last 3 years

What’s offered

• Hybrid working, with a minimum of 60% of contracted hours on site where business needs allow
• Flexible working opportunities
• Training provided according to the applicant's background
• Opportunities to develop research interests in TB and non-tuberculous mycobacteria