Job summary
This is an exciting opportunity for a Public Health professional
to lead the strategic
direction and dissemination of evidence, intelligence and evaluation, across Bedford Borough, Central Bedfordshire
and Milton Keynes.
The post holder
will provide expert public health advice to multiple stakeholders and lead key
public health functions, including delivery of the core offer to the local
Clinical Commissioning Groups, the Joint Strategic Needs Assessments and Annual
Director of Public Health reports. They will also use information and
intelligence systems to inform evidence-based recommendations regarding health,
wellbeing, care and quality.
Main duties of the job
Public health has a key role to provide the evidence & intelligence to
the local system needed to ensure effective commissioning and delivery of
public services, the best use of available resources, and the best outcomes for
local people. You will be a leader in the delivery and dissemination of
evidence, intelligence and evaluation, working with multiple stakeholders in a
complex environment.
You will manage multiple and changing demands and meet tight deadlines. You
will deal with complex public health issues, making evidence-based recommendations
regarding health & wellbeing, care & quality, and achieving best value.
The role requires a high level of intellectual rigour, negotiation skills,
motivational ability and flexibility to deal with complex issues. A high level
of tact, diplomacy and political awareness is essential along with the ability
to understand organisational cultures, to enable effective working across
organisational boundaries and influence without direct authority.
About us
The postholder will be a senior member of the Population Health, Evidence
& Intelligence Team, which provides a shared service to Bedford Borough,
Central Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes Councils. The post holder will have key
role in ensuring the successful delivery of the statutory Core Offer to
Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes CCGs.
You will lead a team of population health, evidence and intelligence
officers, and provide direct line management to the Senior Public Health
Officer (Evidence & Evaluation), Public Health Officer (Evidence &
Evaluation), and Senior Public Health Officer (Population Health Analyst).
You will work closely with the Chief Officer for Public Health (Evidence
and Intelligence) to deliver key public health functions. This includes the
Core Offer to Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes CCGs, and the Joint Strategic
Needs Assessments (JSNAs) and Annual Director of Public Health (ADPH) reports
to Bedford Borough, Central Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes Councils.
Job description
Job responsibilities
JOB PURPOSE:
Public
health has a key role to provide the evidence and intelligence to the local
system needed to ensure effective commissioning and delivery of public
services, the best use of available resources, and the best outcomes for local
people. The post-holder will be a leader in the delivery and dissemination of
evidence, intelligence and evaluation, working with multiple stakeholders in
a complex environment.
As
part of a shared public health team that works across three unitary authorities
and the local clinical commissioning group, the post holder will work closely
with the Chief Officer for Public Health (Evidence and Intelligence) to
deliver key public health functions.
This includes the Core Offer to Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes CCGs,
and the Joint Strategic Needs Assessments (JSNAs) and Annual Director of
Public Health (ADPH) reports to Bedford Borough, Central Bedfordshire and
Milton Keynes Councils.
The
post-holder will lead a team of population health, evidence and intelligence
officers, and provide direct line management to the Senior Public Health Officer
(Evidence & Evaluation), Public Health Officer (Evidence &
Evaluation), and Senior Public Health Officer (Population Health Analyst).
The
post holder will be expected to cope with multiple and changing demands and
to meet tight deadlines. The post holder will deal with complex public health
issues, advise the Bedford Borough, Central Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes
Health and Wellbeing Boards, and the Governing Bodies of Bedfordshire and
Milton Keynes CCGs, making evidence-based recommendations regarding health
& wellbeing, care & quality, and achieving best value.
The
role requires a high level of intellectual rigour, negotiation skills,
motivational ability and the flexibility to deal with complex public health
issues as they arise. A high level of tact, diplomacy and political awareness
is also required; along with the ability to understand organisational
cultures, to enable effective working across organisational boundaries and to
influence without direct authority.
Job description
Job responsibilities
JOB PURPOSE:
Public
health has a key role to provide the evidence and intelligence to the local
system needed to ensure effective commissioning and delivery of public
services, the best use of available resources, and the best outcomes for local
people. The post-holder will be a leader in the delivery and dissemination of
evidence, intelligence and evaluation, working with multiple stakeholders in
a complex environment.
As
part of a shared public health team that works across three unitary authorities
and the local clinical commissioning group, the post holder will work closely
with the Chief Officer for Public Health (Evidence and Intelligence) to
deliver key public health functions.
This includes the Core Offer to Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes CCGs,
and the Joint Strategic Needs Assessments (JSNAs) and Annual Director of
Public Health (ADPH) reports to Bedford Borough, Central Bedfordshire and
Milton Keynes Councils.
The
post-holder will lead a team of population health, evidence and intelligence
officers, and provide direct line management to the Senior Public Health Officer
(Evidence & Evaluation), Public Health Officer (Evidence &
Evaluation), and Senior Public Health Officer (Population Health Analyst).
The
post holder will be expected to cope with multiple and changing demands and
to meet tight deadlines. The post holder will deal with complex public health
issues, advise the Bedford Borough, Central Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes
Health and Wellbeing Boards, and the Governing Bodies of Bedfordshire and
Milton Keynes CCGs, making evidence-based recommendations regarding health
& wellbeing, care & quality, and achieving best value.
The
role requires a high level of intellectual rigour, negotiation skills,
motivational ability and the flexibility to deal with complex public health
issues as they arise. A high level of tact, diplomacy and political awareness
is also required; along with the ability to understand organisational
cultures, to enable effective working across organisational boundaries and to
influence without direct authority.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree-level education and/or relevant professional qualification or equivalent demonstrable experience
Experience
Essential
- Proven ability as an effective team leader and line manager
- Proven ability to manage finance and other resources with corporate governance systems, protocol and policy
- Experience of designing and managing programmes and projects to improve health and reduce health inequalities
- The skills and experience to audit, evaluate and re-design services and interventions to improve health outcomes and reduce health inequalities
- Proven ability to report and advise on the implications of the evidence base for the most effective practice and the delivery of value for money
- Proven ability to provide vision, shape thinking, inspire shared purpose, and influence the contributions of others throughout the system to improve health and address health inequalities
- Proven ability to collate and analyse data to produce intelligence that informs decision making, planning, implementation performance monitoring and evaluation
- Confident communicator, able to convey complex information and concepts (including health outcomes, inequalities and life expectancy) to a diversity of audiences using different methods
- Proven ability to adapt to change, manage uncertainty, solve problems and align clear goals with lines of accountability in complex and unpredictable environments
- Proven ability to work within political and democratic systems and with a range of organisational cultures to improve health outcomes and reduce health inequalities
- Experience of measuring, monitoring and reporting population health and wellbeing, health needs, risk, inequalities and use of services
- Proven ability to assess and manage risks associated with using and sharing data and information, data security and intellectual property
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree-level education and/or relevant professional qualification or equivalent demonstrable experience
Experience
Essential
- Proven ability as an effective team leader and line manager
- Proven ability to manage finance and other resources with corporate governance systems, protocol and policy
- Experience of designing and managing programmes and projects to improve health and reduce health inequalities
- The skills and experience to audit, evaluate and re-design services and interventions to improve health outcomes and reduce health inequalities
- Proven ability to report and advise on the implications of the evidence base for the most effective practice and the delivery of value for money
- Proven ability to provide vision, shape thinking, inspire shared purpose, and influence the contributions of others throughout the system to improve health and address health inequalities
- Proven ability to collate and analyse data to produce intelligence that informs decision making, planning, implementation performance monitoring and evaluation
- Confident communicator, able to convey complex information and concepts (including health outcomes, inequalities and life expectancy) to a diversity of audiences using different methods
- Proven ability to adapt to change, manage uncertainty, solve problems and align clear goals with lines of accountability in complex and unpredictable environments
- Proven ability to work within political and democratic systems and with a range of organisational cultures to improve health outcomes and reduce health inequalities
- Experience of measuring, monitoring and reporting population health and wellbeing, health needs, risk, inequalities and use of services
- Proven ability to assess and manage risks associated with using and sharing data and information, data security and intellectual property
