Deputy Director Health Improvement

Job responsibilities

Job specific responsibilities are:

Leadership:

Support the Regional Director account manager role for delivery of national actions and programmes within their portfolio

Support a coherent approach to developing nationwide and regional programmes by undertaking national or regional leadership roles for programmes of work.

Act with full delegated authority on behalf of the Regional Director in his/her absence for health improvement function.

Ensure health improvement and public health services are responsive to locally agreed plans and national priorities whilst demonstrating continuous quality improvement and clinical governance.

Support the proactive management of stakeholder engagement with key customers and stakeholders for health improvement

Effectively managing the budgets for the health improvement function.

Support any changes from the current workforce configuration.

Act as a mentor, coach and guide to senior staff and oversee workforce development for staff within their teams and supporting developments for wider workforce as appropriate.

Management:

Internal

Take responsibility on behalf of the Regional Director to:

Provide appropriate management and supervision of health improvement and workforce development staff across both OHID

Establish and oversee the implementation of appropriate clinical governance and quality improvement processes to ensure high standards are upheld within all aspects of the health improvement service locally

Ensure appropriate outcome and reporting frameworks are in place, are operating effectively and monitored ensure health improvement(s) are fully engaged and involved with the work and functioning of the Region across all domains of public health

Support and deputise for the Regional Director with other management duties as appropriate

External

Take responsibility on behalf of the Regional Director for:

Developing and managing effective working relationships with key stakeholders including Local Authorities and Directors of Public Health (DsPH); NHS England, ICSs, NHS Trusts, and other stakeholders as required

Ensuring effective communication (both locally and nationally), and with local stakeholders in relationship to all aspects of the Regions health improvement and workforce functions

Health Improvement Responsibilities:

Co-ordinate, support and assure local input on health improvement to local government, the NHS and wider partners by:

Developing an overall strategy and integrated business plan which tailors national and local health improvement support to where it is most needed to improve outcomes.

Ensuring local surveillance and insight is gathered through the use of data and evidence to identify gaps and target resource.

Ensuring local stakeholders are supported to access nationally available evidence, tools and services.

Supporting the Regional Director to work with the ADPH and LGA locally on sector led improvement programmes by promoting systematic approaches to achieving outcomes e.g. developing improvement communities based on local priorities, supporting peer review programmes, evaluation and audit.

Ensuring that the expertise is fed effectively into local strategic planning via Joint Strategic Needs Assessment, Health and Wellbeing Board and Health and Wellbeing Strategies.

Support the Regional Director to provide advice on achieving best value within the ring-fenced grant.

Reviewing local financial spend data for consistency with outcome data and work with local authorities to highlight opportunities for directing funds towards priority areas.

Training

Ensure staff have the relevant training and skills to undertake the role expected of them

Be actively involved in training and advising SpRs/SpTs and others on attachments to the Regional team

Ensure there is training in place for the wider public health workforce in the region

Ensure the Regional team makes a good contribution to the provision of training in health improvement for relevant staff, including DsPH and their staff

Other Roles/Duties

Participate in local or national research projects, working together with other Directorates and Academic centres.

The above is only an outline of the tasks, responsibilities and outcomes required of the role. You will carry out any other duties as may reasonably be required by and at the request of the Regional Director.

The job description and person specification may be reviewed in accordance with the changing needs of the Region and OHID.

Qualifications

Essential

• The National Health Service (Appointment of Consultants) Regulations 1996 (legislation.gov.uk)
• In line with legislation, 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 or UKPHR must provide verifiable signed documentary evidence that they are within 6 months of gaining entry to a register at the date of interview.
• All other applicants NOT YET granted specialist registration, must provide verifiable signed documentary evidence from the REGISTER concerned that they have submitted satisfactory evidence and therefore registration within six months of date of interview is assured.
• 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

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Strong commitment to public health principles
• Able to prioritise work, and work well against a background of change and uncertainty
• Adaptable to situations, can handle people of all capabilities and attitudes
• Commitment to team-working, and respect and consideration for the skills of others
• Self-motivated, pro-active, and innovative
• High standards of professional probity

Experience

Essential

• Proven experience of public health practice at senior level
• Proven experience as Consultant in Health Improvement
• Proven experience of leading the delivery of an externally facing service
• Experience of managing change in a complex environment
• Experience of developing and managing a team of people
• An understanding of the principles of provision of a high-quality health improvement function
• Experience of working in complex political and social environments
• Experience of Project management
• Experience of staff management and training
• Practical experience in facilitating change
• Budget management experience
• Experience of health improvement in a wide variety of settings including the NHS, local government, and other settings
• Experience and demonstrable competency in dealing with health improvement activities, including commissioning of services, development of service specifications, design of care pathways
• Experience of working with other agencies
• Experience of Training and mentoring
• Scientific publications, presentation of papers at conferences, seminars, etc.

Desirable

• Experience of developing/implementing innovative practice or services

Skills

Essential

• Strategic thinker with proven leadership skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills (including dealing with the public and the media)
• Effective interpersonal, motivational and influencing skills with a range of stakeholders, including other professional groups
• Ability to respond appropriately in unplanned and unforeseen circumstances
• Sensible negotiator with practical expectation of what can be achieved
• Substantially numerate, with highly developed analytical skills using qualitative and quantitative data
• Computer literate
• Ability to design, develop, interpret and implement policies
• Ability to concentrate for long periods (e.g. analyses, media presentations)
• Resource management skills

Knowledge

Essential

• Understanding of epidemiology and statistics, public health practice, health promotion, health economics and health care evaluation.
• Understanding of the determinates of health, including wider determinants
• Understanding of the public sector duty and the inequality duty and their application to public health practice
• Understanding of key agencies involved in health improvement
• Understanding of social and political environment

Desirable

• Understanding of health improvement

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

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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).