Consultant in Public Health

You will provide public health leadership, advice and support to internal and external stakeholders relevant to the function and you will play a critical role in delivering the Healthcare Public Health Directorate business plan.
You will be part of the Senior Leadership Team of the Healthcare Public Health Directorate.

The postholder will oversee, coordinate and deliver high quality professional public health input, support and advice to NHS England at regional and system level to drive improvements in outcomes and reduction in health inequalities across the population in a way that is cost effective and prioritises prevention.

Alongside colleagues in the team, they will be responsible for the:

- Overall strategy for improving population health at a regional level, including prevention and a focus on inequalities in all programmes
- Quality and efficiency of public health programmes including regional implementation of national workstreams across primary, secondary, and tertiary health services and care

You will identify future challenges to public health and wellbeing and act as a professional advisor for NHSE/I on all matters related to HCPH, working effectively across directorates, OHID, UKHSA and ICS teams, in supporting the NSHE to lead on prevention, health inequalities and population health.

As a Consultant in HealthCare Public Health the post holder will work as part of a dynamic team in delivering an effective service supporting managers and staff across the HCPH team in the North West of England.

You will be required to provide both line management to team members and training for speciality registrars in public health.

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NHS England leads the NHS to deliver high quality services for all.
The NHS Long Term Plan focuses on delivering integrated care to
patients at the local level and we can best support the NHS to
deliver this as a single integrated organisation. Our new operating model represents a strong shift to regional delivery supported by expert corporate teams. Local health systems are supported by our integrated regional teams who play a major leadership role in the geographies they manage.

As employers we are committed to promoting and protecting the physical and mental health and well-being of all our staff. This underpins our
values as set out in the NHS Constitution, supports us to be an
Employer of Choice and ultimately enables our employees to
support the effective care of our patients. The seven integrated regions of our joint enterprise will work with local systems to support and improve how care is provided to patients and communities. These regions will be supported by the corporate centre providing expertise and developing policy. The focus will be on guiding and managing the delivery of specialised
commissioned services through local integrated care systems,
provider collaboratives and other key regional and national
stakeholders. We are jointly committed to creating and maintaining a fair and supportive working environment and culture, where contributions
are fully recognised and valued by all and staff feel empowered to
carry out their duties to the best of their abilities.

Please see attached job description - noting that this version still needs to be approved by a Faculty of Public Health advisor as part of the professional standards for recruiting consultants in public health. This is currently underway.

Secondments
Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only,

Salary progression
Applicants will commence at the bottom of Band 8d with a full-time starting salary of £83,571 with a pay step increase after 5 years’ service.