Senior Health Protection Practitioner

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

- 380284**Salary**:

- £53,755 - £64,485- AFC 8a: £53,755-£60,504; Civil Service G7: £54,416-£64,485. Per annum, pro rata.- A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%**Job grade**:

- Other- NHS AfC: Band 8a or Civil Service Grade 7**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Type of role**:

- Health Professionals
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Other**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 1Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- UKHSA Newcastle upon Tyne, with hybrid optionsAbout the job

**Job summary**:
Please note: NHS AfC: Band 8a (Individuals who are a Registered General Nurse or Allied Health Professional with current professional registration will be appointed as NHS AFC Band 8a. Individuals who are registered with an appropriate health or science related professional body e.g. UKPHR/CIEH will be appointed as Civil Service Grade 7)

This role is based in Newcastle upon Tyne, with regular travel within the geographical area of responsibility and travel elsewhere/nationally as maybe required by the post.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Health Protection Practitioner to join the North East Health Protection Team. The post is full time, substantive and based in our Newcastle City Centre office.

The Senior Health Protection Practitioner is a key member of a multi-disciplinary 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.

**Job description**:
**RESPONSE**
- Management and supervision of the day to day acute response service to ensure high quality safe and effective delivery.
- Use expertise and knowledge to support and where required lead under supervision the management of routine and complex incidents and outbreaks of infectious diseases and non-infectious environmental hazards.
- Manage and carry out continuing responsibility for a geographical patch caseload ensuring accurate, up to date records of contacts/action by completion of relevant records and compliance with team handover procedures, in line with UKHSA’s standards for record keeping.
- To monitor standards, ensuring quality and consistency and to escalate to senior manager and/or take action where any shortfall occurs as appropriate to role.
- Contribute to and where required lead under supervision of the Principal/Advance Practitioner/Consultant in HP the ongoing longer-term management of issues relevant to a defined geographical area within their region.
- Participate in a local on call rota at regional or national level as required.

**SURVEILLANCE**
- Contribute proactively to the development and maintenance of effective systems for the surveillance of communicable disease and environmental hazards.
- Proactively use surveillance outputs to inform and influence local and national Public Health actions, policies and strategies..

**PARTNERSHIP WORKING**
- Support the development of key relationships with a wide range of individuals and stakeholders and take responsibility as delegated line manager for the maintenance of professional networks relevant to role.
- Employ effective communication and influencing skills to support stakeholder relationships to deliver objectives with:
1. External organisations and wider NHS stakeholders to ensure collaboration in the strategy in the Sector
2. Internal leaders and staff to gain input to the development of systems, processes and activities

**RESEARCH, TEACHING AND TRAINING**
- Contribute to research activity to complement the health protection evidence base.
- Develop and deliver appropriate teaching resources and activities across a range of audiences with support from senior manager(s) as appropriate.
- Ensure appropriate clinical supervision and mentorship systems are in place.

**MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP**
- To be a visible, positive and competent role model and motivator monitoring team professional standards.
- Support senior managers to ensure day-to-day operational delivery of the region’s health protection function, responsibilities and resources, planning and managing the physical resources that ensure the regional HP function is fully equipped and fit for purpose.
- Undertake line management responsibilities as agreed.
- Develop policies and protocols for a wide range of health protection issues in conjunction with te