Virology (Medical) Jobs
Medical Virologists provide leadership in infection prevention and control, including diagnosis and management of globally important viral respiratory infections such as influenza. They often work alongside medical microbiologists or infectious disease physicians, and provide clinical leadership and support to medical laboratory, scientific, and biomedical teams. They advising on quality improvements, service developments, serology systems, molecular diagnostics, automation and antiviral genotyping/resistance testing, and safety in the case of high-risk organisms. They provide advice to hospital teams, primary care providers, public health agencies and teams in community settings. They advise on infection control, flu vaccination, needlestick accidents, decontamination, hospital/clinic design, water safety, outbreak management and antimicrobial stewardship. They provide advice for complex transplant-related viral infections, viral hepatitis, and imported and emerging infections. They may be involved in reduction programmes for multi-resistant or emerging pathogens. To pursue a career in this field, doctors complete foundation and core training, followed by training in Medical Virology, which takes approximately 4-5 years to complete, and can be undertaken as a dual specialisation with Infectious Diseases. This leads to membership of the Royal College of Pathologists, a (dual) CCT, and specialty registration with the GMC.