Healthcare Public Health Consultant

Fixed term contract until 31st October 2023

This post is a key senior HCPH leadership role in the regional NHSEI healthcare public health team, reporting to the Regional Deputy Director of the Healthcare Public Health team. The role will focus on population health expertise on NHS Long term prevention, health inequalities, quality improvement of health and care services across the East of England region while supporting the development of ICS from a population health paradigm.

Please note that the reason for the fixed term of your contract is short term vacancy.

The Consultant in Healthcare Public Health will oversee, coordinate, and deliver high-quality professional PH input, support, and advice to NHS England and stakeholders at the regional and system level to drive improvements in outcomes and reduce health inequalities across the population in a cost-effective way and prioritises prevention. Alongside colleagues in the team, they will be responsible for contributing to or leading the following:

- the overall strategy for improving population health at a regional level
- Using and interpreting data to assess the quality of services, unwarranted variation, inequalities and population health
- Ensuring that services are developed and delivered based on best practice and evidence, incorporating a population perspective to provide a technical evidence base for setting priorities.
- Quality and efficiency of public health programmes, including regional implementation of national workstreams on NHS LTP prevention priorities across primary, secondary and tertiary health services and care

You will identify future challenges to the public health and wellbeing and act as a professional advisor for NHSE/I on all matters related to HealthCare Public Health, working effectively across directorates, teams and disciplines in supporting the NHSE/I local offices.

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.

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. 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 services through local integrated health systems, sustainability and transformation partnerships, and devolution areas.

Detailed information about the organisation, team and role can be found on the attached job description and person specification.