Public Health Consultant

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 432184

**Salary**:

- £91,342 - £145,478
- per annum, pro rata

GBP

**Job grade**:

- Other
- NHS Medical & Dental: Consultant or AfC Band 8d

**Contract type**:

- Permanent

**Type of role**:

- Other

**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Job share, Part-time

**Number of jobs available**:

- 1

**Contents**:

- Location
- About the job
- Benefits
- Things you need to know

**Location**:

- Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, London Canary Wharf

**About the job**:
**Job summary**:
An exciting opportunity for existing consultants to broaden their professional and leadership activity working on agreed areas of work across PH consultant professional standards, appraisal and revalidation; specialist training and workforce strategy.

The Revalidation and Clinical Governance division provides functions to ensure the organisation has a robust clinical governance and quality improvement framework and the medical / public health professional workforce is working to appropriate standards to progress the Agency’s wider agenda on quality, clinical governance, training and professional development. Whilst initially focused on workforce and professional standards the role may also include may include information sharing and/or clinical quality and governance responsibilities.

**Job description**:
**The main duties and responsibilities include**:
**Professional Standards**
- Supporting the Public Health system wide revalidation and appraisal service, supporting the DD Revalidation & Clinical Governance in making appropriate recommendations to UKHSA and DHSC Responsible Officers; and addressing concerns about doctors and dentists for whom UKHSA provides professional leadership.
- Providing advice to consultants undertaking appraisal and revalidation, the operational team providing the service, and working with HR colleagues to address causes for concern under “_Maintaining High Professional Standards in the NHS_”.
- Providing advice on the implementation of consolidated local and national Clinical Excellence Awards, particularly advising on complex queries.

**Specialist Training and Workforce Planning**
- Lead strategy development and implementation for Clinical and Health Protection specialist workforce strategic planning and lead UKHSA consultant workforce development.
- With the Head of the Postgraduate Training and Development Faculty: ensure high quality specialist training and specialist workforce development.

**Management and Leadership**
- Line managing the revalidation & appraisal and Training & Workforce teams.
- Deputise for the Deputy Director Deputy Director, Clinical Governance, Medical & Public Health Training, Workforce and Revalidation; and Caldicott Guardian in leading the division’s development, business planning, HR and financial management.
- Support the implementation of the UKHSA Health Protection Quality and Clinical Governance strategy working with the DD Revalidation & Clinical Governance and/or the Head of Clinical Excellence and Quality on quality improvement and establishing risk and assurance systems for clinical governance.
- Acting as required, as an Associate Caldicott Guardian in UKHSA supporting the Caldicott Guardian. Particularly offering advice on complex queries, developing policy and procedures to develop the Caldicott Advisory Panel, and widening the research, information governance and ethical basis on which decisions are made.

**Personal and Professional development**
- The post-holder will undertake appropriate CPD activities in line with Faculty of Public Health
- Requirements and their Personal Development Plan and participate fully in Professional Revalidation as required by their professional body (GMC, UKPHR etc.).

**The Consultant will be expected to**
- Participate in the Organisation’s appraisal scheme including the professional appraisal scheme and ensure appraisal and development of any staff for which s/he is responsible.
- Contribute actively to the training Programme for Specialty Registrars in Public Health as appropriate, and to the training of practitioners and primary care professionals
- Pursue a programme of CPD, in accordance with Faculty of Public Health requirements, or other recognised body, and undertake revalidation, audit or other measures required to remain on the GMC/GDC Specialist Register or the UK Public Health (Specialist) Register, or another specialist register as appropriate

**Other duties**
- The above is only an outline of the tasks, responsibilities and outcomes required of the role. You will carry out any other duties as may reasonably be required by your line manager. The job description and person specification may be reviewed on an ongoing basis in accordance with the changing needs of UKHSA

**K**ey working relationships**

**Internal**
- CEO
- Chief Medical Advisor
- Director of Health Equity and Clinical Governance (line manager)
- Deputy Caldicott Guardian(s)
- Deputy Director, HR, Peopl