Antimicrobial Resistance Disease Consultant
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Do you want to be part of a team protecting Great Britain from exotic notifiable diseases?
Do you want a role safeguarding standards of animal health and welfare?
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Job Role at a glance
Role Title
Antimicrobial Resistance Disease Consultant
Organisation
Animal and Plant Health Agency
Job Summary
The Bacteriology Department is seeking an Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Disease consultant. For this role, we are looking for a veterinarian with postgraduate qualifications or evidence of substantial relevant experience. Based within the Bacteriology Department, this role provides scientific and technical expertise to support the surveillance, diagnosis, prevention and control of bacterial diseases affecting animal and public health. The postholder will lead scientific activities, provide evidence-based advice, work collaboratively with internal and external stakeholders, and contribute to research, policy development and disease control programmes. Strong leadership, communication and stakeholder engagement skills, together with expertise in bacteriology and disease surveillance, are essential. The Lead will be an active part of the Bacterial Diseases and Food Safety (BDFS) Portfolio leadership team, contributing to set the direction of the portfolio, with particular emphasis on AMR.
Key responsibilities and duties
- Provide joint leadership/consultancy for all AMR activities across the Bacteriology Department (as well as the wider agency), bringing AMR team together, driving strategic developments, and seeking/supporting relevant new funding opportunities.
- Provide joint consultancy and expertise to Defra/Veterinary Medicines Directorate (VMD) and other external bodies – notably World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Food Standards Agency (FSA)/Advisory Committee on the Microbiological Safety of Food (ACMSF), British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (BSAC), European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), European Medicines Agency (EMA) on antimicrobial resistance. Responsibilities include provision of consultancy, outbreak investigations, advice and expertise to policy makers, risk managers, public health authorities, local authorities, veterinary surgeons and the farming industry on the occurrence, control, microbiology and epidemiology of AMR and relevant bacterial zoonotic diseases, as directed by APHA, VMD and Defra.
- Jointly lead and manage the UK National Reference Laboratory for AMR in the veterinary sector.
Person Specification:
- Experience in scientific research and in field based epidemiological investigations.
- Demonstrable in-depth knowledge of AMR, particularly in relation to bacterial diseases of animals and bacterial zoonoses, and phenotypic and genotypic methods of detection of AMR.
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Qualifications
Memberships
Registered to the Royal Veterinary College.