This is an Infectious Diseases Senior Fellow  post, at the University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust.  It is suitable for applicants seeking training and experience in infectious disease and will join our existing NTN Speciality Trainees in Infectious Diseases at UHS. 

University Hospital Southampton Foundation Trust is a large teaching hospital and Foundation Trust providing acute district services to the City of Southampton and immediate surroundings and acute regional services to a catchment population of up to 3 million for Cardiac, Neuroscience, Paediatric Oncology, Paediatric Surgery and Specialist Adult Surgical services.

The Department of Infection provides comprehensive infection services including an inpatient and outpatient infectious diseases service, a comprehensive clinical microbiology service, Outpatient Parenteral Antimicrobial Therapy (OPAT), antibiotic stewardship and infection prevention activities.  The adult infectious diseases team comprises one of the medical specialty firms within the Specialist Medicine Care Group; the clinical caseload includes the end-to-end inpatient care of patients with HIV infection, tuberculosis, imported infection, Pyrexia of Unknown Origin, complex bone and joint infection, disseminated bacterial infection and patients with other complex/severe community acquired infections including severe sepsis.