Healthcare Scientist Advanced

3 weeks ago


Glasgow, United Kingdom NHS Scotland Full time


Healthcare Scientist Advanced

About the Organisation:
Public Health Scotland launched 1st April 2020 as a national health board, employing around 1200 people, and with an annual budget of around £101 million. Public Health Scotland wants to see a Scotland where everybody thrives, a Scotland where life expectancy improves and the difference in life expectancy between our poorest and wealthiest areas gets smaller. To do this, we use data, intelligence and a place-based approach to lead and deliver Scotland’s public health priorities.

The Post:
The role of the Clinical and Protecting Health Directorate is to protect the people of Scotland from infectious and environmental hazards; enable high-quality clinical and public health knowledge, research and innovation; and change clinical and public health practice by using audits at a national and local level.

The Candidate:
The Clinical and Protecting Health Directorate is seeking to appoint a highly motivated and dynamic Healthcare Scientist Advanced. The post-holder will work closely with clinical, scientific, and analytical staff as part of the Clinical and Protecting Health Directorate to contribute to PHS intelligence surveillance, research and development opportunities.

They will work with a range of policy makers and public health/health protection service providers and stakeholders across all sectors in Scotland and beyond. The current priorities for the post are respiratory surveillance, specifically enhanced surveillance of a range of respiratory pathogens through programmes such as Community Acute Respiratory Infections (CARI). The post holder will be expected to lead a small team of Healthcare Scientists and identify opportunities for innovative use and analyses of a wide range of surveillance data.

Location and Working Pattern:
The post is full time permanent - 37 hours per week Monday – Friday and will be based in either Glasgow or Edinburgh.
PHS is currently hybrid working; therefore, you will be expected to spend time in both PHS offices as well as the option to work at home.

Please note that PHS will be relocating from Central Quay, Glasgow to Bothwell Street, Glasgow by the end of 2024.

There will be an expectation to travel to local areas for some meetings and events.

It is a condition of this employment that you must live and remain a resident within the UK for the post in which you will be employed with PHS.

During times of public health emergency, or other urgent business need, you may be required on a temporary basis to work your normal contracted working hours over 7 days including weekends, in order to meet the needs of the service.

It is a condition of this employment that you must live and remain a resident within the UK for the post in which you will be employed with PHS.

Benefits:
Our benefits package includes pension scheme, comprehensive range of work life balance policies, occupational health services, learning resource centres and discounted leisure, financial and shopping benefits. Click here to view the full range of the PHS Employee Benefits.

Further Information:
For an informal discussion on the post, please contact Nuala Healy, Service Manager via email nuala.healy@phs.scot

Closing date for completed applications is Tuesday 22nd October 2024.

Further information on PHS is available from: www.publichealthscotland.scot

Please note that the majority of correspondence is sent by e-mail only, so please check your e-mail regularly (including junk folders).

Public Health Scotland is an equal opportunities employer and as such guarantees to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for our vacancies.



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