Job summary
This role offers an exciting opportunity for a healthcare public health consultant with a keen interest in policy to drive population health transformation at one of the nation's largest clinical academic teaching hospitals.
As the Consultant in Public Health and Head of the Population Health Management Hub at GSTT, you will lead the development and implementation of innovative population health and health equity programmes. Working closely with senior clinicians, managers, and local public health teams, you will oversee strategic initiatives aimed at creating equitable, preventative, and population health-based care models.
This highly technical role involves advancing existing services like the Children and Young People's Health Partnership and developing new care models to address unmet needs. The role requires strong clinical experience, leadership skills, and a collaborative approach to effect positive change in health outcomes.
Main duties of the job
- Lead the Population Health Management Hub to understand the healthcare public health needs of GSTT's populations.
- Develop an evidence-based framework to prioritize clinical services, focusing on health promotion, early intervention, secondary prevention, and access to care for priority populations.
- Engage clinical leaders, managers, commissioners, and patient/public involvement groups to plan and support service transformation.
- Advocate for integrated working across primary and secondary care for GSTT's patients and populations.
- Champion population health and equity practice and research at GSTT, including publications and collaborations with KHP and KCL.
- Support the Deputy Chief Medical Officer (Healthcare Public Health) in providing population health clinical expertise to the CMO and Trust leadership.
- Ensure a robust clinical-academic approach to evaluate the impact of population health-based approaches on outcomes and the sustainability of clinical services.
- Ensure the long-term sustainability of the Population Health Management Hub beyond the charity grant duration.
- Support other population health activities across the Trust and King's Health Partners, such as data-led health improvement and health equity initiatives.
- Collaborate with partners in place-based partnerships, primary care, and local authorities to support a prevention-based approach across the system.
- Build population health-based clinical capacity and capability across the Trust.
About us
Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust comprises five of the UK's best known hospitals - Guy's, St Thomas', Evelina London Children's Hospital, Royal Brompton and Harefield - as well as community services in Lambeth and Southwark, all with a long history of high quality care, clinical excellence, research and innovation.
We are among the UK's busiest, most successful foundation trusts. We provide specialist care for patients including heart and lung, cancer and renal services as well as a full range of local hospital and community services for people in Lambeth and Southwark.
We have a long tradition of clinical and scientific achievement and - as part of King's Health Partners - we are one of England's eight academic health sciences centres, bringing together world-class clinical services, teaching and research. We have one of the National Institute for Health Research's biomedical research centres, established with King's College London in 2007, as well as dedicated clinical research facilities.
We have around 22,700 staff, making us one of the largest NHS Trusts in the country and one of the biggest employers locally. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and continue to develop new and existing partnerships with local people, patients, neighbouring NHS organisations, local authorities and charitable bodies and GPs.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a detailed overview of the roles and responsibilities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the attached Job Description and Person Specification for a detailed overview of the roles and responsibilities.
Person Specification
Professional Qualifications
Essential
- MBBS or Equivalent
- Inclusion in the GMC Full and Specialist Register with a license to practice/GDC Specialist List or Inclusion in the UK Public Health Register (UKPHR) for Public Health Specialists
Desirable
Previous Experience
Essential
- Clinical and Public Health / Public Health Medicine, with expertise in healthcare public health and policy
- Experience of leading population health improvement within a healthcare provider organisation
- Experience using data and evidence to inform and shape clinical practice, particularly regarding health services
- Delivery of successful change management programmes across organisational boundaries
Desirable
- Experience leading clinical service transformation
- Experience using clinical data across multiple organisations
- Experience engaging commissioners on investment decisions
- Senior leadership experience in NHS Trust or similar organisation
Knowledge, Skills & Experience
Essential
- Understanding of health policy relevant to prevention, health equity and population/public health, and its applicability to healthcare provider organisations
- High level of understanding of epidemiology and statistics, public health practice, health promotion, health economics and health care evaluation (inc. qualitative information)
- In-depth understanding of health and care system and relationships with both local & national government
- Knowledge of methods of developing clinical quality assurance, quality improvement and evidence based clinical and/or public health practice
- Strong and demonstrable understanding of interfaces between health, social care and key partners (dealing with wider determinants of health)
- Able to demonstrate and motivate organisations to contribute to improving the public's health and wellbeing through mainstream activities and within resources
- Strategic thinker with proven leadership skills
Person Specification
Professional Qualifications
Essential
- MBBS or Equivalent
- Inclusion in the GMC Full and Specialist Register with a license to practice/GDC Specialist List or Inclusion in the UK Public Health Register (UKPHR) for Public Health Specialists
Desirable
Previous Experience
Essential
- Clinical and Public Health / Public Health Medicine, with expertise in healthcare public health and policy
- Experience of leading population health improvement within a healthcare provider organisation
- Experience using data and evidence to inform and shape clinical practice, particularly regarding health services
- Delivery of successful change management programmes across organisational boundaries
Desirable
- Experience leading clinical service transformation
- Experience using clinical data across multiple organisations
- Experience engaging commissioners on investment decisions
- Senior leadership experience in NHS Trust or similar organisation
Knowledge, Skills & Experience
Essential
- Understanding of health policy relevant to prevention, health equity and population/public health, and its applicability to healthcare provider organisations
- High level of understanding of epidemiology and statistics, public health practice, health promotion, health economics and health care evaluation (inc. qualitative information)
- In-depth understanding of health and care system and relationships with both local & national government
- Knowledge of methods of developing clinical quality assurance, quality improvement and evidence based clinical and/or public health practice
- Strong and demonstrable understanding of interfaces between health, social care and key partners (dealing with wider determinants of health)
- Able to demonstrate and motivate organisations to contribute to improving the public's health and wellbeing through mainstream activities and within resources
- Strategic thinker with proven leadership skills
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
