LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE & TROPICAL MEDICINE
DEPARTMENT OF INFECTIOUS AND TROPICAL DISEASES
University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust Hospital for
Tropical Diseases, Division of Infection
Senior Clinical Appointment in Infectious Diseases & Tropical
Medicine/Consultant Physician in Tropical Medicine
Applications are invited for a Senior Clinical Academic/Consultant Physician in
Tropical Medicine to work 80% of their time in the Department of Infectious and
Tropical Diseases at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM)
and two programmed activities at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases (part of the
University College London Hospitals Trust).
Part of the University of London, the LSHTM is the largest institution of its kind in
Europe with a remarkable depth and breadth of expertise encompassing many
disciplines. The School was ranked one of the top 3 research institutions in the
country in the Times Higher Education’s 'table of excellence', which is based on the
2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE), ahead of the London School of
Economics, Oxford, Imperial and University College, London. The institution also
achieved the largest increase in ranking compared with 2001 of any of the top 10
institutions in the RAE rankings. The School was awarded the 2009 annual Gates
Award for Global Health, both the first academic institution to win the award and the
first British winner.
The successful candidate will have a certificate of completion of specialist training in
infectious diseases and preferably also tropical medicine; substantial experience of
clinical medicine in resource-limited settings; a proven track record of successful
research in the fields of tropical medicine or public health and proven experience of
teaching at postgraduate level. The post provides an opportunity to be involved in
the exciting development and growth in research activities within the Department, to
maintain an active clinical profile at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, and to take a
major role in the teaching programme at the School, with particular responsibility for
directing the Diploma of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene course.
Starting salary will be on the Clinical Senior Lecturer/Reader scale, commensurate
with experience and type of consultant contract held.
Potential candidates are encouraged to contact the Head of Department, Infectious
and Tropical Diseases, Professor Simon Croft (e-mail: simon.croft@lshtm.ac.uk
Telephone: +44 20 7927 2637 or the Head of the Clinical Research Unit, Dr. Alison
Grant (e-mail: Alison.grant@lshtm.ac.uk Telephone +44 20 7927 2304 or 2256).
Applications should be made via our website http://jobs.lshtm.ac.uk.
The reference for this post is AG01. Only applications in the format outlined in the
further particulars will be considered. Closing date for applications is 7 August
2009. Any queries regarding the application process may be addressed to
jobs@lshtm.ac.uk quoting the reference number.
“The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine is committed to being an equal opportunities
employer.”
LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE & TROPICAL MEDICINE
DEPARTMENT OF INFECTIOUS AND TROPICAL DISEASES
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
HOSPITAL FOR TROPICAL DISEASES, DIVISION OF INFECTION
SENIOR CLINICAL APPOINTMENT IN INFECTIOUS DISEASES & TROPICAL
MEDICINE/ CONSULTANT PHYSICIAN IN TROPICAL MEDICINE
Units:
Clinical Research Unit (CRU)
Hospital for Tropical Diseases (HTD)
Responsible to:
CRU Unit Head (Dr Alison Grant)
Clinical Director, Division of Infection, UCLH (Dr Vanya Gant)
FURTHER PARTICULARS
1. The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine has an internationally
excellent reputation in public health and tropical medicine, is a leading
postgraduate medical institution in Europe and is Britain's national school of
public health. It was ranked in the top three UK research institutions in the 2008
Research Assessment Exercise. A special strength of the School's research is
its multi-disciplinary nature: leading researchers have backgrounds in public
health medicine, epidemiology, clinical medicine, infectious diseases,
chemotherapy, biochemistry, immunology, genetics, molecular biology,
entomology, statistics, demography, health economics, public health engineering,
medical anthropology, health promotion, environmental health management, and
health policy.
2. Department of Infectious and Tropical Diseases (Head: Professor Simon
Croft)
The Department encompasses all the laboratory-based research in the School as
well as that on the clinical and epidemiological aspects of infectious and tropical
diseases. The range of disciplines represented in the department is very broad
and inter-disciplinary research is a feature of much of the activity. The spectrum
of diseases studied is wide, including major groups with a focus on malaria,
tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted diseases, eye disease,
vaccine development and evaluation, and vector biology and control.
The Department is organised into four research units: Immunology, Pathogen
Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Disease Control and Vector Biology and
Clinical Research. There is close interaction between scientists in different
research teams. The Department has strong overseas links which provide a
basis for field studies and international collaborations in developed and
developing countries. The Department provides a stimulating environment for
research and postgraduate teaching at the Masters and doctoral level.
The School offers 22 one year full-time taught courses leading to the Master of
Science (MSc) degree of the University of London and the Diploma of the
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (DLSHTM). The Department
of Infectious and Tropical Diseases runs or contributes substantially to ten of
these courses. In addition, the Department is responsible for the three-month
Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (DTM&H) and offers a range of
specialist short courses lasting usually one or two weeks. Four MSc courses are
offered by Distance-based Learning, including one on Infectious Diseases. Two
doctoral training programmes are available: MPhil/PhD degrees are designed for
those who wish to go on to a full time research career, while the DrPH is
designed for those who expect their careers to be more in the practice of public
health.
3. Clinical Research Unit (Head: Dr. Alison Grant)
The Unit has broad research interests including mycobacterial infections
(tuberculosis and leprosy), sexually transmitted diseases, HIV/AIDS, malaria,
prevention of blindness, acute respiratory infections, clinical parasitology and
travel medicine. Several members of the Unit practise clinical medicine at the
Hospital for Tropical Diseases (part of the University College London Hospitals
NHS Trust), but the research is multidisciplinary, extending from basic laboratory
science (immunology and molecular biology) through clinical medicine to
epidemiology and public health, and there is extensive collaboration with other
units in the School, in the UK and overseas. Members of the Unit conduct
research in a number of countries in Africa and Asia including Zambia,
Zimbabwe, Uganda, The Gambia, Kenya, Tanzania, South Africa, India, Nepal
and China. The Wellcome Trust Bloomsbury Centre for Clinical Tropical
Medicine is based in the Unit, and provides a valuable source of training
fellowships for clinicians seeking research training in Tropical Medicine and
Infectious Diseases. The Unit is also the base for the Wellcome Trust Clinical
PhD programme which awards three PhD fellowships per year in Clinical Tropical
Medicine.
4. University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
UCLH is one of the largest and most complex public sector organisations in the
UK. It has played a leading role in the reform of the NHS, by becoming one of
the first NHS Foundation Trusts as of 1 st July 2004. The Trust has recently
completed the first phase of the most ambitious £422m PFI project in the NHS
and is leading in research and development role in biomedicine, jointly with
University College London. UCLH is also a founding member of UCL Partners,
one of five newly formed UK Academic Health Science Centres, which includes
LSHTM as an associate member. Infectious Diseases is one of seven research
themes at UCLP and the successful post holder would be expected to contribute
to the development of this theme. HTD is managerially within the Division of
Infection (Clinical Director: Dr Vanya Gant) which is part of the Medicine Board
(Medical Director: Dr Paul Glynne). Appraisal and job planning will be jointly
conducted by LSHTM and UCLH line managers and will form the basis for
detailed discussions of contributions to service and personal professional
development. The successful candidate will demonstrate evidence of
commitment to delivering a high quality clinical service with patient safety at the
heart of this.
The Trust is a group of central London hospitals, which include:
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The Eastman Dental Hospital
The Elizabeth Garrett Anderson and Obstetric Hospital [EGA]
The Heart Hospital
The Hospital for Tropical Diseases [HTD]
The National Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery [NHNN]
The Royal London Homeopathic Hospital
University College Hospital [UCH]
At UCLH we have around 1000 beds. The new University College Hospital and
The Elizabeth Garrett Anderson and Obstetrics Hospital, and the Rosenheim
Wing have approximately 700 beds; The Heart Hospital has 88 and the National
Hospital for Neurology & Neurosurgery has 207.
The _ Trust is closely associated with University College London (UCL), London’s
Global, multi-faculty university. The Royal Free & University College Medical
School (RFUCMS), which is one of the highest rated medical schools in the
country, forms the largest element of the UCL Faculty of Biomedical Sciences
(FBS), which was formed on 1st August 2006.
FBS comprises the former Faculty of Clinical Sciences, four postgraduate
Institutes (Ophthalmology, Neurology, Child Health, Eastman Dental) and the
Wolfson Institute for Biomedical Research. This structural change further
enhances the exceptionally strong base of research and teaching in Biomedicine
at UCL.
The clinical activity of FBS is delivered by 14 Divisions and Institutes: Division of
Medicine, Cancer Institute, Division of Surgical and Interventional Sciences,
Division of Population Health, Division of Infection and Immunity, Institute for
Women’s Health, Ear Institute, Division of Medical Education, Division of
Research Strategy and the five Institutes listed above. The Divisions/Institutes are
situated on three main sites - the Bloomsbury Campus, the Royal Free Campus,
and the Whittington Campus - and operate mainly in conjunction with four central
London National Health Service Trusts and primary health care practices. There
are also strong academic links with NHS Trusts in Greater London and the South
East.
RFUCMS in its present form was created in 1998 by the merger of two major
institutions - UCL Medical School and the Royal Free Hospital School of
Medicine. It comprises the Faculty of Biomedical Sciences and that part of the
Faculty of Life Sciences which provides the basic science teaching for the medical
undergraduates. It also offers a wide range of graduate programmes and houses
many interdisciplinary research teams. The Medical School has consistently
received one of the highest ratings in the UK in the HEFCE research
assessments undertaken during the last twelve years. Professor Edward Byrne is
Dean of the Faculty of Biomedical Sciences and Vice-Provost Health and
Professor Ian Jacobs is Dean for Health Services Research, UCL and Partners.
Professor Raymond MacAllister is Vice Dean for Research, Professor Jane Dacre
is Vice-Dean for Medical Education and Professor Irwin Nazareth is Vice Dean for
Population Health, Professor Humphrey Hodgson is Vice-Dean RFUCMS and
Campus Director of the Royal Free Campus and Professor David Patterson is the
Whittington Campus Vice-Dean RFUCMS and Campus Director.
The Trust has an arrangement with the Medical School to provide clinical teaching
for the MBBS undergraduate programme, for which purpose it receives NHS
funds from the Workforce Development Confederation. The Trust is recognised
by the University of London for this purpose.
The successful candidate for this Consultant post will be eligible to become an
Honorary Senior Lecturer of UCL on the understanding that he/she will participate
in undergraduate teaching, including acting as an examiner, and support and
facilitate research activities in the Division of Infection. S/he will take direction in
these activities, via the academic lead, from the Divisional Director. The
agreement to define the Honorary Senior Lecturer's responsibilities and
associated programmed activities in relation to teaching time and research will be
negotiated jointly between the post holder, the Medical School (via the
Division/Institute Director and/or the Vice-Dean/Campus Director) and the NHS
Trust. It will form part of the successful candidate’s job plan. The award of the
Honorary Senior Lecturer contract will be dependent upon a request being
submitted by the Division/Institute to Medical School Administration.
The services we provide
UCLH provides high quality accident and emergency, general medical and
general surgical services to the people who live, work and visit north central
London. In addition, the hospital group is home to many specialist services, which
attract patients from all over the UK.
Some of the key services are:
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Cancer services
Cardiac services
Infectious diseases
Neurosciences
Oral health
Women’s health.
Our Staff
The Foundation Trust has a combined staff of 6,000. Roughly 17% are doctors
and dentists, 32% nurses or midwives and 51% are allied healthcare
professionals, scientific and technical staff, managers, administrators and support
staff; other key services such as catering, portering and domestic services are
provided by our external partner, Interserve.
Our Patients
Every year we treat close to 60,000 patients in hospital, either as inpatients or day
cases. We also see nearly 500,000 outpatients per year. The majority of our
patients are from our closest health authority areas: Camden, Islington,
Kensington, Chelsea, Westminster and Haringey and the north Thames area in
general.
New Hospital
The Trust’s new 16-storey, state-of the-art hospital was named University
College Hospital by the Secretary of State for Health in 2004, and opened to
provide health care service in June 2005. A new purpose-built "Elizabeth Garrett
Anderson (EGA) Wing" to house Women Services officially opened in 2009.
Investment in new medical equipment such as IT systems to provide records, test
results and X-rays electronically has been made. A new high-tech pathology
building close to the new hospital on Hampstead Road is to be built. This
investment represents the most significant programme of improvements ever
seen in the NHS at a single site.
The Trust will be able to treat patients in a state of-the-art hospital environment of
which we can be proud. This includes embracing modern technology and
techniques to ensure that the Trust continues to fulfill its part in meeting the health
needs of both local residents and those from further a field requiring specialist
care.
Further information about the Trust, its strategic direction and hospitals can be
found on the UCLH Website @ www.uclh.nhs.uk
Please see Annex for general information relating to terms and conditions of
service at UCLH.
5. Hospital for Tropical Diseases
HTD moved from St Pancras Hospital to UCLH in 1999 and on to the 8 th floor of
the new UCH tower in June 2005. The ward is shared with a separate team
looking after HIV patients and has 43 beds with 16 negative pressure rooms. The
inpatient service consists of two firms each with a consultant, three registrars,
one core medical trainee and one foundation trainee. Each firm admits around
600 patients per year, half of which are returning travellers and migrants and half
are patients with community acquired infections and general medical problems.
There are a dozen consultants who spend one month on service at a time when
they provide daily leadership of the team, supervise the registrar-led telephone
advice line and are on call for specialist tropical advice on alternate 24 hour
periods. Consultants on service are expected to attend daily including at
weekends and are paid category A on call supplement at medium frequency
level.
HTD also has a walk-in tropical service on the 2nd floor of the Mortimer Market
Centre nearby which sees around 2000 patients a year, a dozen specialist
outpatient clinics with over 3000 patients, many referred from out of London, and
a NHS travel clinic which is run on semi-commercial basis with 5000+
attendances per year. Consultants supervise the trainee-led walk-in clinic during
their month on service. There is no commitment to the travel clinic other than to
provide emergency cover.
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Responsibilities of the post
Research Activities
The post holder will be expected to have an active research programme,
preferably based overseas, for which s/he obtains external funding. This should
be in the field of Tropical Medicine/Infectious Diseases and consistent with the
research interests of the Department. Laboratory space will be made available
at the School if required. The post holder will be expected to play an active part
in running the Bloomsbury Wellcome Trust Centre for Clinical Tropical Medicine,
and to encourage and supervise junior colleagues wishing to gain research
experience.
Teaching Duties
The post holder will direct the DTM&H course and contribute to the MSc
Tropical Medicine & International Health and other elements of the LSHTM
teaching programme as requested, including supervising research degree
students. There will also be some commitment to undergraduate teaching at
UCLH whilst on clinical service. If not already demonstrated, the successful
applicant will need to acquire the basic level of competency required by the
London Deanery to provide clinical supervision of postgraduate doctors in
training.
Clinical Duties
The post holder will provide on average two months on clinical service per year
and have the option of establishing a weekly outpatient clinic. Each consultant is
expected to take on an aspect of service management appropriate to their
expertise and level of involvement with the hospital. S/he will be expected to
attend weekly audit meetings and teaching rounds at the HTD when in the
country. A provisional job plan based on 2 Programmed Activities (including
DCCs & SPAs) of clinical duties has been agreed. Details of clinical duties are
included in the Annex.
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Essential skills and qualifications
(i) Certificate of completion of specialist training in infectious diseases
(ii) Diploma of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
(iii) Higher degree (MD or PhD)
(iv) Extensive experience of clinical medicine in a tropical setting
(iv) Proven experience of teaching at postgraduate level
(v) Proven experience of mentoring junior researchers
(vi) Experience of research leadership in tropical medicine or international health
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Proven ability to attract large competitive research grants
Proven record of high quality research by publications in peer-reviewed
journals
(ix) Proven ability to work well in teams; excellent communication skills; and an
ability to interact and work in a multicultural environment
(x) Experience of collaboration in multidisciplinary research
(xi) Understanding of the priorities for delivering a high quality clinical service at
HTD
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Desirable skills and qualifications
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Experience of clinical work in more than one developing country
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Evidence of administrative experience
(iii) Certificate of completion of specialist training in tropical medicine
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Salary and conditions of appointment
This appointment will be offered as a without duration contract. The starting
salary will be on the School's scale for Clinical Academics with Honorary
Consultant Contract, according to qualifications and experience.
How to Apply
We encourage you to apply for this post online at our website jobs.lshtm.ac.uk.
The reference for this post will be AG01. Online applications will be accepted by the
automated system until midnight on 7 August 2009.
Applications should also include a CV, a covering letter and the names and email
addresses of 3 referees who can be contacted immediately if shortlisted.
If you are unable to apply online, please contact us at jobs@lshtm.ac.uk or
telephone 020 7927 2201.
The supporting statement section should set out how your qualifications, experience
and training meet each of the selection criteria. Please provide one or more
paragraphs addressing each criterion. The supporting statement is an essential part
of the selection process and thus a failure to provide this information will mean that
the application will not be considered. An answer to any of the criteria such as
“Please see attached CV” will not be considered acceptable.
Please note that if you are shortlisted and are unable to attend on the interview date
it may not be possible to offer you an alternative date.
“The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine is committed to being an equal opportunities
employer.”
Annex: Guide to HTD consultants’ month on service
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Consultants on service spend most of the time on the ward delivering clinical care to
admitted patients, providing specialist opinions on referrals, supporting leadership
development for junior doctors and delivering education to medical students
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The working day starts at 8am and the first two hours are for handover, specialist
training, supervision, audit meetings and dynamic case discussions
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The two HTD teams admit on alternate days in a fixed pattern M/W/FSS/Tu/Th
irrespective of which consultant is on call
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You should see all new admissions within 24 hours
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On call consultants take the external calls from 5pm to 9am. The clinic SpR gives you a brief
telephone handover at 5pm and then patches through the HTD mobile. Please make a brief
record of each consultation. You may have to come in overnight
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You are expected to come in at the weekend and do a focused ward round
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You are required to do a formal twice weekly ward round and in addition to review patients
on a daily basis following discussion with the ward registrar. The emphasis is on
supporting the registrar to take a leadership role; it may be that consultant reviews are
better for training and service if done in the afternoon
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You should be available throughout the week to discuss and review patients
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To strengthen training we have a popular daily post-take ‘ID Morning Report’ from
9.15 – 9.45am chaired by the day admitting consultant
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Please encourage medical students to take an active role and integrate them in to the
firm. About 6 hours of each clinical week will be spent teaching students
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Half of all e-portfolio assessments must be done by a consultant; each one takes about
20 mins to complete – please offer to do one each day
Consultant PA allocation
1 month on ward = 1 PA
This consists of 0.75 direct clinical care and 0.25 supporting professional activities as
detailed in the timetable below.
Outside of months on service consultants are expected to attend audit meetings and HTD
rounds when in the country and to maintain an up to date CPD folder. This generally
accounts for 0.5PA time weekly when averaged throughout the year.
Timetable
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
0800
Ward Team
Meeting
Infection
Teaching
Tropical
Grand
Round
Audit &
Governance
Walk-in &
Calls
Review
0900
Board
Round
Board
Round
Board
Round
Board
Round
Board
Round
0915
ID Morning
Report
ID Morning
Report
ID Morning
Report
ID Morning
Report
ID Morning
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0945
Consultant
Ward Round
1100
Consultant
Ward Round
Medical
Students
Medical
Students
Consultant
Ward Round
Medical
Students
1200
Consultant
Ward Round
Microbiology
Bench
Round
Microbiology
Bench
Round
Consultant
Ward Round
Microbiology
Bench
Round
Social MDT
Meeting
Radiology
Meeting
Consultant
Reviews
Consultant
Reviews
Consultant
Reviews
Consultant
Reviews
Consultant
Reviews
Consultant
Reviews
Consultant
Reviews
Consultant
Reviews
Ward
Handover
Ward
Handover
Ward
Handover
Ward
Handover
1300
1400
HTD
Round
1500
Consultant
Ward Round
Microbiology
Seminar
1600
1700
Ward
Handover
1730
Histology
Monthly
CPD cases
Monthly
General requirements at UCLH:
Clinical Governance
The post-holder will comply with the Trust’s clinical governance requirements and
participate in related initiatives where appropriate. This will include participating in
clinical audit and review of outcomes, working towards achievement of national and
local performance management targets, complying with risk management policies,
and participating in the consultant appraisal process.
The post-holder will also be responsible for maintaining satisfactory patient notes
and, when relevant, for entering data onto a computer database in accordance with
the rules and regulations of the Data Protection Act.
Confidentiality
All employees and honorary appointees are required to exercise discretion and
maintain confidentiality at all times.
Conflict of Interest
All applicants to any post within the Trust are required to declare any involvement
directly with any firm, company or organisation, which has a contract with the Trust.
Failure to do so may result in an application being rejected or, if discovered after
appointment, that such information has been withheld, this may lead to dismissal.
Criminal Record
In view of the nature of the work this post is exempt from the provision of Section 4
(2) of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 by virtue of the Rehabilitation of
Offenders Act 1974 (Exemption order 1975). Applicants are, therefore, not entitled to
withhold information about convictions including those which for other purposes are
“spent” under the provisions of the Act. You are, therefore, required to declare any
pending prosecutions or convictions you may have, even if they would otherwise be
regarded as “spent” under this Action and any cautions. In the event of
employment, failure to disclose such convictions could result in dismissal or
disciplinary action by the Authority. Any information given will be completely
confidential and will be considered only in relation to an application for positions to
which the order applies.
The Trust will check with the police for the existence and content of any criminal
record of the successful applicant. Information received from the police will be kept
in strict confidence.
The disclosure of a criminal record, or other information, will not debar you from
appointment unless the selection panel considers that the conviction renders you
unsuitable for appointment. In making the decision the Trust will consider the nature
of the offence, how long ago and what age you were when it was committed and any
other factors which may be relevant, including appropriate considerations in relation
to the Trust’s published Equal Opportunities Policy.
Failure to declare a conviction, caution or bind-over may, however, disqualify you
from appointment, or result in summary dismissal/disciplinary action if the
discrepancy comes to light. If you would like to discuss what effect any conviction
you have might have on your application, in confidence, for advice, please contact a
Senior Officer in the Human Resources Department.
Data Protection
In accordance with the Data Protection Act (1998), the Trust is authorised, if
required to do so, to obtain, process and/or use information held on a computer in a
fair and lawful way. The Trust is authorised to hold data only for the specific
registered purpose and not to use or disclose it in anyway incompatible with such
purpose. It is further authorised to disclose data only to authorised organisations as
instructed.
Equality and Diversity
To comply with the Trust’s Equal Opportunities Policy and treat staff, patients,
colleagues and potential employees with dignity and respect at all times.
Health and Safety
Employees must be aware of the responsibilities placed on them under the Health
and Safety at Work Act (1974), to ensure that agreed safety procedures are carried
out to maintain a safe environment for employees, patients and visitors.
Hepatitis B
All employees who perform “exposure prone procedures” should be immunised
against Hepatitis B. Antibody response should be checked on a regular basis. If
successful in being appointed to a post, all employees MUST report to the
Occupational Health Department within two weeks of starting in post. Failure to
comply with this, or the new regulations pertaining to Hepatitis B, may result in an
employee being suspended from duty. For further information, either contact the HR
Department or the Occupational Health Department. All matters discussed will
remain confidential.
Insurance Policy
The trust accepts no responsibility for damage to or loss of personal property with
the exception of small valuables handed to their officials for safe custody. Staff are
therefore recommended to take out an insurance policy to cover personal property.
Ionising Radiation Use
Under the Ionising Radiation (Medical Exposure) Regulations 2000 the Trust is
obliged to maintain a register of all persons entitled to act as “Practitioners” or
“Operators” (i.e. to justify or to carry out a medical exposure) and to keep records of
their training.
If your post includes the responsibilities of either “Practitioner” or “Operator” as
defined by these regulations you must provide the Trust with evidence of training.
This should include evidence of completion of an approved training course plus
details of practical experience.
Please note that if, during the course of your duties, you refer a person for a medical
exposure you are obliged to provide sufficient relevant clinical information to the
Practitioner to justify the use of Ionising radiation. You are expected to follow any
guidelines for such referrals, which the Trust provides.
Job Sharing
UCLH has a job sharing policy under which all posts are open to job sharing, with or
without a partner.
No Smoking
UCLH operates a “No Smoking Policy” which does not allow smoking at work, in
trust buildings, entrances or grounds. Smoking is a Health and Safety issue, and all
staff have a responsibility to ensure that smoking does not occur in public areas or
entrances and to be aware of, not only health risks, but also the risks of unnecessary
fire alarm activation. The trust has a comprehensive staff support programme for
staff who wish to give up smoking. For more information, contact the stop smoking
services Manager.
Public Transport and Car Parking
Car Parking facilities at the Trust are limited. The current car parking policy and
permit allocation policy has recently been revised and permit applications should be
directed to the Head of Staff Services.
Recruitment & Selection
All employees who are responsible for recruiting new staff are required to have
completed recruitment and selection training before they can be involved in any
recruitment process.
Relocation Expenses
Assistance may be given to newly appointed Consultants with part of the cost of
their removal expenses, providing (generally) this is their first appointment in the
National Health Service and also that the removal is necessary to comply with UCLH
requirements concerning the place of residence.
Residential Criteria
It is considered acceptable for new employees to commute a distance of
approximately 25 miles to the hospital unless there are exceptional circumstances or
job requirements that prevent this. Trust staff must be able to contact a consultant
by telephone.
Service Commitment
UCLH expects its employees to communicate with colleagues, patients and visitors
in a polite and courteous manner at all times and to adhere to the UCLH Service
Commitment "Putting Patients First" and adopt a professional approach to customer
care at all times.
Staff Involvement
The Trust is committed to involving staff at all levels to improve patient services and
working lives. The Trust continually strives to improve internal communication
systems and encourage staff involvement in organisational and service
developments – including business planning – to enable staff to influence
discussions which affect them and their working conditions.
Staff Nursery/Crèche
UCLH has childcare provision at three nurseries for employees. The nurseries are
based in the following areas:
 The Mousehole nursery (23 Devonshire St.)
 The Fig Tree (4 St. Pancras Way)
Places at these nurseries are available for babies and children aged 4 months – 5
years. If a place is not immediately available, names will be placed on a central
waiting list.