Job summary
The PH Directorate aims to provide strategic leadership, oversight, coherent support, and delivery across a broad range of PH functions across multiple teams - Screening & Immunisation, Health & Justice, Health Equity, Specialised commissioning, dental public health and population health evidence and intelligence. The DD HCPH will be expected to provide strong professional leadership across the broad range of the directorate's functions, have an operational responsibility for the provision of safe and effective public health advice and support, and line management of the Dental, Specialised Commissioning and Population Health Management (DSP) team.
The DD HCPH provides local leadership of the NHS healthcare public health system, on behalf of the RD. The post holder has day-to-day operational responsibility for the provision of an effective healthcare public health system which delivers to high quality standards and is responsive to the needs of the local community and partners in the local public health systems.
The successful candidate will support the Regional Director of Public Health in the strategic oversight of NHS's contribution to improving and protecting the public's health and reducing health inequalities in the locality, achieved by working with partners to build and develop the local public health system through the provision of expert advice and insight and their operational responsibility for the delivery of the healthcare public health service.
Main duties of the job
As a Deputy Director of Healthcare Public Health, the post holder will lead and work as part of a dynamic team in delivering an effective service supporting staff across the Public Directorate in the East of England to manage the performance of the DSP team and practitioners.
The Deputy Director of Healthcare Public Health provides local leadership of the NHS public health system, on behalf of the Regional Director. The post holder has day-to-day operational responsibility for the provision of an effective healthcare public health system which delivers to high quality standards and is responsive to the needs of the local community and partners in the local public health systems.
The Deputy Director will support the Regional Director of Public Health in the strategic oversight of NHS's contribution to improving and protecting the public's health and reducing health inequalities in the locality. The Deputy Director will support the Regional Director in working with partners to build and develop the local public health system through the provision of expert advice and insight and their operational responsibility for the delivery of the public health service.
All Deputy Directors will work in a networked way across regions to support the regional role of adviser to NHS England and contribute to national work on developing a comprehensive public health system with NHSE sub regional teams.
About us
The NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:
- Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
- Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
- Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
- Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
- Delivering value for money.
If you would like to know more or require further information, please visithttps://www.england.nhs.uk/.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will oversee, coordinate and deliver high quality professional PH input, support and advice to the NHS England at Regional level to drive improvements in outcomes and reduction in health inequalities across the population in a way that is cost effective to support NHS Englands sub regional team including public health advice to support:
- Overall strategy for improving population health at a local level
- The strategy for implementing the 5 year forward view (5YFV)
- Direct commissioning responsibilities for primary care (including medical services; Ophthalmic services; community pharmaceutical services etc.)
- Public health service commitments defined through the Section 7a agreement;
- Quality and efficiency programme QIPP, and its Commissioning and Pathways; Provider Efficiency; and System Enablers national work streams to ensure cost effectiveness across primary, secondary and tertiary health services and care
- You will identify future challenges to the publics health and wellbeing and act as a professional advisor for NHSE and local CCGs (in support of Directors of Public Health) on all matters related to healthcare public health.
- You will work effectively and promote good relationships between NHSE, local authorities, ICBs, OHID and UKHSA.
- Represent the Public Health Directorate at meetings relating to the performance of DSP practitioner
- Input into the development and monitoring of performance improvement action plans for practitioner
- Attendand provide expert clinical advice to the regulatory Panel Meetings.
- Ensure that any new legislation, NICE requirements and NHS regulations and guidance are implemented appropriately
- Participate in peer review of individual performance at least once per year.
- Coordinate needs assessment and defining of priorities to ensure population health improvement is achieved within available resources
- Implementation of the 5YFV
- Support commissioning and commissioning decisions in providing an evidence-based rationale in order to secure delivery
- Support commissioning approaches for the whole pathway throughout the life cycle, with an emphasis on prevention (including self-care).
- Optimising value for the NHS to provide cost effective, evidence-based solutions through health economics advice.
- Maintaining and enhancing quality, improving outcomes and equity of access throughout the domains of the outcomes framework
- Supporting patient and public engagement through insight and community approaches to engagement
- Supporting the focus on health and health service inequalities through monitoring, supporting strategies, and ensuring effectiveness of intervention
- Providing the public health evidence base and the population perspective (both geographical and disease specific) to seek consensus on changes to health services that may be required
- Exercising strategic influence over the way in which NHSE perceives its role in preventing ill health and promoting good health
- Lead on public health support and advice to commissioning (and disinvestment) by NHSE ensuring that commissioning is underpinned by a focus on evidence-based clinical needs, outcomes and quality and that priorities are based firmly on clinical credibility, added value and a population perspective.
You can find further details about the job, organisational structure, recruitment profile, expected outcomes and benefits information in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The post holder will oversee, coordinate and deliver high quality professional PH input, support and advice to the NHS England at Regional level to drive improvements in outcomes and reduction in health inequalities across the population in a way that is cost effective to support NHS Englands sub regional team including public health advice to support:
- Overall strategy for improving population health at a local level
- The strategy for implementing the 5 year forward view (5YFV)
- Direct commissioning responsibilities for primary care (including medical services; Ophthalmic services; community pharmaceutical services etc.)
- Public health service commitments defined through the Section 7a agreement;
- Quality and efficiency programme QIPP, and its Commissioning and Pathways; Provider Efficiency; and System Enablers national work streams to ensure cost effectiveness across primary, secondary and tertiary health services and care
- You will identify future challenges to the publics health and wellbeing and act as a professional advisor for NHSE and local CCGs (in support of Directors of Public Health) on all matters related to healthcare public health.
- You will work effectively and promote good relationships between NHSE, local authorities, ICBs, OHID and UKHSA.
- Represent the Public Health Directorate at meetings relating to the performance of DSP practitioner
- Input into the development and monitoring of performance improvement action plans for practitioner
- Attendand provide expert clinical advice to the regulatory Panel Meetings.
- Ensure that any new legislation, NICE requirements and NHS regulations and guidance are implemented appropriately
- Participate in peer review of individual performance at least once per year.
- Coordinate needs assessment and defining of priorities to ensure population health improvement is achieved within available resources
- Implementation of the 5YFV
- Support commissioning and commissioning decisions in providing an evidence-based rationale in order to secure delivery
- Support commissioning approaches for the whole pathway throughout the life cycle, with an emphasis on prevention (including self-care).
- Optimising value for the NHS to provide cost effective, evidence-based solutions through health economics advice.
- Maintaining and enhancing quality, improving outcomes and equity of access throughout the domains of the outcomes framework
- Supporting patient and public engagement through insight and community approaches to engagement
- Supporting the focus on health and health service inequalities through monitoring, supporting strategies, and ensuring effectiveness of intervention
- Providing the public health evidence base and the population perspective (both geographical and disease specific) to seek consensus on changes to health services that may be required
- Exercising strategic influence over the way in which NHSE perceives its role in preventing ill health and promoting good health
- Lead on public health support and advice to commissioning (and disinvestment) by NHSE ensuring that commissioning is underpinned by a focus on evidence-based clinical needs, outcomes and quality and that priorities are based firmly on clinical credibility, added value and a population perspective.
You can find further details about the job, organisational structure, recruitment profile, expected outcomes and benefits information in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- In line with legislation, inclusion in the GMC Full and Specialist Register with a license to practice/GDC Specialist List or inclusion in the UK Public Health Register (UKPHR) for Public Health Specialists at the point of application.
- 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, UKPHR register or GDC Specialist List in dental public health must provide verifiable signed documentary evidence that they are within 6 months of gaining entry to a register at the date of interview
- 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, or equivalent
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- High level understanding of epidemiology and statistics, public health practice, health promotion, health economics and health care evaluation.
- Knowledge of methods of developing clinical quality assurance, quality improvement and evidence based clinical and/or public health practice.
- Understanding of NHS and local government cultures, structures and policies.
- Understanding of social and political environment.
- Understanding of interfaces between health and social care.
Skills, Capabilities and Attributes
Essential
- Strong external communications skills in a politically sensitive environment with knowledge of and experience in handling media relations
- Ability to provide and receive, convey and present highly complex, sensitive and/or contentious information to large groups, responding openly to questions to ensure full understanding and engagement
- Ability to analyse highly complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources (verbal, written and numerical).
- Demonstrable ability to work effectively between strategic and operational activities where required.
- Demonstrable ability to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales.
- Proven and effective interpersonal, motivational, and influencing skills with a commitment to team-working, and respect and consideration for the skills of others.
- Strong commitment to public health principles with high standards of professional probity.
Values and Behaviours
Essential
- Works well with others, is positive and helpful, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others.
- Actively develops themselves and supports others to do the same.
- Demonstrates honesty and integrity and promotes organisational values
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- In line with legislation, inclusion in the GMC Full and Specialist Register with a license to practice/GDC Specialist List or inclusion in the UK Public Health Register (UKPHR) for Public Health Specialists at the point of application.
- 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, UKPHR register or GDC Specialist List in dental public health must provide verifiable signed documentary evidence that they are within 6 months of gaining entry to a register at the date of interview
- 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, or equivalent
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- High level understanding of epidemiology and statistics, public health practice, health promotion, health economics and health care evaluation.
- Knowledge of methods of developing clinical quality assurance, quality improvement and evidence based clinical and/or public health practice.
- Understanding of NHS and local government cultures, structures and policies.
- Understanding of social and political environment.
- Understanding of interfaces between health and social care.
Skills, Capabilities and Attributes
Essential
- Strong external communications skills in a politically sensitive environment with knowledge of and experience in handling media relations
- Ability to provide and receive, convey and present highly complex, sensitive and/or contentious information to large groups, responding openly to questions to ensure full understanding and engagement
- Ability to analyse highly complex issues where material is conflicting and drawn from multiple sources (verbal, written and numerical).
- Demonstrable ability to work effectively between strategic and operational activities where required.
- Demonstrable ability to manage own workload and make informed decisions in the absence of required information, working to tight and often changing timescales.
- Proven and effective interpersonal, motivational, and influencing skills with a commitment to team-working, and respect and consideration for the skills of others.
- Strong commitment to public health principles with high standards of professional probity.
Values and Behaviours
Essential
- Works well with others, is positive and helpful, listens, involves, respects and learns from the contribution of others.
- Actively develops themselves and supports others to do the same.
- Demonstrates honesty and integrity and promotes organisational values
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).
Additional information
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).
