Job summary
Health
is at the heart of The Nottinghamshire Plan. Enabling everyone
in Nottinghamshire to live healthier and happier lives, to prosper in their
communities and remain independent in later life involves all of us. We are a vibrant, inclusive Public Health
team, driving health improvement through the Joint Health and Wellbeing
Strategy, to give every child the best chance of maximising their potential,
create healthy and sustainable places, help everyone access the right support
to improve their health and keep our communities safe and healthy.
Are
you a highly motivated, experienced Public Health professional looking to
develop your career? This is an exciting opportunity to take on a policy lead
role within the Public Health division,
providing specialist Public Health advice and strategic leadership to the local
health and wellbeing system.
Qualified
to postgraduate level in Public Health or a related clinical subject, or with
equivalent demonstrable experience, youll have experience of more than one
area of Public Health practice, with comprehensive and up-to-date knowledge
of the main issues and influences affecting these areas, ideally including experience
of clinical services.
You will have excellent communication and partnership working skills and be able to develop strategic and influencing relationships with senior staff, elected members, external organisations and partners.
Interviews will be
held on 12/07/23.
Main duties of the job
Two Senior Public Health and Commissioning Manager roles are available.
The first will lead on our Healthy and Sustainable Places Programme, including policy leadership on the food environment, physical activity and
active travel, spatial planning and health and other wider determinants of health. This role
will also lead on obesity and weight management, ensuring delivery of the
National Child Measurement Programme, and contributing to healthy weight
aspects of our commissioned integrated wellbeing service Your Health Your Way.
The
second post will lead on Sexual Health including the commissioning of an
Integrated Sexual Health Service for Nottinghamshire, working jointly with
Nottingham City, and on locally commissioned services delivered
by GPs and pharmacies.Experience of
commissioning and contract managing sexual health services would be an asset
for this role.
Exact portfolios may vary in future in line with the needs of
the division.Both roles include
line management responsibilities, and you will also participate in arrangements
for ensuring clinical governance and quality in commissioned Public Health
services and support the delivery of the Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy
through local Place Based Partnerships.
You will be accountable to a Consultant in Public Health and will work in a complex, multi-agency environment.You will have a flexible approach and be willing and able to develop and change work areas according to the needs of the division.
About us
Nottinghamshire County Council is an upper-tier local authority with
responsibility for key service areas that support local communities in
Nottinghamshire. Serving a population of nearly 800,000, of whom nearly 200,000
are children, the Council is involved in providing care for children, adults
and for those with special needs; the provision of education; public health;
transport and roads; waste and recycling; planning and the environment; the
registering of births, deaths, marriage and civil partnership; emergency
planning and trading standards. County councillors, elected every four years,
represent residents and provide leadership across the council. The ambition and
priorities of the Council are set out in the Nottinghamshire Plan.
Nottinghamshire
County Council has a NHS Pension Direction Order in place, which means that we
are able to provide ongoing access to the NHS Pension Scheme (NHSPS) where we
recruit eligible new joiners to public health roles who are currently in the
NHSPS.
Postholders will be primarily based at County Hall, Nottingham, or Meadow House, in Mansfield. The Council has adopted a hybrid working arrangement, which will allow employees to work from home, as well as come into the office.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the uploaded supporting file labelled, 'Senior PH and Commissioning Manager JD' for a detailed job description.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Please see the uploaded supporting file labelled, 'Senior PH and Commissioning Manager JD' for a detailed job description.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Education and Knowledge
- 1. Degree or equivalent professional qualification
- 2. Post-graduate degree in Public Health or related clinical subject, or equivalent demonstrable experience to include the following: a. critical appraisal and undertaking public health research and service evaluation b. health needs assessment c. validity and use of techniques to assess cost-effectiveness and value for money of Public Health interventions. d. epidemiological approaches to assessing disease in the population.
- 3. Knowledge in more than one area of Public Health practice, or across a substantial breadth of Public Health service delivery and/or programmes, with a comprehensive and current knowledge of the main issues and influences affecting these areas and an up-to-date knowledge of relevant national and local strategy and guidance, and research and evaluation evidence.
- 4. Knowledge of statutory legislation, legal and quality requirements affecting Public Health.
- 5. Knowledge of commissioning principles and techniques.
- 6. Comprehensive knowledge of the principles and practice of: a. effective people management; b. performance management c. excellent customer service; d. continual improvement.
- 7. Knowledge of the wider health system and other areas which impact it, such as social care, emergency planning, housing etc.
Experience
Essential
- Experience
- 1. Substantial experience as a Public Health professional.
- 2. Management (commissioning, service management or people management) experience within the NHS, local government or comparable organisation.
- 3. Experience of working in a partnership (at a senior level) which has resulted in a service improvement
- 4. Experience of negotiating and influencing Public Health priorities with partners as part of the development and review of policies, services, plans and strategies.
- 5. Experience of successfully developing and implementing complex project management.
- 6. Experience of successfully managing change and innovation with demonstrable results.
- 7. Experience of managing budgets in order to deliver priorities effectively.
- 8. Experience of managing a diverse workload in a high pressurised environment and ensuring that deadlines are met.
Personal Skills and General Competencies
Essential
- Personal skills and general competencies
- 1. A high level of personal drive and integrity, a commitment to customer care and an understanding of how their personal leadership style impacts on service outcomes.
- 2. Strategic planning and implementation of strategic plans, including leading service change and improvement.
- 3. Ability to develop a clear vision in order to inspire citizens, colleagues and partners through change and to achieve goals.
- 4. Ability to provide professional leadership and advice within a defined Public Health area including the maintenance of professional registration and revalidation as appropriate.
- 5. Ability to work flexibly and with a high degree of autonomy.
- 6. Ability to lead service areas to achieve excellent standards of service, motivating others and ensuring that performance is monitored and managed effectively.
- 7. Strong interpersonal skills to build strong relationships, provide purpose and direction to others in a changing environment, and ensure effective engagement with staff and key stakeholders.
- 8. Influencing, negotiating and facilitating skills to be able to lead work in partnerships, promote commitment and action, and ensure that actions meet identified needs and outcomes.
- 9. Ability to make service-specific decisions and solve problems in a changing and complex environment, analysing complex issues and problems, taking into account staff and customer feedback, and devising and implementing effective, creative and innovative solutions which also take account of the wider Council and political environment.
- 10. W ell-developed planning skills with the ability to use own initiative to plan and manage a programme of work, meeting agreed broad service objectives, setting and meeting delivery targets, and prioritising and deploying human, physical and financial resources efficiently and effectively.
- 11. Ability to work effectively in a professional political environment with sensitivity and integrity.
- 12. Excellent communication skills with the ability to present complex information clearly and concisely, both verbally and in writing, in order to influence decision makers and command the confidence of others.
- 13. Ability to locate, evaluate, analyse and summarise complex information and evidence-based practice, presenting it in a manner that enables decision making.
- 14. Ability to identify, evaluate and manage risk, safeguarding and safety issues both for the service and for staff.
- 15. Demonstrate awareness, understanding and commitment to the Councils Equality and Diversity Policy, showing sensitivity to the needs of a diverse range of customers and working respectfully and fairly with colleagues.
- 16. Full driving licence and access to vehicle.
- 17. Evidence of recent participation in continuous professional development.
- 18. Use of IT systems including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, databases and project management software to a business standard.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Education and Knowledge
- 1. Degree or equivalent professional qualification
- 2. Post-graduate degree in Public Health or related clinical subject, or equivalent demonstrable experience to include the following: a. critical appraisal and undertaking public health research and service evaluation b. health needs assessment c. validity and use of techniques to assess cost-effectiveness and value for money of Public Health interventions. d. epidemiological approaches to assessing disease in the population.
- 3. Knowledge in more than one area of Public Health practice, or across a substantial breadth of Public Health service delivery and/or programmes, with a comprehensive and current knowledge of the main issues and influences affecting these areas and an up-to-date knowledge of relevant national and local strategy and guidance, and research and evaluation evidence.
- 4. Knowledge of statutory legislation, legal and quality requirements affecting Public Health.
- 5. Knowledge of commissioning principles and techniques.
- 6. Comprehensive knowledge of the principles and practice of: a. effective people management; b. performance management c. excellent customer service; d. continual improvement.
- 7. Knowledge of the wider health system and other areas which impact it, such as social care, emergency planning, housing etc.
Experience
Essential
- Experience
- 1. Substantial experience as a Public Health professional.
- 2. Management (commissioning, service management or people management) experience within the NHS, local government or comparable organisation.
- 3. Experience of working in a partnership (at a senior level) which has resulted in a service improvement
- 4. Experience of negotiating and influencing Public Health priorities with partners as part of the development and review of policies, services, plans and strategies.
- 5. Experience of successfully developing and implementing complex project management.
- 6. Experience of successfully managing change and innovation with demonstrable results.
- 7. Experience of managing budgets in order to deliver priorities effectively.
- 8. Experience of managing a diverse workload in a high pressurised environment and ensuring that deadlines are met.
Personal Skills and General Competencies
Essential
- Personal skills and general competencies
- 1. A high level of personal drive and integrity, a commitment to customer care and an understanding of how their personal leadership style impacts on service outcomes.
- 2. Strategic planning and implementation of strategic plans, including leading service change and improvement.
- 3. Ability to develop a clear vision in order to inspire citizens, colleagues and partners through change and to achieve goals.
- 4. Ability to provide professional leadership and advice within a defined Public Health area including the maintenance of professional registration and revalidation as appropriate.
- 5. Ability to work flexibly and with a high degree of autonomy.
- 6. Ability to lead service areas to achieve excellent standards of service, motivating others and ensuring that performance is monitored and managed effectively.
- 7. Strong interpersonal skills to build strong relationships, provide purpose and direction to others in a changing environment, and ensure effective engagement with staff and key stakeholders.
- 8. Influencing, negotiating and facilitating skills to be able to lead work in partnerships, promote commitment and action, and ensure that actions meet identified needs and outcomes.
- 9. Ability to make service-specific decisions and solve problems in a changing and complex environment, analysing complex issues and problems, taking into account staff and customer feedback, and devising and implementing effective, creative and innovative solutions which also take account of the wider Council and political environment.
- 10. W ell-developed planning skills with the ability to use own initiative to plan and manage a programme of work, meeting agreed broad service objectives, setting and meeting delivery targets, and prioritising and deploying human, physical and financial resources efficiently and effectively.
- 11. Ability to work effectively in a professional political environment with sensitivity and integrity.
- 12. Excellent communication skills with the ability to present complex information clearly and concisely, both verbally and in writing, in order to influence decision makers and command the confidence of others.
- 13. Ability to locate, evaluate, analyse and summarise complex information and evidence-based practice, presenting it in a manner that enables decision making.
- 14. Ability to identify, evaluate and manage risk, safeguarding and safety issues both for the service and for staff.
- 15. Demonstrate awareness, understanding and commitment to the Councils Equality and Diversity Policy, showing sensitivity to the needs of a diverse range of customers and working respectfully and fairly with colleagues.
- 16. Full driving licence and access to vehicle.
- 17. Evidence of recent participation in continuous professional development.
- 18. Use of IT systems including Excel, Word, PowerPoint, databases and project management software to a business standard.
