This is a high-profile, challenging and rewarding leadership role at UKHSA with the ability to make a significant impact on the organisation’s future direction.
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) exists to protect people from health threats. We prevent and reduce the harm caused by infectious diseases, chemicals, radiation, the health effects of climate change and environmental hazards.
The Director of Public Health Microbiology provides national leadership for UKHSA’s microbiology and laboratory-based infectious disease science, ensuring high-quality diagnostics, surveillance and expertise that underpin the Agency’s mission to protect health and strengthen national health security. The role is accountable for the National Reference Laboratories, Clinical Network Laboratories, microbiology services in bacteriology, virology, mycology and parasitology and associated laboratory technologies.
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