The role is ideal for those pursuing a career in Infectious Diseases or Tropical Medicine, as it facilitates hands-on experience in a national referral center, alongside access to a rich program of learning and training opportunities. UCLH is recognized as a top NHS trust to work at in England, providing a supportive environment for trainees with opportunities for academic collaboration and research within the division.
Due to an NHSE IMT gap we have a vacancy for a fixed term 2-month ST1-2 Level Doctor within Infectious Diseases/Tropical Medicine at UCLH.
The post will involve working at Core Medical Trainee (ST1/2) level within the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, both in the inpatient ward teams under the supervision of Infectious diseases Consultants and Registrars, as well as working in the HTD's emergency walk in service for returning travelers who have returned from tropical regions of the world within the last year who are recently unwell with conditions such as fever, bloody diarrhoea or rash. This provides a unique opportunity to work in the national referral centre from Tropical Medicine and tertiary Infectious Diseases service.
This post would be ideal for someone who is looking to gain experience in Tropical Medicine/Infectious Diseases with a view to pursuing specialty training in Infectious Diseases.
The job's key responsibility is to work in the inpatient infection service at UCLH and at the emergency walk in clinic at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases (HTD). This provides unparalleled experience of managing tropical and imported infections as well as complex UK acquired infection. The post includes attendance at the rich program of learning and training opportunities throughout the week.
Additionally, the successful candidate will be on the on call CMT rota for Infectious Diseases, including ward cover for ID inpatients, and admitting referrals to ID from the Emergency Department, under the supervision of the on-site infectious diseases registrar. The post will allow for valuable experience managing infectious presentations as well as strengthening core general medical skills.
About us
For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.
The UCLH Division of Infection includes the inpatient and outpatient infectious diseases & tropical medicine services, including and centred around the Hospital for Tropical Diseases (HTD) which is the national referral centre for tropical medicine. Other key elements in the Division include the Dept of Infection Prevention & Control, the Find & Treat service and the NaTHNaC travel advice centre. The clinical infectious disease services manages patients with community-acquired infections from North London, inpatients with conditions related to their HIV infection, complex infections in patients with other forms of immunocompromised, patients requiring long-term intravenous antibiotics at home (OPAT service), as well as tropical and other parasitological conditions, a pre-travel clinic and an open access returning traveller clinic.
The Infectious Diseases Service shares ward Twith the respiratory and rheumatology firms. There is also a dedicated out-patient department at Mortimer Market and an emergency walk in clinic run by trainees with consultant oversight. HIV patients received their outpatient care with a different Trust but during inpatient admission are managed by the Infectious Diseases team.
The service is delivered by a range of clinical staff, including consultants many of whom are also academics at UCL or LSHTM, trainees, clinical nurse specialists and others. There are strong academic relationships with both universities and opportunities for collaborative research
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UCLH top trust to work at in England for the second year running! University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Once again, UCLH has received the highest score of all general acute and acute/community NHS trusts in England for staff that would recommend us as a place to work.
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