Infection Prevention and Control Research - Canary Wharf, United Kingdom - UK Health Security Agency

UK Health Security Agency

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Canary Wharf, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

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Salary:

- £55,799 - £65,089
Job grade:

Grade 7
Contract type:
Fixed term
Length of employment:

- until 31/03/2025
Type of role:

Health Professionals
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Working pattern:
Flexible working, Fulltime
Number of jobs available:
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Location

10 South Colonnade, Canary Wharf but will involve overseas travel as required by the UK-PHRSTAbout the job

Job summary:

As the UK's new health security agency, the UKHSA is relentlessly focused on protecting the public from an ever-increasing range of dangers to our health.

The impact of infectious diseases, our changing climate, biological threats, and wider health risks have made us all more aware of how important it is to feel health secure.

Within the UKHSA we are constantly working globally, regionally, and locally to prepare for, prevent and respond to the health threats we face.

The impact we make is profound. We bring together world leading science, data analytics and operational expertise, and partner with industry, academia, and government. This empowers us to be ready, act quickly and keep the nation safe.

Creating a culture that our staff feel proud to be a part of will be key to our on-going success.

We will develop this by listening and learning together, acting upon diverse voices and opinions to create a common sense of identity and effective ways of working underpinned by our shared values.

Job description:

ABOUT THE TEAM
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is renowned for its research, postgraduate studies and continuing education in public and global health.

Our mission is to improve health and health equity in the UK and worldwide; working in partnership to achieve excellence in public and global health research, education and translation of knowledge into policy and practice.

We embrace and value the diversity of our staff and student population and seek to promote equity, diversity and inclusion as essential elements in contribution to improving health worldwide.

We believe that when people feel respected and included, they can be more creative, successful, and happier at work.

While we have more work to do, we are committed to building an inclusive workplace, a community that everyone feels a part of, which is safe, respectful, supportive and enables all to reach their full potential.

The UK Public Health Rapid Support Team (UK-PHRST)

Launched in 2016, the UK-PHRST is an innovative government-academic partnership funded by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) and co-led by UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), with a consortium of academic and implementing partners in the UK and internationally.

It is comprised of a multidisciplinary team of public health professionals and researchers with a novel integrated triple-remit of outbreak response, research and capacity strengthening to prevent and control epidemics of infectious diseases in countries eligible for UK Official Development Assistance (ODA).

Both institutes contribute and are responsible for delivery of the UK-PHRST triple mandate across outbreak response, research and capacity strengthening, with LSHTM leading the research programme and UKHSA who lead the outbreak response.

The UK-PHRST has the following objectives:

Support partners in low

- and middle
- income countries (LMICs) to prepare for, prevent, detect, and respond rapidly to disease outbreaks, with the aim of stopping a public health threat from becoming a health emergency

Identify research questions with partners and deliver rigorous research with partners that improves the evidence base for best practice in disease outbreak prevention, detection, and response in LMICs
Support the development of incountry capacity for an improved and rapid national response to prepare for, prevent, detect, and respond to disease outbreaks

The UK-PHRST is a multidisciplinary team that includes a range of technical skillsets from across public health, core programme/operational management, and senior leadership.

Joining the UK-PHRST is conditional to:

Satisfactory completion of an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check
National Vetting System Security Clearance (Security Check). Individuals must either have a preexisting Security Clearance or be able to obtain and maintain one for the duration of their employment with the UK-PHRST.
Being declared medically 'fit for deployment' prior to placement. All medical appointment records will be confidentially retained in line with UKHSA information governance policies.
Completing the UK-PHRST mandatory training programme.

JOB SUMMARY
The Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) Research Specialist, as a key member of the multi-disciplinary team, will prov