Principal Scientist (Epidemiology)

UKHSA is pleased to offer an exciting opportunity to work in the Hepatitis Section of the Blood Safety, Hepatitis, STI & HIV (BSHSH) Division of the Clinical & Public Health Directorate. We are recruiting a Principal Scientist to lead the Drugs and Infections team focusing on the surveillance of blood borne viruses (BBVs), behaviours and interventions among people who inject drugs. The post holder will provide critical scientific advice and leadership to ensure the highest standards in BBV surveillance and related research; design and implement highly specialised multidisciplinary surveillance systems; provide expert scientific advice on infectious disease outbreaks and BBV exposures; manage large programmes of work across BBV; deliver national surveillance and policy reports and lead on engagement with external stakeholders across the BBV commissioning landscape. The postholder will develop existing research partnerships with external research institutions as well as develop and implement new research proposals and projects.,

• Manage and direct the work of the Drugs and Infections team in the Hepatitis Section of the BSHSH Division
• Lead the co-ordination, management and development of the Unlinked Anonymous Monitoring (UAM) Survey of People Who Inject Drugs (PWID) and other surveillance systems designed to monitor infections and behaviours in this population including needle and syringe provision and severe bacterial infections among PWID
• Design and lead epidemiological analyses on trends in and risk factors for blood-borne viruses among PWID
• Provide scientific support to UKHSA's responses to outbreaks
• Lead on development of national reports and programme management
• Liaise effectively with clinical and public health colleagues to influence decision-making
  
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