CONSULTANT IN PUBLIC HEALTH / CONSULTANT IN PUBLIC HEALTH MEDICINE

Job responsibilities

In addition to the consultant roles, the public health team has a matrix approach to work and has senior programme managers who work cross-cutting leading on integration, intelligence, and inequalities.

On behalf of the local authority, the post-holder working with the DPH and other consultant colleagues will lead on improving the health and wellbeing of the residents which is underpinned by the statutory duty placed on local government to take such steps as it considers appropriate to improve health of its residents.

The roles includes taking responsibility for strategic objectives of the local authority and the Health & Wellbeing Board and act as a change agent to enable delivery of relevant outcome indicators from the public health, NHS and social care outcome frameworks.

The post-holder will be expected to work across organisations, be able to influence budgets held by those organisations as well as advocate for change effectively. They will hold direct managerial responsibility for services and budgets which directly contribute to these objectives and they will also have substantially greater strategic responsibilities across the council and other agencies.

To be successful in this role you must have experience of using complex information to explain public health issues to a range of audiences.

You will have the ability to influence senior members including directors and CEOs, as well as lead teams and contribute effectively in teams led by junior colleagues. You’ll demonstrate and motivate organisations to contribute to improving the public’s health and wellbeing through mainstream activities and within resources

It is a requirement that you have an in depth understanding of the health and care system and the relationships with both local national government. It is vital that you meet minimum CPD requirements (i.e. be up to date) in accordance with Faculty of Public Health requirements or other recognised body.

If you wish to apply for this role, please submit your CV and supporting statement to jobs@luton.gov.uk

Interview date Friday 20th May 2022.

If you have any queries or would like to have a discussion about this position please contact Sally Cartwright on 07721 880544 or Sally.Cartwright@luton.gov.uk

Qualifications

Essential

• Inclusion in the GMC Full and Specialist Register with a license to
• practice/GDC Specialist List (or be eligible for registration within six months of interview) or Inclusion in the UK Public Health Register (UKPHR) for Public Health Specialists (or be eligible for registration within six months of interview)
• If included in the GMC Specialist Register/GDC Specialist List in a specialty other than public health medicine/dental public health, candidates must have equivalent training and/or appropriate experience of public health practice
• Public health specialty registrar applicants who are not yet on the GMC Specialist Register/GDC Specialist List in dental public health/UKPHR must provide verifiable signed documentary evidence that they are within 6 months of gaining entry at the date of interview; all other applicants must provide verifiable signed documentary evidence that they have applied for inclusion in the GMC/GDC/UKPHR specialist registers and are within 6 months of gaining entry to the specialist register [see shortlisting notes below for additional guidance]
• If an applicant is UK trained in Public Health, they must ALSO be a holder of a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), or be within six months of award of CCT by date of interview. If an applicant is non-UK trained, they will be required to show evidence of equivalence to the UK CCT [see shortlisting notes below for additional guidance]
• Applicants must meet minimum CPD requirements (i.e. be up to date) in
• accordance with Faculty of Public Health requirements or other recognised body
• MFPH by examination, by exemption or by assessment

Desirable

• Masters in Public Health or equivalent

Knowledge

Essential

• In depth understanding of the health and care system and the relationships with both local national government.
• In depth knowledge of methods of developing clinical quality assurance, quality improvement , evaluations and evidence based public health practice.
• Strong and demonstrable understanding of interfaces between health, social care and key partners (dealing with wider determinants of health).
• Understanding of the public sector duty and the inequality duty and their application to public health practice.

Experience

Essential

• Delivery of successful change management programmes across organizational boundaries.
• Experience of using complex information to explain public health issues to a range of audiences.

Desirable

• Media experience demonstrating delivery of effective health behaviour or health promotion messages.

Skills

Essential

• Strategic thinker with proven leadership skills and operational nous.
• Able to demonstrate and motivate organisations to contribute to improving the publics health and wellbeing through mainstream activities and within resources.
• Ability to lead and manage the response successfully in unplanned and
• unforeseen circumstances.
• Analytical skills able to utilize both qualitative (including health economics) and quantitative information.
• Ability to design, develop, interpret and implement strategies and policies.

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.

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).