Paediatric Infectious diseases and Immunology Clinical Fellow; ST

Overview

Applications are invited for Senior Clinical Fellows in Paediatric Immunology & Infectious Diseases (PIID). The posts are based at the Evelina London Children's Hospital, Guys & St Thomas NHS Foundation Trust. In addition to supporting the clinical service the post holder will gain experience in research, education and quality improvement.

• The successful applicant will join seven PIID consultants (4 WTE) and two Paediatric infectious diseases clinical fellows. The PIID team works closely with The Department of Infectious Diseases (The DoI - incorporating Virology & Microbiology sections) and the Department of Infection Prevention & Control (IPC). In total, the DoI has about 50 staff including 6 consultant virologists, 6 consultant microbiologists, 8 adult , and several antimicrobial pharmacists.
• Deliver inpatient and outpatient care covering acute/complex infection, HIV, TB, congenital infection, inflammation (PIMS-TS, Kawasaki Disease & Fever).
• Involvement in Antimicrobial stewardship (AMS), Paediatric outpatient parenteral antibiotic therapy (pOPAT), infection control and primary/secondary immunodeficiency clinics.
• In-patients are reviewed at Evelina London Children’s Hospital and the Royal Brompton; telephone advice is provided to other hospitals within the South East Thames network.

• Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust comprises two of London’s best known teaching hospitals and employs over 12,500 staff and supports over 1 million patient contacts a year.
• ELCH admits over 25,000 patients per year, of which more than 8,000 are non-elective admissions. Activity has increased in elective and non-elective care with an average rise of 8% over the past year, with expectations to continue. ELCH has a broad transformational programme entitled Fit for the Future to enhance patient and family care and to develop additional physical capacity; over 125,000 outpatients attend ELCH each year.

For further details / informal visits contact:
Dr Julia Kenny, Consultant. Email: