Clinical Fellow; Medical Microbiology

Clinical Fellow (Microbiology Medical) - MT04

Main area Medical Microbiology Grade Clinical Fellow (Microbiology Medical) - MT04 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 40 hours per week (Role includes participation in weekday & weekend on call rota) Job
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Employer King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Employer type NHS Site King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust Town London Salary £65,048 per annum plus London allowance Salary period Yearly Closing 29/01/2026 23:59

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c £1.8 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across 5 main sites in South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local hospital services across its different sites, and specialist services from King’s College Hospital (KCH) sites at Denmark Hill in Camberwell and at the Princess Royal University Hospital (PRUH) site in the London Borough of Bromley.

We encourage all our staff to have a healthy work/life balance. In doing so, you can apply for flexible working from the beginning of your employment. We offer a range of options which are designed to suit different circumstances and priorities in line with service requirements.

We are pleased to offer this opportunity to work as a Clinical Fellow in Medical Microbiology and/or Infectious Diseases at Denmark Hill site of King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

This is a replacement Clinical Fellow post focusing on supporting the Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases services. You will be based at Denmark Hill and be part of a dynamic team of consultants at both Denmark Hill (DH) and the PRUH sites with expertise across a broad range of areas including mycology, critical care, complex surgical specialties, transplantation and infectious diseases as well as London South Specialist Virology Centre at DH.

There is a 1:8 Microbiology on call commitment including weekends.

To work under the supervision of the Consultant Microbiologists/Consultant in Infectious Diseases (alongside other Infection trainees and Clinical Fellows) in the provision of clinical, laboratory and other microbiological and infection consult services to King's College Hospital

To work closely with Consultant Microbiologists/Consultant in Infectious Diseases to:

• provide day to day cover for the communication of important results to clinicians
• deal with incoming calls and visits, including , for clinical advice (and document advise as required)
• discuss, as necessary, serious infections with a Consultant
• ensure that appropriate clinicians and Infection Control Team are made aware of all alter organisms or possible clusters / outbreak of infection

King’s College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is one of the UK’s largest and busiest teaching Trusts with a turnover of c £1 billion, 1.5 million patient contacts a year and more than 15,000 staff based across South East London. The Trust provides a full range of local and specialist services across its five sites. The trust-wide strategy of Strong Roots, Global Reachis our Vision to be BOLD, Brilliant people, Outstanding care, Leaders in Research, Innovation and Education, Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at the heart of everything we do.

By being person-centred, digitally-enabled, and focused on sustainability, we aim to take Team King’s to another level.

We are at a pivotal point in our history and we require individuals who are ready to join a highly professional team and make a real, lasting difference to our patients and our people.

King’s is committed to delivering Sustainable Healthcare for All via our Green Plan. In line with national Greener NHS ambitions, we have set net zero carbon targets of 2040 for our NHS Carbon Footprint and 2045 for our NHS Carbon Footprint Plus. Everyone’s contribution is required in order to meet the goals set out in our Green Plan and we encourage all staff to work responsibly, minimising their contributions to the Trust’s carbon emissions, waste and pollution wherever possible.