Advanced Health Protection Practitioner

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person specification

• Ability to identify areas for policy development and experience of delivering these for service improvement utilising a variety of literature and resources
• Leadership and management of projects (e.g. Quality Improvement and research)
• Involvement and co-ordination of public health initiatives
• Incident and outbreak investigation and management
• Ability to undertake on call responsibility for public health
• Sound knowledge and understanding of the wider public health agenda
• Working knowledge of the principles of epidemiology
• Experience of effectively engaging with the media e.g. reactive press statement
• Experience of developing and delivering training programmes on a wide range of topics including to trainees, pre and post registration
• Experience of professional supervision/mentorship including supporting public health trainees. e.g.as a project supervisor
• Highly effective verbal, written and presentation communications skills; capable of constructing and delivering clear ideas and concepts concisely and accurately for diverse audiences
• Proven ability to build trusted stakeholder relationships networks in a politically sensitive and/or changing environment
• Ability to interpret, analyse and disseminate complex and/or sensitive information in a concise yet insightful way, pre-empting and evaluating issues and recommending appropriate course of action(s) to large and influential groups
• Proven capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
• Evidence of ability to handle challenging issues taking a problem-solving approach to ensure proactive and effective resolution
• Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office including Word, and Excel
• Experience of clinical and/ or professional supervision/mentorship

• Evidence of ongoing CPD and committed to self-development and willing to share experience with others to influence practice
• Ability to prioritise own work effectively and be able to direct activities of others including managing and motivating a team and reviewing individual standards
• Experience of leadership within a changing environment
• An understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships, both in terms of day-to-day working practices, and in relation to management systems and has the ability to take actions which support and promote this agenda

Desirable

• Recognised teaching qualification or equivalent experience, e.g. ENB 998, PGCE or NVQ Level 4 Certificate in Education
• Professional Public Health qualification and registration e.g. Specialist Community Public Health (SCPHN) part of the NMC Register or UK PH Register for practitioners
• Experience of project principles techniques and tools such as Prince 2 and Managing Successful Projects
• Understanding of public health law
• Experience of budget management and financial processes
• Evidence of understanding of the principles of workforce profiles, strategic workforce planning and workforce deployment issues

STAGE 1 - APPLICATION & SIFT:

You will be required to complete an application form. This will be assessed in line with the full list of essential criteria as detailed in the attached job description please do provide evidence of how you meet this. Your Statement of Suitability should outline your skills, experience, and achievements, providing evidence of your suitability for the role, with reference to the essential criteria (outlined in the person specification section).

You will also be asked to provide information within the Employer/ Activity history section of the application form. This is equivalent to the information you would provide on a CV, setting out your career history.

If you are successful at this stage, you will progress to an interview.

STAGE 2 INTERVIEW

This competition will involve an interview by video.

As part of the process, candidates will be invited to interview which will involve an in-depth discussion of your previous experience and professional competence in relation to the criteria set out in the Person Specification. Candidates will also be asked to participate in a session where they will be required to prepare and deliver a 5-minute presentation to the panel. This will be followed by a question-and-answer segment. The presentation will be designed to assess each candidates experience in line with the requirements of the role. Full details will be provided prior to the interview.

Civil Service Success Profiles / Civil Service Competency Framework 2012-2017

As a civil servant your performance and appraisal will be assessed against the civil service core competencies or success profile elements detailed below:

Strategic cluster setting direction:

People cluster engaging people:

Performance cluster delivering results:

1. Seeing the big picture

2. Changing and improving

3. Making effective decisions

1. Leading and communicating

2. Collaborating and partnering

3. Building capability for all

1. Achieving commercial outcomes

2. Delivering value for money

3. Managing a quality service

4. Delivering at pace

For further information on the selection process, please refer to the attached Candidate Pack.

Expected Timeline:

Advert close: 23:55hrs on 28th April 2024 unfortunately, late applications will not be considered. Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.

Interviews: TBD

Please note these dates could be subject to change.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Registered General Nurse or Allied Health Professional in relevant clinical discipline with current professional registration e.g. NMC
• Masters in Public health, or higher degree in a related subject, or evidence of CPD in health protection and documented experience at masters level practice
• Recognised qualification in Infection Prevention and Control or demonstrable equivalent experience
• Extensive experience in a health protection role at a senior level with specialist knowledge and expertise in Health Protection
• An understanding of and ability to work under the current Health and Social Care Act (e.g. safe guarding vulnerable adults; data protection, information governance)
• Proven experience of managing others in a managerial or supervisory role including performance management and appraisal and development
• Proven experience and ability to prioritise own work effectively and be able to direct activities of/to others including managing and motivating a team and reviewing individual standards
• Ability to identify areas for development and delivery of training programmes ensuring national and strategic objectives
• Experience of leading and maintaining quality and governance frameworks
• Proven experience of leading and developing robust audit and service improvement practices
• Ability to identify areas for policy development and experience of delivering these for service improvement utilising a variety of literature and resources
• Leadership and management of projects (e.g. Quality Improvement and research)
• Involvement and co-ordination of public health initiatives
• Incident and outbreak investigation and management
• Ability to undertake on call responsibility for public health
• Sound knowledge and understanding of the wider public health agenda
• Working knowledge of the principles of epidemiology
• Experience of effectively engaging with the media e.g. reactive press statement
• Experience of developing and delivering training programmes on a wide range of topics including to trainees, pre and post registration
• Experience of professional supervision/mentorship including supporting public health trainees. e.g.as a project supervisor
• Highly effective verbal, written and presentation communications skills; capable of constructing and delivering clear ideas and concepts concisely and accurately for diverse audiences
• Proven ability to build trusted stakeholder relationships networks in a politically sensitive and/or changing environment
• Ability to interpret, analyse and disseminate complex and/or sensitive information in a concise yet insightful way, pre-empting and evaluating issues and recommending appropriate course of action(s) to large and influential groups
• Proven capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly

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

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).

Employer details

Employer name

UK Health Security Agency

Address

2nd floor, Blenheim House, Duncombe Street

Leeds

LS16 6RW

Employer's website

https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/uk-health-security-agency (Opens in a new tab)