Senior Clinical Fellow; ST Paediatric Infectious Diseases

Overview

12 month fixed term Clinical Fellow in Paediatric Infectious Diseases - This is a full time post providing Registrar level cover for the department.

The successful applicant will be expected to carry out all duties of a Paediatric Infectious Diseases (PID) Registrar, participating in all the activities of the PID Unit.

• Participate in all activities of the PID Unit, providing Registrar level cover as a PID fellow.
• Inpatient and outpatient involvement through the PID Unit:
  St George's Hospital provides the in-patient service for PID with a dedicated ward (Pinckney ward) and other inpatient paediatric services for infectious or immunological concerns.
• Contribute to the PID clinic and specialised clinics in HIV, TB, congenital infections, immunodeficiencies, vaccinology and fungal infections.
• Engage in extensive outreach PID support to District General Hospitals within South West London and Surrey as a consult/advice service.
• Contribute to antimicrobial stewardship services and Paediatric Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (pOPAT) provision.
• Collaborate with the Microbiology team, participate in dedicated multidisciplinary teams, and work with the Paediatric and Neonatal Intensive Care Units, Radiology and colleagues at Evelina London Children’s Hospital.
• Participate in governance activities and research foundations, including audits and service improvement projects to strengthen research profile; link with the Centre for Neonatal and Paediatric Infection (CNPI) at SGUL.

St George's Healthcare NHS Trust is one of the largest healthcare units in the United Kingdom, accommodating around 1,170 beds and treating around 80,000 inpatient and day cases, and over 300,000 outpatients annually. It provides general acute services together with specialty services including neurosciences, cardiothoracic, and specialist children's services.