Clinical Fellow Core (ST1-2)/Higher (ST3-5) in Clinical Immunology

Applications are invited for the post of Clinical Fellow Core (ST1-2)/Higher (ST3-5) in Clinical Immunology and Allergy to commence from 01 May 2025 until 01 November 2025. This is an exciting opportunity to work in the Allergy and Clinical Immunology departments at Addenbrooke’s.

Clinical duties will be to provide, with colleagues, a service to Cambridge University Hospitals (CUH), with responsibility for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of illness, and the proper functioning of the department. Duties include:

• Participation in Allergy and Immunology outpatient clinics.
• Participation in multidisciplinary meetings.
• Reviewing inpatients requiring an Allergy and/or Immunology opinion or already known to the Allergy and Immunology services.
• Liaison with colleagues including nursing staff, medical, pharmacy and support staff.
• Administrative duties including prescription of immunoglobulin and immunotherapy.
• Appropriate handover of patients, where applicable.

In order to be considered, applicants must meet the following essential criteria:

• Full Registration and a Licence to Practice with the General Medical Council at time of appointment is required.
• The applicant must have demonstrable skills in listening, reading, writing and speaking in English that enable effective communication about medical topics with patients and colleagues, as set out in the GMC’s Good Medical Practice (2013).
• Non-UK applicants must possess the IELTS/OET exam before obtaining a GMC licence to practice.
• Applications from job seekers who require skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications.
• It is a requirement for skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) will also be subject to this requirement.

Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is an Equal Opportunities Employer. The Allergy service offers a full diagnostic service to different allergic diseases and has a large cohort of patients (>200) with aero allergen hypersensitivity on immunotherapy for allergic rhinoconjunctivitis (grass, tree and dust allergy). We also provide an immunotherapy service for patients with bee and wasp venom induced anaphylaxis (>200 patients). Severe urticaria service has over 150 patients for long term follow up on biological therapy. In addition to a monthly food challenge clinic, we also provide a drug allergy service with approximately 80-100 drug challenges per month.

The service has a large cohort of patients with primary and secondary immune deficiency, with approximately 450 patients on immunoglobulin replacement therapy and approximately 800 patients under long-term follow up. Patients with immune deficiency often suffer multiple comorbidities, particularly affecting the respiratory system or gastrointestinal tract, and are prone to severe (and often difficult to treat) recurrent infections. To address these challenges, the Clinical Immunology team works closely with colleagues in other departments who have a special interest in immunodeficiency and run joint clinics with colleagues in Respiratory Medicine and Infectious Diseases. A specialist Hereditary Angioedema clinic is run in conjunction with the Allergy Department and Paediatric Immunology.

The department has close links with the University of Cambridge and is involved in a number of research studies. The service is Quality in Primary Immunodeficiency Services (QPIDS) accredited. The clinical service works closely with the diagnostic Immunology laboratory based at Addenbrooke’s hospital which provides a comprehensive regional and supraregional service to aid in the diagnosis of diseases of the immune system.

Please refer to the Job description and Person specification attached for further details on the main responsibilities and duties for this post. For further information please contact Dr Shuaib Nasser, Specialty Lead for Allergy via email.