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Medical Consultant/Lead in Travel Medicine, Health Protection Scotland, Glasgow, United Kingdom
Advance notice of a unique job opportunity. Due to retirement of the current postholder, the Travel Medicine Section of Health Protection Scotland (HPS) will very soon be looking to appoint a Medical Consultant/Lead in Travel Medicine. It is expected that formal notice and advertisement of this post will be placed in the Lancet and British Medical Journal during May/June 2006.
HPS is part of the National Health Service in Scotland (www.show.scot.nhs.uk/scieh) and is committed to work in partnership with others, to protect the Scottish public from being exposed to hazards which damage their health, and to limit any impact on health when such exposures occur. The Travel Medicine team of HPS aims to reduce the incidence and consequences of travel related infections and other health problems in Scotland.
The Consultant in Travel Medicine will act as clinical lead for the multi-disciplinary Travel Medicine team, providing expert advice and consultancy to a wide variety of external bodies, and engaging in the strategic planning, development and implementation of a broad range of initiatives aimed at raising standards of practice and improving health protection activity in Travel Medicine. He/she will provide input into other HPS’s services especially where they overlap with travel medicine (e.g. immunisation, emerging infections) and will play a lead role in taking forward health protection services linked to travel (e.g. immigration and port health). Examples of major initiatives currently undertaken by the Travel Medicine Section include provision of Travax® (not to be confused with Shoreland’s Travax®) and the Diploma/Foundation courses in Travel Medicine (Glasgow).
Due to the unique remit of this post, suitably qualified applicants from outwith the UK will be considered.
For further information, contact Fiona Genasi, Travel Medicine Section Co-ordinator. (Fiona.Genasi@hps.scot.nhs.uk)
