Job summary
We have an exciting opportunity to join a growing public health function within a large integrated Community, Mental Health and Forensic NHS Foundation Trust. The role will including leading aspects of our strategic vision for reducing health inequalities. This post will also help us to optimise how we use our data to support service improvement and get the best possible outcomes for our patients.
There are also exciting opportunities to work across our local system, leading and contributing to work at ICB and Place Based Partnership level.
We are also a formal, public health training location and there are opportunities to act as an Educational Supervisor and be part of the very active and supportive Nottinghamshire training network.
Main duties of the job
The objective of the post is to support the development of services provided by the Trust and to support the development, transformation and integration of those services in the local health economy, so as to improve patient care.
The successful candidate will be skilled, experienced, knowledgeable and passionate about public health and be able to evidence a high degree of competency. They will need to work with and inspire a wide range of staff within the Trust, including clinicians and analysts, as well as partners more broadly across the local system.
About us
Nottinghamshire Healthcare employs over 10,000 colleagues who help #MakeADifference every day. We provide intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and South Yorkshire. Care is delivered from over 120 sites within the community from acute settings and across low, medium and high secure environments including prisons.
As one of the largest mental health and community trusts in the East Midlands and one of the biggest employers in Nottinghamshire. We are also home to national and regional services such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.
We are committed to flexible and agile working, including the opportunity to join our bank.
Your health and wellbeing is our priority and as such we invest significantly in this via our in-house Occupational Health Service, Staff Counselling Service and Health and Wellbeing Team.
We offer a number of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) groups, our Green Champions Network, Freedom to Speak Up Network. Health and Wellbeing Champions Network and Menopause Champions. We provide care to a diverse range of communities and are passionate about supporting diversity and inclusion in the Trust.
If you believe in our values of Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork, then we would love to hear from you!
#TeamNottsHC
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Supporting analysis of Trust healthcare data to support implementation and development of the outcomes framework and supporting the development of a broad range outcomes measures and indicators, including clinical and patient-reported outcome measures and systems to monitor and learn from adverse events, such as patient deaths.
- Support for reducing inappropriate clinical variation, including equity of access to Trust services as part of reducing health inequalities.
- Using data on our patient population in planning and day to day operations as required.
- Working with evolving health system wide plans (e.g. ICS and PBPs) and transformation work including population health management and risk stratification skills.
- The further development and implementation of the Trust's prevention framework and our approach to tackling health inequalities.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- Supporting analysis of Trust healthcare data to support implementation and development of the outcomes framework and supporting the development of a broad range outcomes measures and indicators, including clinical and patient-reported outcome measures and systems to monitor and learn from adverse events, such as patient deaths.
- Support for reducing inappropriate clinical variation, including equity of access to Trust services as part of reducing health inequalities.
- Using data on our patient population in planning and day to day operations as required.
- Working with evolving health system wide plans (e.g. ICS and PBPs) and transformation work including population health management and risk stratification skills.
- The further development and implementation of the Trust's prevention framework and our approach to tackling health inequalities.
Person Specification
Qualifications/Education
Essential
- 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 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.
- MFPH by examination, by exemption or by assessment, or equivalanet
Desirable
- Masters in Public Health or equivalent.
Knowledge
Essential
- 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.
- In depth knowledge of methods of developing clinical quality assurance, quality improvement, evaluations and evidence based public health practice.
Skills
Essential
- Strategic thinker with proven leadership skills and operational nous.
- Able to demonstrate and motivate organisations to contribute to improving the public's health and wellbeing through mainstream activities and within resources.
- Analytical skills able to utilise both qualitative (including health economics) and quantitative information.
Experience
Essential
- Delivery of successful change management programmes across organisational boundaries.1
- 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.
Person Specification
Qualifications/Education
Essential
- 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 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.
- MFPH by examination, by exemption or by assessment, or equivalanet
Desirable
- Masters in Public Health or equivalent.
Knowledge
Essential
- 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.
- In depth knowledge of methods of developing clinical quality assurance, quality improvement, evaluations and evidence based public health practice.
Skills
Essential
- Strategic thinker with proven leadership skills and operational nous.
- Able to demonstrate and motivate organisations to contribute to improving the public's health and wellbeing through mainstream activities and within resources.
- Analytical skills able to utilise both qualitative (including health economics) and quantitative information.
Experience
Essential
- Delivery of successful change management programmes across organisational boundaries.1
- 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.
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.
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).
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.
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).
