Consultant in Health Protection

1 month ago

Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom UK Health Security Agency Full time

This is a senior role within Health Protection Operations and provides leadership, management, and oversight of the health protection function, including the response to incidents and outbreaks and responsibility for day-to-day operational delivery of the health protection function.

The post holder will play a key role in developing, shaping, and assuring the health protection function, which may include managing individuals and teams, working closely with partners, and ensuring delivery of high-quality surveillance, response, and support systems. The post holder will have responsibility for developing and maintaining close working relationships both internally within UKHSA and externally with partner organisations. In addition, they will contribute and lead on regional and national priorities, including contribution to wider public health initiatives consistent with the regional delivery model and integrated working.

The North East Health Protection Operations response is delivered through four strategic patches based on the following geographical areas: North of Tyne, South of Tyne, County Durham & Darlington, and Tees.

Each patch is Consultant led supported by a Senior Health Protection Practitioner and the successful postholder may be expected to assume overall responsibility for one of the patches or provide patch-based support wherever this is required.

The postholder will have the opportunity take on the lead for one or more disease/programme/topic areas e.g., environmental public health, act as deputy for the Deputy Regional Director on occasion at both National, Regional and Local level. They will also be expected to fulfil a whole range of corporate management responsibilities ensuring good financial stewardship and management of resources in particular ensuring compliance and adherence to good corporate and clinical governance.

At the United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA) our mission is to provide health security for the nation by protecting from infectious disease and external hazards. We are a trusted source of advice to government and to the public, focusing on reducing inequalities in the way different communities experience and are impacted by infectious disease, environmental hazards, and other threats to health.

Our mission is challenging, innovative and in the spotlight. We will work to ensure our people have the diverse skills, experiences and backgrounds we need to thrive, that our staff are representative of the communities we serve and feel valued and enabled to play their part in delivering our work.

Creating our working culture is an ongoing process which we are developing by listening and learning together, hearing and acting upon diverse voices and opinions to develop a common sense of identity and effective ways of working.

They will have the ability to lead individuals and teams, engage with staff at all levels, and value diversity across the whole team will also be a key requisite of the role.

Please see the attached Job Description outlining full responsibilities of the role.

**STAGE 1 - APPLICATION & SIFT**:
This vacancy will be assessed using a competency-based framework which will assess your Qualifications, knowledge and experience and / or skills and capabilities outlined in the person specification.

If you are successful at this stage, you will progress to a single video interview and assessment

STAGE 2 - INTERVIEW

A presentation will form part of this assessment. Title to be confirmed prior to interview.

Option 3 - External

Open to all external applicants (anyone) from outside the Civil Service (including by definition internal applicants).

**Agenda for Change Band 8d**: £83,571 - £96,387 per annum plus on call supplement.

**Consultant Medical salary**: £93,666 - £126,281 per annum plus on call supplement.

Inclusion in the GMC Full and Specialist Register with a license to practice or UK Public Health Register (UKPHR) for Public Health Specialists or (or be eligible for registration within six months of interview).

Public Health Specialty Registrar applicants who are not yet on the GMC Specialist Register must provide verifiable signed documentary evidence that they are within 6 months of gaining entry at the date of interview; all other applicants must provide verifiable signed documentary evidence that they have applied for inclusion in the GMC.

UK Health Security Agency promoted diversity in the workplace and is an Equal Opportunities employer.

This role will be based in Newcastle - Civic Centre

UKHSA offers hybrid working for its employees - This role will be based at our office location in Newcastle with opportunities for an element of working from home.
The balance between home and workplace working is to be agreed with the line manager, determined primarily by business need and in line with departmental policy.

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