Director of Public Health

Job description

Job responsibilities

Description of the LA and the Public Health Department

Hartlepool is a relatively small but dynamic area with considerable public health challenges and opportunities. It has a well-developed sense of identity and a proud history as a prosperous maritime, engineering and mining location. Having seen tough times, it is bouncing back with thriving educational, creative and business sectors, a waterfront development and green open spaces. There is well-established partnership working with coterminous or adjacent public sector bodies and voluntary organisations concerned with health and wellbeing. There is a major push towards regeneration of the built environment to attract inward investment and jobs. Public health is recognised to be everyones business and we are developing a Health in All Policies approach. The Public Health Team is key to delivering on our ambitions to improve the health of our residents.

Job purpose and key responsibilities

The fundamental purpose of the postholder is to provide the leadership to drive improvements in the health and wellbeing of the residents of Hartlepool, to reduce inequalities in health outcomes and working in collaboration with UKHSA to protect local communities from threats to their health through infectious diseases, environmental and other public health hazards. In delivering the key responsibilities described below, the postholder is expected to demonstrate a high level of expertise in the Faculty of Public Health Competencies (Appendix 1) and the person specifications (Appendix 2).

a) Support the Chief Executive and Councillors in developing and delivering the Councils strategic agenda

b) Be the chief officer and principal adviser on public health to the Council, local communities and local partners

c) Operate strategically as a member of the Executive Leadership Team and across the Council influencing policy and practice.

d) To commission, and or deliver services which are effective, value for money and meet quality standards.

e) To act as a leader across the local system of public services, influencing change and enabling a culture of continuous improvement in health and wellbeing, innovation and evaluation.

f) Utilise the public health resources imaginatively and cost effectively across all domains of public health in order to improve health and wellbeing of local communities and reduce inequalities in health outcomes.

g) Be accountable for both the shaping and delivery of the Health and Wellbeing agenda taking account of the national agenda and benchmarking (using the national outcomes frameworks; public health, NHS and social care).

h) Deliver an independent annual report on the health and wellbeing of local communities for publication by Hartlepool Borough Council, to stimulate debate and/or action by the Council and partners.

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Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Understanding of NHS and local government cultures, structures and policies Interview
• Understanding of social and political environment Interview
• Excellent oral and written communication skills (including
• dealing with the media) including to present to mixed audiences and the media
• Practical experience in facilitating change
• Budget management skills
• The normal duties of the role may involve travel on a regular or occasional basis. It is a condition of employment that the role holder can exercise satisfactory travel mobility in order to fulfil the obligations of the role. For those journeys where an alternative form of transport is unavailable or impracticable the role holder will be required to provide a suitable vehicle

Desirable

• Please find attached full Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Qualifications
• The National Health Service (Appointment of Consultants) Regulations 1996 (legislation.gov.uk)
• 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 currently on the UK public health training program and not yet on the GMC Specialist Register, GDC Specialist List in dental public health or UKPHR must provide verifiable signed documentary evidence that they are within 6 months of gaining entry to a register at the date of interview.
• Applicants going through the portfolio registration routes (GMC or UKPHR) are not eligible to be shortlisted for interview until they are included on the register. The six-month rule does not apply to these portfolio route applicants.
• 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 equivalentRecruitment and selection Application form
• Must meet minimum CPD requirements (i.e. be up to date)
• in accordancewith theFaculty of Public Health requirements or other recognised body

Desirable

• Please find attached full Person Specification

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).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Hartlepool Borough Council

Address

15 Victoria Road

Hartlepool

Cleveland

TS24 8AY

Employer's website

https://online.hartlepool.gov.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)