Job summary
Wiltshire Council is seeking to recruit a Generalist Public Health Consultant, leading on Health Improvement to help us put public health at the heart of all public services.
Our vision is to create stronger and more resilient communities and to ensure people in Wiltshire have healthy, active and high-quality lives. Our highly successful public health team works to deliver this vision by improving health and wellbeing across the county, reducing health inequalities and protecting the most vulnerable.
The portfolio area for this Consultant post is Health Improvement.
We are looking for a forward-thinking Generalist Consultant, who has a proven track record working across all domains of public health. An established leader with drive and highly developed public health skills to help shape decisions over a range of public health functions, operating and influencing across the system to achieve a significant impact for improving health and wellbeing of the Wiltshire population.
Main duties of the job
As Health Improvement lead, you will work in partnership with senior leaders across the Council, with the Integrated Care Board and place-based Integrated Care Alliance, our three acute trusts, the voluntary sector as well as other partner agencies to improve health outcomes and make a positive difference to the lives of people in Wiltshire.
You will provide leadership and direction to a team of practitioners and specialists, with support from a public health principal. This portfolio includes an operational team of health coaches, providing behaviour change advice and support to Wiltshire residents.
As a member of the senior management team you will help to lead public health and support the Director of Public Health in realising the ambition to ensure that public health is well placed to support the wider system for improved services and efficiencies. You will influence and inform local policy on health improvement and behaviour change, linking across all domains of public health activity.
If you're a progressive leader in public health, where your commitment and stamina and agility to work in a fast-paced environment will be rewarded by the diversity of the role, to lead in a supportive environment, whilst developing your own public health career within a passionate team, we would very much like to hear from you.
About us
We work as One Council public servants building strong, thriving communities. An inclusive workforce, we innovate and collaborate, facing challenges head-on. We are also an agile, high-performing organisation, rewarding achievement and effort. We work for the best outcomes for communities, making a difference daily.
We want everyone to reach their potential. Whatever your role, you can grow and develop skills for the future. With heavy investment in technology, we support flexible working. And by embedding carbon reduction and climate resilience into our culture, we aim to be carbon neutral by 2030.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The range of duties expected of the postholder
include: Taking responsibility for a range of public
health issues and work across organisational and professional boundaries acting
as a change agent managing complexity, ensuring prevention is embedded across
the system and to deliver improvements in health and wellbeing.Providing briefings on the health and wellbeing
needs of local communities to Councillors, Council Officers, ICBs, the 3rd
sector, the public and partners. Where required to do so, the postholder will
provide verbal briefing to Councillors, other colleagues and stakeholders in
person which maybe at short notice.Taking responsibility for development,
implementation and delivery of policies. This may include taking the lead in
developing detailed inter-agency and interdisciplinary strategic plans and
programmes based on needs assessments which may lead to service specifications.
The postholder will be expected to contribute appropriately to the procurement
process.Providing expert public health support and whole
system leadership to ensure an evidence- based approach for commissioning and
developing high quality equitable services, within and across a range of
organisations including voluntary, public and private sector. This includes the
health service component of the mandated core service. This will include
expertise in evaluation and development of appropriate KPIs and outcome
measures.Utilising (and if appropriate developing)
information and intelligence systems to underpin public health action across
disciplines and organisations. This may include providing leadership for
collation and interpretation of relevant data including production of the JSNA.
Working with the DPH, this will include the integration of the appropriate
elements of the public health, crime, NHS and social care outcomes frameworks
within the systems developed by the local authority as well as with relevant
partner organisations. Supporting the DPH in the development and
implementation of robust strategies for improving the health and wellbeing of
local communities including ensuring qualitative and/or quantitative
measurements are in place to demonstrate improvements. This may include taking
responsibility for the judicious use of the ring-fenced public health grant
and/or working with ICBs, Trusts, contracted provider organisations and UKHSA
and OHID. Providing the key local authority link to the
research community, providing advice/support to colleagues and co-ordinating
appropriate access to scientific information. The postholder will be expected
to take part in relevant research networks and to influence research programmes
of such networks so that the research needs of the local authority are taken
into account.Taking responsibility for the training
obligations of the directorate, including undertaking the responsibility of
Education and Activity Supervisor. These duties will be agreed jointly with the
relevant Head of School of the South West Public Health Specialty training
programme. Underpinning much of these duties are public
health tasks such as: Undertaking health needs assessments as required
to enable evidence led actions to be taken to improve the health of the local population.Developing prioritisation techniques and
managing their application to policies, services and to help resolve issues
such as the investment-disinvestment debate.Effective communication of complex concepts,
science and data and their implications for local communities, to a range of
stakeholders with very different backgrounds.Understanding
of evaluation frameworks and applying those frameworks to the benefit of local
communities.A
capacity to apply the scientific body of knowledge on public health to the polices
and services necessary to improve health and to formulate clear practical
evidence-based recommendations.The
understanding of human and organisational behaviour and the application of this
knowledge to the achievement of changeInspire
commitment to public health outcomes and to prevention as a core feature of
public sector reform.Take the lead on behalf of the council for
issues relating to health protection, ensuring good links with local, regional
and national bodies, such as UKHSA, NHSE.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The range of duties expected of the postholder
include: Taking responsibility for a range of public
health issues and work across organisational and professional boundaries acting
as a change agent managing complexity, ensuring prevention is embedded across
the system and to deliver improvements in health and wellbeing.Providing briefings on the health and wellbeing
needs of local communities to Councillors, Council Officers, ICBs, the 3rd
sector, the public and partners. Where required to do so, the postholder will
provide verbal briefing to Councillors, other colleagues and stakeholders in
person which maybe at short notice.Taking responsibility for development,
implementation and delivery of policies. This may include taking the lead in
developing detailed inter-agency and interdisciplinary strategic plans and
programmes based on needs assessments which may lead to service specifications.
The postholder will be expected to contribute appropriately to the procurement
process.Providing expert public health support and whole
system leadership to ensure an evidence- based approach for commissioning and
developing high quality equitable services, within and across a range of
organisations including voluntary, public and private sector. This includes the
health service component of the mandated core service. This will include
expertise in evaluation and development of appropriate KPIs and outcome
measures.Utilising (and if appropriate developing)
information and intelligence systems to underpin public health action across
disciplines and organisations. This may include providing leadership for
collation and interpretation of relevant data including production of the JSNA.
Working with the DPH, this will include the integration of the appropriate
elements of the public health, crime, NHS and social care outcomes frameworks
within the systems developed by the local authority as well as with relevant
partner organisations. Supporting the DPH in the development and
implementation of robust strategies for improving the health and wellbeing of
local communities including ensuring qualitative and/or quantitative
measurements are in place to demonstrate improvements. This may include taking
responsibility for the judicious use of the ring-fenced public health grant
and/or working with ICBs, Trusts, contracted provider organisations and UKHSA
and OHID. Providing the key local authority link to the
research community, providing advice/support to colleagues and co-ordinating
appropriate access to scientific information. The postholder will be expected
to take part in relevant research networks and to influence research programmes
of such networks so that the research needs of the local authority are taken
into account.Taking responsibility for the training
obligations of the directorate, including undertaking the responsibility of
Education and Activity Supervisor. These duties will be agreed jointly with the
relevant Head of School of the South West Public Health Specialty training
programme. Underpinning much of these duties are public
health tasks such as: Undertaking health needs assessments as required
to enable evidence led actions to be taken to improve the health of the local population.Developing prioritisation techniques and
managing their application to policies, services and to help resolve issues
such as the investment-disinvestment debate.Effective communication of complex concepts,
science and data and their implications for local communities, to a range of
stakeholders with very different backgrounds.Understanding
of evaluation frameworks and applying those frameworks to the benefit of local
communities.A
capacity to apply the scientific body of knowledge on public health to the polices
and services necessary to improve health and to formulate clear practical
evidence-based recommendations.The
understanding of human and organisational behaviour and the application of this
knowledge to the achievement of changeInspire
commitment to public health outcomes and to prevention as a core feature of
public sector reform.Take the lead on behalf of the council for
issues relating to health protection, ensuring good links with local, regional
and national bodies, such as UKHSA, NHSE.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register/GDC Specialist List/UK Public Health Register (UKPHR) for Public Health Specialists - this entails a masters programme plus further postgraduate medical specialist training.
- 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.
- 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 medicine practice.
- Public health specialty registrar applicants who are not yet on the GMC Specialist Register/GDC Specialist List in dental public health/UKPHR 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/GDC/UKPHR specialist.
- registers.
- 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.
- Masters in Public Health or equivalent.
- Able to influence senior members including directors and CEOs.
- Able to both lead teams and to able to contribute effectively in teams led by junior colleagues.
- Commitment to work within a political system irrespective of personal political affiliations.
- Delivery of successful change management programmes across organizational boundaries.
- Experience of using complex information to explain public health issues to a range of audiences.
- Strategic thinker with proven leadership skills and operational nous.
- Able to demonstrate and motivate organisations to contribute to improving the publics health and wellbeing through mainstream activities and within resources.
- Ability to lead and manage the response successfully in unplanned and unforeseen circumstances.
- Analytical skills able to utilize both qualitative (including health economics) and quantitative information.
- Ability to design, develop, interpret and implement strategies and policies.
- In depth understanding of the health and care system and the relationships with both local and national government.
- 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.
- Strong and demonstrable understanding of interfaces between health, social care and key partners (dealing with wider determinants of health) .
Desirable
- Media experience demonstrating delivery of effective health behaviour or health promotion messages.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register/GDC Specialist List/UK Public Health Register (UKPHR) for Public Health Specialists - this entails a masters programme plus further postgraduate medical specialist training.
- 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.
- 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 medicine practice.
- Public health specialty registrar applicants who are not yet on the GMC Specialist Register/GDC Specialist List in dental public health/UKPHR 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/GDC/UKPHR specialist.
- registers.
- 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.
- Masters in Public Health or equivalent.
- Able to influence senior members including directors and CEOs.
- Able to both lead teams and to able to contribute effectively in teams led by junior colleagues.
- Commitment to work within a political system irrespective of personal political affiliations.
- Delivery of successful change management programmes across organizational boundaries.
- Experience of using complex information to explain public health issues to a range of audiences.
- Strategic thinker with proven leadership skills and operational nous.
- Able to demonstrate and motivate organisations to contribute to improving the publics health and wellbeing through mainstream activities and within resources.
- Ability to lead and manage the response successfully in unplanned and unforeseen circumstances.
- Analytical skills able to utilize both qualitative (including health economics) and quantitative information.
- Ability to design, develop, interpret and implement strategies and policies.
- In depth understanding of the health and care system and the relationships with both local and national government.
- 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.
- Strong and demonstrable understanding of interfaces between health, social care and key partners (dealing with wider determinants of health) .
Desirable
- Media experience demonstrating delivery of effective health behaviour or health promotion messages.
Additional information
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
