Senior Health Protection Practitioner Cs G7 Band 8a

1 month ago


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

The Senior Health Protection Practitioner is a key member of the North East Health Protection Team who will provide and at times lead, the day to day acute service response. They will play a lead role under supervision in the provision of a health protection service in relation to infectious and non-infectious environmental hazards.

The post holder will require demonstrable generic public health skills and will have specific lead areas of work involving partnership working with external organisations, and assisting in the development of joint plans and system wide priorities for public health action or improvement. The post holder will contribute to the strategic work of the locality/patch-based health protection team and deputise where appropriate.

The post holder may be expected to work across regional sites, providing leadership and development to the service.
- RESPONSE
- SURVEILLANCE
- PARTNERSHIP WORKING
- RESEARCH, TEACHING AND TRAINING
- MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP
- PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

See details in the job description or below.

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 employees 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.

Selection Process Details

Your Statement of Suitability (no more than 1,500 words) should outline your skills, experience, and achievements, providing evidence of your suitability for the role, with reference to the essential criteria (outlined in the person specification section).

**STAGE 1 - APPLICATION & SIFT**:
If you are successful at this stage, you will progress to an interview.

STAGE 2 - INTERVIEW

This competition will involve an interview in person.

**Expected Timeline**:
**Interviews**: w/c 26/06 2023

Eligibility Criteria

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

We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's Recruitment Principles.

Security clearance level requirement

For posts on UKHSA Civil Service terms and conditions, new entrants to the Civil Service are expected to start on the minimum of the pay band. For existing Civil Servants and roles advertised across government, the rules of transfer apply, i.e., level transfers move on current salary or the pay range minimum, transfers on promotion move to new pay range minimum or receive a 10% increase. Either case is determined by whichever is the highest.

Please Note

There are two sets of terms and conditions for this post.

For posts on UKHSA Civil Service terms and conditions, new entrants to the Civil Service are expected to start on the minimum of the pay band. For existing Civil Servants and roles advertised across government, the rules of transfer apply, i.e., level transfers move on current salary or the pay range minimum, transfers on promotion move to new pay range minimum or receive a 10% increase. Either case is determined by whichever is the highest.

The Civil Service pay structure and progression is different from NHS Agenda for Change (AfC), most local authority pay grades and other systems that have annual pay increments.

For AfC posts, you must have the correct professional registration to be appointed. The pay will follow the AfC terms & conditions. You may be asked to provide evidence of previous service whilst we are conducting pre-employment checks to determine your starting salary.



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