Consultant in Health Protection

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

- 229240**Salary**:

- £78,192 - £114,003**Grade**:

- Other**Contract type**:

- Permanent**Type of role**:

- Health Adviser
- Health Professionals
- Medical
- Senior leadership**Working pattern**:

- Full-time, Part-time**Number of posts**:

- 2Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- Newcastle-upon-TyneAbout the job

**Summary**:
We are seeking to appoint a self-motivated and innovative individual to the role of Consultant in Health Protection for UKHSA in North East England.

The post is a permanent appointment and is suitable for both Medical Consultants and Non-Medical Consultants Agenda for Change Band 8d.

This is a senior role within the health protection team and provides leadership, management and oversight of the health protection function, including the response to incidents and outbreaks and responsibility for the day-to-day operational delivery.

The post holder will play a key role in developing, shaping and assuring the health protection function, which may include managing individuals and teams, working closely with partners, and ensuring delivery of high-quality surveillance, response and support systems. The post holder will have responsibility for developing and maintaining close working relationships both internally and with partner organisations. In addition, they will contribute and lead on regional and national priorities, including contribution to wider public health initiatives consistent with the regional delivery model and integrated working.

**Job description**:
The Consultant in Health Protection is a key role within the Health Protection Team and will provide senior leadership, management, and oversight of the health protection function, including the response to incidents and outbreaks with responsibility for day-to-day operational delivery.

The postholder will be responsible for developing and maintaining close working relationships both internally and externally with a whole range of partner organisations.

Working closely with key partners to ensure delivery of high-quality surveillance, response and support systems.

The postholder will have the opportunity take on the lead for one or more disease/programme/topic areas e.g., environmental public health, act as deputy for the Deputy Regional Director on occasion at both National, Regional and Local level. They will also be expected to fulfil a whole range of corporate management responsibilities ensuring good financial stewardship and management of resources in particular ensuring compliance and adherence to good corporate and clinical governance.

The ability to lead individuals and teams, engage with staff at all levels.

**Responsibilities**:
As well as the agreed individual objectives, a job-plan will be developed which will outline the agreed programmed activities (PAs) that are necessary to fulfil the duties and responsibilities described in the Job Description.

The post holder will undergo a programme of on-going development to build on existing knowledge and develop skills to provide specialist health protection advice and meet competencies required to undertake the role.

Frequent travel within the geographical area and nationally may be required within the role.

**Benefits**:

- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

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**Security**:
- People working with government assets must complete basic personnel security standard checks.**Selection process details**:
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.

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

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.**Nationality requirements**:
This job is broadly open to the following groups:

- UK nationals
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in