Job summary
The Public Health Clinical Response (PHCR) Division is in the Health Equity and Clinical Governance Directorate, which sits in UKHSA's Clinical and Public Health Group. PHCR division includes Senior Medical Advisors, the UKHSA guidance team and a rapid evidence service, and works across UKHSA including close working with Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response (EPRR). The Senior Medical Advisors are critical in providing the public health clinical advice and leadership to enable successful delivery of that Directorate's work to keep the public safe from public health hazards and threats.
Main duties of the job
The Senior Medical Advisor will work as part of a team of senior medical staff in PHCR to provide medical/clinical advice to internal and external stakeholders in the areas of EPRR and CBRN.
The key elements of the service are to:
- Review and analyse clinical and other intelligence relating to CBRN threats and incidents
- Work closely with others in the wider CBRN community to interpret the threat to the UK and provide Senior Medical Advisor leadership and advice to partner agencies including other government departments
- Provide public health /medical /clinical input into the work of other parts of UKHSA, DHSC and other government departments, other agencies and organisations
- Provide PHCR Senior Medical Advisor advice and leadership to UKHSA's response to incidents
- Participate in the on-call rota for the duty Senior Medical Advisor
- Contribute to the management of staff as agreed
Promote professional standards including training, research and audit
About us
We pride ourselves as being an employer of choice, where Everyone Matters promoting equality of opportunity to actively encourage applications from everyone, including groups currently underrepresented in our workforce.
UKHSA ethos is to be an inclusive organisation for all our staff and stakeholders. To create, nurture and sustain an inclusive culture, where differences drive innovative solutions to meet the needs of our workforce and wider communities. We do this through celebrating and protecting differences by removing barriers and promoting equity and equality of opportunity for all.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Applicants are strongly advised to use the criteria in the Person Specification (available online) as sub-headings in their application to make it clear how they meet each of the selection criteria; please refer to the Person Specification for a full overview. Please also see job description for competencies.
Inclusion in the GMC Full and Specialist Register with a license to practice (or be eligible for registration within six months of interview)
If included in the GMC Specialist Register/ in a specialty other than public health medicine, 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 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
The successful candidate will be appointed to the point of the Consultant salary scale appropriate to their years of seniority.
Open to all external applicants (anyone) from outside the Civil Service (including by definition internal applicants).
Job description
Job responsibilities
Applicants are strongly advised to use the criteria in the Person Specification (available online) as sub-headings in their application to make it clear how they meet each of the selection criteria; please refer to the Person Specification for a full overview. Please also see job description for competencies.
Inclusion in the GMC Full and Specialist Register with a license to practice (or be eligible for registration within six months of interview)
If included in the GMC Specialist Register/ in a specialty other than public health medicine, 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 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
The successful candidate will be appointed to the point of the Consultant salary scale appropriate to their years of seniority.
Open to all external applicants (anyone) from outside the Civil Service (including by definition internal applicants).
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Inclusion in the GMC Full and Specialist Register with a license to practice (or be eligible for registration within six months of interview)
- If included in the GMC Specialist Register/ in a specialty other than public health medicine, 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 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
- 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
- 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
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
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Understanding of epidemiology and statistics, public health practice, health promotion, health economics and health care evaluation
- Understanding of key agencies involved in health protection and emergency response
- Knowledge of methods of developing clinical quality assurance, quality improvement and evidence based clinical and/or public health practice
- Understanding of social and political environment
- Understanding of laboratory microbiology services
- Understanding of clinical infectious diseases services
- Understanding of clinical toxicology services
- Understanding of the principles of radiological protection
- Understanding of potential CBRN agents and methods of dissemination
- Understanding of the public sector duty and the inequality duty and their application to public health practice
- Experience of leading and implementing multiagency strategies
- Practical experience in facilitating change across complex systems
- Experience of the control of communicable disease outbreaks and environmental hazards in a wide variety of settings including out of hours on call
- Experience of working with other agencies
- Experience of emergency planning
- Training and mentoring
Desirable
- Staff management and training
- Budget management
- Scientific publications, presentation of papers at conferences, seminars, etc
Skills/Capabilities/Behaviours
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
- 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
Desirable
- Skilled at dealing with the public and the media
- Application of epidemiological methods and statistics
- Grant development and research methodology
Equality and Diversity
Essential
- An understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Inclusion in the GMC Full and Specialist Register with a license to practice (or be eligible for registration within six months of interview)
- If included in the GMC Specialist Register/ in a specialty other than public health medicine, 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 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
- 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
- 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
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
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Understanding of epidemiology and statistics, public health practice, health promotion, health economics and health care evaluation
- Understanding of key agencies involved in health protection and emergency response
- Knowledge of methods of developing clinical quality assurance, quality improvement and evidence based clinical and/or public health practice
- Understanding of social and political environment
- Understanding of laboratory microbiology services
- Understanding of clinical infectious diseases services
- Understanding of clinical toxicology services
- Understanding of the principles of radiological protection
- Understanding of potential CBRN agents and methods of dissemination
- Understanding of the public sector duty and the inequality duty and their application to public health practice
- Experience of leading and implementing multiagency strategies
- Practical experience in facilitating change across complex systems
- Experience of the control of communicable disease outbreaks and environmental hazards in a wide variety of settings including out of hours on call
- Experience of working with other agencies
- Experience of emergency planning
- Training and mentoring
Desirable
- Staff management and training
- Budget management
- Scientific publications, presentation of papers at conferences, seminars, etc
Skills/Capabilities/Behaviours
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
- 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
Desirable
- Skilled at dealing with the public and the media
- Application of epidemiological methods and statistics
- Grant development and research methodology
Equality and Diversity
Essential
- An understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships
Additional information
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).
