Junior Clinical Fellow in Medical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases

Job description

Job responsibilities

This is a 6 month post commencing September 2025 at North Middlesex University. It is open to all doctors that have completed Foundation status or equivalent, but preference will be given toindividuals who have had prior experience in Microbiology/Infectious Diseases.

The successful candidate will work in the Microbiology department with an Infectious Disease liaison. This job will most suit a candidate looking to expand their experience of Infectious diseases / Medical Microbiology and AMS. The position offers unique opportunities to lead AMS audits and quality improvement projects, and other AMS activities like antibiotic ward rounds on medical and surgical wards. Previous candidates have been able to contribute to numerous audits and paper presentations at International Conferences (FIS).

Main Duties

1. Support the AMS Lead with AMS audits and ward rounds/oversight of antibiotic use on the wards.

1. Support the liaison Infection and Microbiology Service: - Reviewing patients identified with sepsis/ reviewing patients with complex infections in the hospital, supporting the Infection registrar in their daily jobs, particularly in the absence of the Microbiology SHO.

General Duties

Clinical Fellow in Microbiology & Infectious Diseases

The successful candidate will work directly under the supervision of an Infection Consultant, and alongside the Infection SpR in training.

The priority of this post is to support Antimicrobial Stewardship. Attention to detail, good communication, and well as excellent clinical documentation and organizational skills are required. You will be expected to contribute to clinical audit, guideline development, and quality improvement projects.

The job demands a high-level of flexibility, initiative, multi-tasking, and independent working. The daily tasks can change rapidly, reactive to the evolving situation within the hospital.

Teaching

The North Middlesex University Hospital has gained a reputation for teaching excellence in the region due to our dedicated consultant teachers and a rich variety of clinical cases. The department offers extensive learning opportunities. The candidate will have the opportunity to participate in departmental teaching.

Protected training sessions are provided to the appropriate goals of training agreed by the educational supervisors. Study leave will be granted, subject to approval by ES in accordance with the Trust policy. Candidates will be supported towards gaining relevant post-graduate qualifications, and will also be encouraged and supported by consultants to present and publish

Their work in the form of posters, articles, and presentations in local, national and international conferences and journals.

Undergraduate Education

The hospital has a commitment to training medical students from the University College London (UCL) Medical School. Medical students at St. Georges International School of Medicine in Grenada also attend for varying periods in different specialties.

Postgraduate Education

The hospital has a modern, well-equipped Academic Centre for Post-Graduate Medical Education (PGME) with a comprehensive medical library and an adjacent Open Learning Centre. The Academic Centre is well used by the Hospital staff and local General Practitioners and offers an intensive programe of postgraduate lectures and demonstrations. The Hospital has an excellent reputation for its postgraduate medical education. There are regular FRCS, MRCP, DCH and MRCOG courses held and on-going MRCP training. ALS, EPALS, GIC and APLS courses are also conducted locally in the hospital, and preference is given to our staff in enrolment.

Person Specification

Skills, Aptitudes, Personal qualities & Attributes & others

Essential

• oAbility to manage common acute and chronic infectious diseases
• oAbility to teach and train health care workers

Desirable

• oExcellent interpersonal and communication skills- verbal and written
• oA flexible collaborative approach
• oGood team worker
• oLeadership skills

Values

Essential

• oDemonstrable ability to meet the Trust Values

Education and qualification

Essential

• o*MBBS or equivalent
• *Current full registration with the General Medical Council
• oEvidence of completion of the UK foundation programme or equivalent competencies
• oTwo years postgraduate clinical experience in the NHS
• oMRCP part 1

Desirable

• oTwo years postgraduate clinical experience in the NHS
• oEvidence of participation in audit and quality improvement
• oExperinece of recent direct patient care
• oExperience in clinical infectious diseases including imported infections

others

Essential

• oAbility to commit to the requirements of the post
• oAbility to organsise work load efficiently
• oAbility to be self-directed
• oEnthusuastic, problem solving approach

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).

Employer details

Employer name

Royal Free London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

North Middlesex University Hospital

Sterling way

Edmonton

N18 1QX

Employer's website

https://www.royalfreelondonjobs.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)