Medical Consultant in Clinical Countermeasures

Posting date:	21 January 2026
Salary:	£91,342.00 to £145,478.00 per year
Additional salary information:	£91342.00 - £145478.00 a year
Hours:	Full time
Closing date:	15 February 2026
Location:	London, E14 4PU
Company:	NHS Jobs
Job type:	Contract
Job reference:	K9919-26-0024

Summary

Surveillance and assessment of the populations health and well-being1) Develop and integrate therapeutics and vaccines horizon scanning with wider divisional infections horizon scanning, to inform the work with advisory committees and advice given to policy and procurement leads.2) Develop and lead surveillance programmes (including sleeper research projects) to monitor appropriate use of therapies and vaccines to minimise the development of resistance and variants of concern.3) Lead on the production of therapeutics statistics and intelligence.4) Collaborate and contribute to the development of national policy on therapeutics and vaccines. Assessing the evidence of effectiveness of health and healthcare interventions, programmes and services5) Provide expert public health advice and leadership to support and inform an evidence-based approach to therapeutics and vaccinations, particularly in emergency situations.6) Develop and lead research investigating novel and existing interventions and assess their effectiveness.7) Develop and implement surveillance systems to detect therapeutics resistance and vaccines escape mutants. Policy and strategy development and implementation8) Provide expert public health advice and leadership and support and inform the development of therapeutics and vaccination policy, including approaches to deployment for disease containment in emergency situations.9) Provide membership and input to national and international expert advisory committees and programme teams convened by UKHSA, the Department of Health and Social Care, NHS England and NHS Improvement, and others. Leadership and collaborative working for health10) Develop leadership and management within the units and division.11) Assist and provide specialist advice during outbreaks and incidents. Health improvement and health protection12) Reduce inequalities and work with representatives of groups at high risk of illnesses targeted by the therapeutics and vaccines in remit.Service Improvement13) Lead on the development of guidance related to the therapeutics agents and vaccinations in remit.14) Work with the NHS to plan and advise on the delivery of therapeutics and vaccines to target populations in emergency situations and test with modellers the efficacy of the chosen approaches. Public Health Intelligence15) Analyse and evaluate relevant data and research evidence to make recommendations and inform decisions.16) Provide expert advice on needs, inequalities and intervention impact assessments and identify areas for action. Research, development and training17) Lead the development of the research evidence base for the novel and existing therapeutics and vaccinations within remit including evaluating outcomes, and for emerging antiviral resistance and variants or mutations of concern.18) Collaborate with the research programme of the NIHR HPRU.19) Assist with education, training and competency development and assessment in the workforce.20) Supervise research activities.21) Communicate with a wide audience including the public to change practice and influence behaviours, often in challenging circumstances. Please refer to the attached Job Description & Person Specification for full details. ExternalOpen to all external applicants (anyone) from outside the Civil Service (including by definition internal applicants). Stage 1: Application & Sift This vacancy is using Competency At sift stage you will be assessed against the Essential Criteria listed in the attached Job Description & Person Specification. You will be required to complete an: Application form (Employer/ Activity history section on the application) a 1500 word Statement of SuitabilityThis should outline how your skills, experience, and knowledge, provide evidence of your suitability for the role. You will receive a joint score for your application form and statement. (The application form is the kind of information you would put into your C.V please be advised you will not be able to upload your CV. Please complete the application form in as much detail as possible) Your statement of suitability must be no more than 1500 words. If we receive a large number of applications an initial sift will be conducted against the criteria of: Inclusion in the GMC Full and Specialist Register with a license to practice/GDC Specialist List (or be eligible for registration within six months of interview) or UK Public Health Register (UKPHR) for Public Health Specialists or be eligible within 6 months If included in the GMC Specialist Register/GDC Specialist List in a specialty other than public health medicine/dental public health, microbiology, virology or infectious diseases, candidates must have equivalent training and/or appropriate experience of public health practice If an applicant is UK trained in Public Health, Microbiology, Virology or Infectious Diseases, they must ALSO be a holder of a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) Public health specialist registrar and specialist trainee applicants who are not yet on the GMC Register/UKPHR must provide verifiable signed documentary evidence that they are within 6 months of gaining entry at the date of interview; all other applicants must provide verifiable signed documentary evidence that they have applied for inclusion in the GMC/UKPHR If an applicant is non-UK trained, they will be required to show evidence of equivalence to the UK CCT Applicants must meet minimum CPD requirements (i.e. be up to date) in accordance with Faculty of Public Health, Royal College of Physicians or Royal College of Pathologists requirements or other recognised body Professional examinations as appropriate: MFPH, FRCPath or MRCP. If an applicant is non-UK trained, they will be required to show evidence of equivalent examinations Longlisting: In the event of a large number of applications we may longlist into 3 piles of:Meets all essential criteria Meets some essential criteria Meets no essential criteria Please note feedback will not be provided at this stage. Interview stage (competency based): You will be invited to a remote interview. Interviews will be held 9th March 2026, please note these dates are subject to change. This vacancy is being assessed using Civil Service Competency framework. During the interview we will assess against your knowledge, experience, and skills. You will be asked to prepare and present a 5-10 minute presentation at the start of your interview, around the subject of novel therapeutics. The specific details of the required presentation will be sent to you prior to interview. Slides are permitted. Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records. Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check. This role is being offered as hybrid working based at any of our Core HQs or at our scientific campus site at Colindale. We offer great flexible working opportunities at UKHSA and operate using a hybrid working model where business needs allow. This provides us with greater flexibility about how and where we work, to get the best from our workforce. As a hybrid worker, you will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of your contractual working hours (approximately 3 days a week pro rata, (averaged over a month) working at one of UKHSA's core HQs (Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, and London) or at one of our scientific campus sites (Colindale).Our core HQ offices are modern and newly refurbished with excellent city centre transport link and benefit from benefit from co-location with other government departments such as the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC). If based at one of our scientific campuses, you will be required to have a minimum of a Counter Terrorism Check security vetting check as a minimum. For meaningful National Security Vetting checks to be carried out individuals need to have lived in the UK for a sufficient period of time. You should normally have been resident in the United Kingdom for the last 3 years as the role requires Counter Terrorism Check (CTC) clearance. In exceptional circumstances UK residency less than the outlined periods may not necessarily bar you from gaining national security vetting and applicants should contact the Vacancy Holder/Recruiting Manager listed in the advert for further advice. If you are successful at interview, and are moving from another government department, NHS, or Local Authority, the relevant starting salary principles for level transfers or promotions will apply. Otherwise, roles are offered at the pay scale minimum for the grade, but in exceptional circumstances there may be flexibility if you are able to demonstrate you are already in receipt of an existing, higher salary. Pay increases are through the relevant annual pay award for the role and terms. Medical and Dental. £109,725 - £145,478 (National) AfC band 8D £91,342 - £105,337 (National)