Job summary
Job Title: Public Health Consultants x 2
Location: Carlisle
Salary: £75,536 to £81,330
Hours: 37
About this opportunity
These are full time posts, working across the Council, community and wider partners to improve and protectthe health and wellbeing of our communities and address inequality. You will have the opportunity to shape, influence and lead key areas of work within the Council Plan and our Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy.
Although all public health consultants are generalists, you will lead on a specific portfolio of work which may change over time depending on priorities. Two posts are being appointed to, with portfolios covering health protection, substance misuse, input to the new Cumberland Health Determinants Research Collaborative (HDRC), sexual health, public health training and workforce development, and input to tackling the wider determinants of health including poverty.
While exact details of the make-up of the two portfolios are negotiable, it is initially expected that one post will incorporate 0.5 FTE providing public health leadership to the new Cumberland Health Determinants Research Collaborative. This post is fixed term until the end of December 2028 in the first instance. The second post, which is initially expected to include the lead role for health protection, is permanent.
Main duties of the job
Who were looking for
Were looking for individuals who embody our organisation's core values: ambitious, collaborative, compassionate, empowering, and innovative. We believe in the power of these values to drive positive change, deliver excellent public services and shape a better future for our communities.
Were also about potential over perfection and we can help you grow in the role and thrive in your career.
Be sure to take a look at the post specification (below) for the essential criteria for this role.
About us
Guaranteed Interviews
We offer a guaranteed interview to the following applicantsas long as your application can demonstrate you meet the essential criteria for the role.
- Those who consider themselves disabled as defined by the Equality Act 2010
- Those in care or who have left care and are aged 24 and under
- Armed forces veterans whose last long term substantive employer was the armed forces
If you meet one or more of the criteria above, and wish to be considered for this scheme, select 'yes' to the appropriate question during your application
Diversity, Inclusion & AdjustmentsWere dedicated to enhancing the diversity of our workforce and we encourage applications from individuals of all backgrounds. Thats why were a proud Disability Confident Employer and also an Age Friendly Employer to provide opportunities for everyone to thrive.
If you need any reasonable adjustmentsto participate in the recruitment process, please let either the hiring manager or our Resourcing Team know by emailingResourcing@Cumberland.gov.uk.
Application and Interview information
- Closing date:Monday 20th October 2025
- Interview date:Tuesday 4th November 2025
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Job description
Job responsibilities
About this opportunity
We are seeking to appoint two Consultants in Public Health / Consultants in Public Health Medicine to join our Public Health team.
These are full time posts, working across the Council, community and wider partners to improve and protectthe health and wellbeing of our communities and address inequality. You will have the opportunity to shape, influence and lead key areas of work within the Council Plan and our Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy.
As well as delivering the Councils statutory duties, you will be responsible for shaping and commissioning significant strategic programmes and services and working with our local communities and partners to lead and enable change. You will have the opportunities to shape and develop our priorities and ways of working as a team, working as part of a Council that is committed to putting health and wellbeing at the heart of everything we do.
Although all public health consultants are generalists, you will lead on a specific portfolio of work which may change over time depending on priorities. Two posts are being appointed to, with portfolios covering health protection, substance misuse, input to the new Cumberland Health Determinants Research Collaborative (HDRC), sexual health, public health training and workforce development, and input to tackling the wider determinants of health including poverty.
While exact details of the make-up of the two portfolios are negotiable, it is initially expected that one post will incorporate 0.5 FTE providing public health leadership to the new Cumberland Health Determinants Research Collaborative. This post is fixed term until the end of December 2028 in the first instance. The second post, which is initially expected to include the lead role for health protection, is permanent.
Both are politically restricted posts.
Job description
Job responsibilities
About this opportunity
We are seeking to appoint two Consultants in Public Health / Consultants in Public Health Medicine to join our Public Health team.
These are full time posts, working across the Council, community and wider partners to improve and protectthe health and wellbeing of our communities and address inequality. You will have the opportunity to shape, influence and lead key areas of work within the Council Plan and our Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy.
As well as delivering the Councils statutory duties, you will be responsible for shaping and commissioning significant strategic programmes and services and working with our local communities and partners to lead and enable change. You will have the opportunities to shape and develop our priorities and ways of working as a team, working as part of a Council that is committed to putting health and wellbeing at the heart of everything we do.
Although all public health consultants are generalists, you will lead on a specific portfolio of work which may change over time depending on priorities. Two posts are being appointed to, with portfolios covering health protection, substance misuse, input to the new Cumberland Health Determinants Research Collaborative (HDRC), sexual health, public health training and workforce development, and input to tackling the wider determinants of health including poverty.
While exact details of the make-up of the two portfolios are negotiable, it is initially expected that one post will incorporate 0.5 FTE providing public health leadership to the new Cumberland Health Determinants Research Collaborative. This post is fixed term until the end of December 2028 in the first instance. The second post, which is initially expected to include the lead role for health protection, is permanent.
Both are politically restricted posts.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Desirable
- Masters in Public Health or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Inclusion in the GMC Full and Specialist Register with a license to practice/GDC Specialist List (or
- be eligible for registration within six months of interview) or
- Inclusion in the UK Public Health Register (UKPHR) for Public Health Specialists (or be eligible for
- registration within six months of interview)
- 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/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 [see shortlisting notes below for additional guidance]
- 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]
- Cumberland Council
- 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
- 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
- national government
- 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)
- Understanding of the public sector duty and the inequality duty and their application to public
- health practice
Person Specification
Qualifications
Desirable
- Masters in Public Health or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Inclusion in the GMC Full and Specialist Register with a license to practice/GDC Specialist List (or
- be eligible for registration within six months of interview) or
- Inclusion in the UK Public Health Register (UKPHR) for Public Health Specialists (or be eligible for
- registration within six months of interview)
- 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/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 [see shortlisting notes below for additional guidance]
- 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]
- Cumberland Council
- 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
- 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
- national government
- 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)
- Understanding of the public sector duty and the inequality duty and their application to public
- health practice
Additional information
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
