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Salary:£81,490 - £100,406
Hours per week:37 hours
Interview date:Thursday 16 January 2024
Public Health Consultant - Championing Well-beingacross Wiltshire
Wiltshire Council is seeking to recruit a Generalist Public Health Consultant, leading on Health Improvement to help us put public health at the heart of all public services.
Our vision is to create stronger and more resilient communities and to ensure people in Wiltshire have healthy, active and high-quality lives. Our highly successful public health team works to deliver this vision by improving health and wellbeing across the county, reducing health inequalities and protecting the most vulnerable.
The portfolio area for this Consultant post is Health Improvement.
We are looking for a forward-thinking Generalist Consultant, who has a proven track record working across all domains of public health. An established leader with drive and highly developed public health skills to help shape decisions over a range of public health functions, operating and influencing across the system to achieve a significant impact for improving health and wellbeing of the Wiltshire population.
Main duties of the job
As Health Improvement lead, you will work in partnership with senior leaders across the Council, with the Integrated Care Board and place-based Integrated Care Alliance, our three acute trusts, the voluntary sector as well as other partner agencies to improve health outcomes and make a positive difference to the lives of people in Wiltshire.
You will provide leadership and direction to a team of practitioners and specialists, with support from a public health principal. This portfolio includes an operational team of health coaches, providing behaviour change advice and support to Wiltshire residents.
As a member of the senior management team you will help to lead public health and support the Director of Public Health in realising the ambition to ensure that public health is well placed to support the wider system for improved services and efficiencies. You will influence and inform local policy on health improvement and behaviour change, linking across all domains of public health activity.
If you're a progressive leader in public health, where your commitment and stamina and agility to work in a fast-paced environment will be rewarded by the diversity of the role, to lead in a supportive environment, whilst developing your own public health career within a passionate team, we would very much like to hear from you.
About us
Wiltshire Council is a friendly, welcoming place to work, with a 'One Council' ethos. Thats why we focus on getting the things that matter to our people right.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Specific duties and responsibilities include
The postholder will be expected to demonstrate expertise across the full range of relevant
competencies as set out by the Faculty of PH (Appendix 1) and where required, take responsibility
for resolving operational issues in relation to the services commissioned within the public health
grant. In negotiation with the DPH (&/or the Council), the postholder may be asked to take on
responsibilities that are underpinned by any of the FPH competencies.
Postholders will be expected to demonstrate both the generalist expertise as well as develop topicbased expertise as required by the DPH and will be expected to deputise for the DPH as and when
required.
The range of duties expected of the postholder include
- Taking responsibility for a range of public health issues and work across organisational and
professional boundaries acting as a change agent managing complexity, ensuring prevention
is embedded across the system and to deliver improvements in health and wellbeing.
- Providing briefings on the health and wellbeing needs of local communities to Councillors,
Council Officers, ICBs, the 3rd sector, the public and partners. Where required to do so, the
postholder will provide verbal briefing to Councillors, other colleagues and stakeholders in
person which maybe at short notice.
- Taking responsibility for development, implementation and delivery of policies. This may
include taking the lead in developing detailed inter-agency and interdisciplinary strategic plans
and programmes based on needs assessments which may lead to service specifications. The
postholder will be expected to contribute appropriately to the procurement process.
- Providing expert public health support and whole system leadership to ensure an evidencebased approach for commissioning and developing high quality equitable services, within and
across a range of organisations including voluntary, public and private sector. This includes
the health service component of the mandated core service. This will include expertise in
evaluation and development of appropriate KPIs and outcome measures.
- Utilising (and if appropriate developing) information and intelligence systems to underpin
public health action across disciplines and organisations. This may include providing
leadership for collation and interpretation of relevant data including production of the JSNA.
Working with the DPH, this will include the integration of the appropriate elements of the
public health, crime, NHS and social care outcomes frameworks within the systems
developed by the local authority as well as with relevant partner organisations.
- Supporting the DPH in the development and implementation of robust strategies for improving
the health and wellbeing of local communities including ensuring qualitative and/or
quantitative measurements are in place to demonstrate improvements. This may include
taking responsibility for the judicious use of the ring-fenced public health grant and/or working
with ICBs, Trusts, contracted provider organisations and UKHSA and OHID.
- Providing the key local authority link to the research community, providing advice/support to
colleagues and co-ordinating appropriate access to scientific information. The postholder will
be expected to take part in relevant research networks and to influence research programmes
of such networks so that the research needs of the local authority are taken into account.
- Taking responsibility for the training obligations of the directorate, including undertaking the
responsibility of Education and Activity Supervisor. These duties will be agreed jointly with the
relevant Head of School of the South West Public Health Specialty training programme.
Underpinning much of these duties are public health tasks such as:
- Undertaking health needs assessments as required to enable evidence led actions to be
taken to improve the health of the local population.
- Developing prioritisation techniques and managing their application to policies, services and
to help resolve issues such as the investment-disinvestment debate.
- Effective communication of complex concepts, science and data and their implications for
local communities, to a range of stakeholders with very different backgrounds
- Understanding of evaluation frameworks and applying those frameworks to the benefit of local
communitiesA capacity to apply the scientific body of knowledge on public health to the polices and
services necessary to improve health and to formulate clear practical evidence-based
recommendations.
- The understanding of human and organisational behaviour and the application of this
knowledge to the achievement of change
- Inspire commitment to public health outcomes and to prevention as a core feature of public
sector reform.
- Take the lead on behalf of the council for issues relating to health protection, ensuring good
links with local, regional and national bodies, such as UKHSA, NHSE
National performance standards or statutory/legal responsibilities applicable to this role
- Participate in the organisations staff appraisal scheme and quality improvement programme
and ensure appraisal and development of any staff for which s/he is responsible.
- Contribute actively to the training programme for Foundation Year Doctors/ Specialty
Registrars in Public Health and LAs management trainees as appropriate, and to the training
of practitioners and primary care professionals within the locality.
- Undertake an annual professional appraisal including completion of 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.
- In agreement with the DPH contribute as an appraiser to the professional appraisal system.
- Practise in accordance with all relevant sections of the General Medical Councils Good
Medical Practice (if medically qualified) and the Faculty of Public Healths Good Public Health
Practice and UKPHR requirements.
- Contribute to medical professional leadership within the health system.
- It is a duty of a health professional to foster scientific integrity, freedom of scientific
publications, and freedom of debate on health matters, and public health professionals have a
further responsibility to promote good governance and open government.
- Public health practice must be carried out within the ethical framework of the health
professions.
- The postholder will be expected to maintain effective, courageous, and responsible public
health advocacy.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Specific duties and responsibilities include
The postholder will be expected to demonstrate expertise across the full range of relevant
competencies as set out by the Faculty of PH (Appendix 1) and where required, take responsibility
for resolving operational issues in relation to the services commissioned within the public health
grant. In negotiation with the DPH (&/or the Council), the postholder may be asked to take on
responsibilities that are underpinned by any of the FPH competencies.
Postholders will be expected to demonstrate both the generalist expertise as well as develop topicbased expertise as required by the DPH and will be expected to deputise for the DPH as and when
required.
The range of duties expected of the postholder include
- Taking responsibility for a range of public health issues and work across organisational and
professional boundaries acting as a change agent managing complexity, ensuring prevention
is embedded across the system and to deliver improvements in health and wellbeing.
- Providing briefings on the health and wellbeing needs of local communities to Councillors,
Council Officers, ICBs, the 3rd sector, the public and partners. Where required to do so, the
postholder will provide verbal briefing to Councillors, other colleagues and stakeholders in
person which maybe at short notice.
- Taking responsibility for development, implementation and delivery of policies. This may
include taking the lead in developing detailed inter-agency and interdisciplinary strategic plans
and programmes based on needs assessments which may lead to service specifications. The
postholder will be expected to contribute appropriately to the procurement process.
- Providing expert public health support and whole system leadership to ensure an evidencebased approach for commissioning and developing high quality equitable services, within and
across a range of organisations including voluntary, public and private sector. This includes
the health service component of the mandated core service. This will include expertise in
evaluation and development of appropriate KPIs and outcome measures.
- Utilising (and if appropriate developing) information and intelligence systems to underpin
public health action across disciplines and organisations. This may include providing
leadership for collation and interpretation of relevant data including production of the JSNA.
Working with the DPH, this will include the integration of the appropriate elements of the
public health, crime, NHS and social care outcomes frameworks within the systems
developed by the local authority as well as with relevant partner organisations.
- Supporting the DPH in the development and implementation of robust strategies for improving
the health and wellbeing of local communities including ensuring qualitative and/or
quantitative measurements are in place to demonstrate improvements. This may include
taking responsibility for the judicious use of the ring-fenced public health grant and/or working
with ICBs, Trusts, contracted provider organisations and UKHSA and OHID.
- Providing the key local authority link to the research community, providing advice/support to
colleagues and co-ordinating appropriate access to scientific information. The postholder will
be expected to take part in relevant research networks and to influence research programmes
of such networks so that the research needs of the local authority are taken into account.
- Taking responsibility for the training obligations of the directorate, including undertaking the
responsibility of Education and Activity Supervisor. These duties will be agreed jointly with the
relevant Head of School of the South West Public Health Specialty training programme.
Underpinning much of these duties are public health tasks such as:
- Undertaking health needs assessments as required to enable evidence led actions to be
taken to improve the health of the local population.
- Developing prioritisation techniques and managing their application to policies, services and
to help resolve issues such as the investment-disinvestment debate.
- Effective communication of complex concepts, science and data and their implications for
local communities, to a range of stakeholders with very different backgrounds
- Understanding of evaluation frameworks and applying those frameworks to the benefit of local
communitiesA capacity to apply the scientific body of knowledge on public health to the polices and
services necessary to improve health and to formulate clear practical evidence-based
recommendations.
- The understanding of human and organisational behaviour and the application of this
knowledge to the achievement of change
- Inspire commitment to public health outcomes and to prevention as a core feature of public
sector reform.
- Take the lead on behalf of the council for issues relating to health protection, ensuring good
links with local, regional and national bodies, such as UKHSA, NHSE
National performance standards or statutory/legal responsibilities applicable to this role
- Participate in the organisations staff appraisal scheme and quality improvement programme
and ensure appraisal and development of any staff for which s/he is responsible.
- Contribute actively to the training programme for Foundation Year Doctors/ Specialty
Registrars in Public Health and LAs management trainees as appropriate, and to the training
of practitioners and primary care professionals within the locality.
- Undertake an annual professional appraisal including completion of 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.
- In agreement with the DPH contribute as an appraiser to the professional appraisal system.
- Practise in accordance with all relevant sections of the General Medical Councils Good
Medical Practice (if medically qualified) and the Faculty of Public Healths Good Public Health
Practice and UKPHR requirements.
- Contribute to medical professional leadership within the health system.
- It is a duty of a health professional to foster scientific integrity, freedom of scientific
publications, and freedom of debate on health matters, and public health professionals have a
further responsibility to promote good governance and open government.
- Public health practice must be carried out within the ethical framework of the health
professions.
- The postholder will be expected to maintain effective, courageous, and responsible public
health advocacy.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Experience
Essential
Desirable
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
Desirable
Experience
Essential
Desirable
Additional information
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
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