Job summary
An opportunity has arisen for a 3.5 PA Consultant in Infection with a specialist focus on inpatient ward attending and Outpatient work at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases (HTD), part of University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH).
This post will contribute towards consultant service delivery within the NHS England Highly Specialist Tropical Medicine and infectious diseases services. The successful candidate will join a dynamic and expert multidisciplinary team comprising Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine Consultants, Clinical Parasitologists, Tropical Dermatologists, Specialist Pharmacists, Nurse Specialists, and Laboratory Scientists.
This is an exciting opportunity to contribute to a national specialist service known for delivering high-quality care, education, and innovation in the management of parasitic and tropical infections. The post is ideal for a Consultant seeking a flexible, specialist role, potentially alongside academic, clinical, or educational commitments elsewhere.
Main duties of the job
The Consultant will contribute to both outpatient tropical medicine and inpatient infectious disease services at University College London Hospitals (UCLH). The job plan will comprise 3.5 Programmed Activities (PAs) per week on average, planned and delivered in a rotational manner with blocks covering these services.
Direct Clinical Care (2.4 PAs)
* Attending ward weeks – 9 weeks full time leading the inpatient service and admissions from ED and our walk‑in clinic.
* Daily attendance and leadership of the MDT based on the inpatient ward.
* Out of hours on call 1:2 during this time (including 5 weekends in one year).
* Ward rounds, MDT meetings, training of undergraduate students.
* Alternate week outpatient clinic – 21 over an annualised 42‑week year.
Supporting Professional Activities (1.1 PA)
* Personal CPD and time for appraisal and revalidation.
* Leadership of the HTD clinical governance and audit activity.
* Deliver teaching and training for resident doctors, specialty trainees, and national specialist groups.
* Undertake educational supervision, audit, quality improvement, and clinical governance activities.
* Participate in Consultants' monthly meetings and maintain Continuing Professional Development (CPD).
About us
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (UCLH) is one of the most complex NHS trusts in the UK, serving a large and diverse population. We provide academically led acute and specialist services to people from the local area, from throughout the United Kingdom and overseas. Our vision is to deliver top‑quality patient care, excellent education, and world‑class research.
We provide first‑class acute and specialist services across eight sites:
* University College Hospital (incorporating the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Wing)
* National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery
* Royal National ENT and Eastman Dental Hospitals
* University College Hospital Grafton Way Building
* Royal London Hospital for Integrated Medicine
* University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre
* The Hospital for Tropical Diseases
* University College Hospital at Westmoreland Street
We are dedicated to the diagnosis and treatment of many complex illnesses. UCLH specialises in women's health and the treatment of cancer, infection, neurological, gastrointestinal, and oral disease. It has world‑class support services including critical care, imaging, nuclear medicine, and pathology.
We are committed to sustainability and have pledged to become a carbon net zero health service, embedding sustainable practice throughout UCLH. We have set an ambitious target of net zero for our direct emissions by 2031 and indirect emissions by 2040.
Service context
The clinical infectious diseases service at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases sits within the Infection Division, one of six divisions within the Medicine Board, based at Charles House. The Infection Division comprises the Hospital for Tropical Diseases (HTD), Infectious Diseases inpatient and outpatient services (including the OPAT clinic), Clinical Microbiology, Clinical Virology, Parasitology, the Department of Infection Prevention & Control, the Find & Treat service, and NaTHNaC (National Travel Health Network and Centre). The Division also works closely with the Pathology Division.
The Infection Division is led by Dr Mike Brown, Divisional Clinical Director, and Fiona Yung, Divisional Manager. Each specialty within the Division has an appointed Clinical Lead, responsible for professional leadership, service coordination, and delivery of clinical services across the Trust. The Clinical Lead for Infectious Diseases is Dr Sarah Logan.
As part of UCLH, the service benefits from being embedded within one of the UK’s leading teaching hospitals. UCLH provides a stimulating and supportive environment for consultants and scientists with interests in global infectious diseases, tropical medicine, and national clinical leadership. The Trust is committed to the professional development of its staff, offering mentoring, appraisal, and participation in UCLH’s internal coaching and mentoring programme for new consultants.
Person Specification
Knowledge and Qualifications
Essential
* Full GMC Registration. NB: Non‑UK trained doctors must be on the GMC register by date of appointment.
* Applicants that are UK trained must be a holder of a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in Infectious Diseases, or be within six months of award of CCT by date of interview.
* Applicants that are non‑UK trained will be required to show evidence of equivalence to the UK CCT.
* MRCP or equivalent.
Desirable
* Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) in General Internal Medicine.
Experience
Essential
* Training or experience in General Medicine or other related specialties.
Desirable
* Experience of inpatient/attending consultant working at UCLH.
Skills and Abilities
Essential
* Skills in managing patients acutely unwell with infections and follow‑up care in outpatients.
Leadership
Essential
* Evidence of effective leadership of health professional teams.
Desirable
* Evidence of leadership at a regional or national level.
Personal and People Development
Essential
* Communication: Ability to communicate with clarity and intelligence in written and spoken English; ability to build rapport, listen, persuade, and negotiate.
* Accountability: Ability to work flexibly within specialist teams, to take responsibility, lead and make decisions where appropriate.
* Interpersonal skills: Ability to see patients as people, empathise and work co‑operatively with others.
Desirable
* Able to be a dynamic team member within the department and to contribute broadly to the running of the department.
Clinical Governance
Essential
* Understands the principles of clinical governance, laboratory quality management, and risk management.
* Evidence of participation in CME and CPD.
Desirable
* Evidence of involvement in clinical governance.
Audit
Essential
* Participation in clinical audit.
* Evidence of clinical governance and high‑quality audit.
Desirable
* Evidence of experience in leadership of an audit programme.
Research, Teaching skill & experience
Essential
* Understanding and knowledge of research ethics; willingness to participate in research and clinical trial work.
* Ability to critically assess published research and put it into practice.
* Experience of undergraduate and postgraduate teaching for medical staff and other health care workers.
Desirable
* Experience in delivery of national infection guidelines.
Management & IT
Essential
* Evidence of having worked and being able to communicate within an interdisciplinary/multispecialty service with appropriate levels of communication through direct discussions with team members, MDT meetings, and presentations to a team.
* Experience of using an electronic patient healthcare record system in clinical practice.
* Basic IT skills (e.g., email to support presentations).
Desirable
* Management course completed or evidence of knowledge of management structures and processes.
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 UK Visas and Immigration website. 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.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.
Employer details
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
University College London Hospital
250 Euston Road
London
NW1 2PG
Employer's website
https://www.uclh.nhs.uk
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