Deputy Regional Director of Public Health (South West)

Job summary

The Deputy Regional Director of Public Health in the South West regional team is an exciting opportunity to join a multi-professional public health team at the heart of implementing new government and NHS policy and collaborating with dynamic local systems in a diverse and vibrant region.

Based primarily in the regional OHID office in Bristol, the role spans the South West region including Bath, Wiltshire, Bristol, Somerset, Gloucestershire, Cornwall and Isles of Scilly, Devon and Dorset, working with 7 ICBs, colleagues in UKHSA SW regional team and an excellent network of local authority Directors of Public Health and their teams.

The primary purpose of the Deputy Regional Director (DRD) is to work together with the Regional Director (RD) and deputise on their behalf to lead the delivery of regional priorities for public health across the three domains of public health (improvement, protection and healthcare public health) and leadership with strategic partners within the South West region.The DRD is a senior public health expert who on behalf of the RD takes the lead for specific programmes of work regionally and nationally as agreed. The DRD works closely with the RD and operational service areas to set strategic direction through strong, visible and professional leadership and is responsible for ensuring that the RD receives appropriate assurance on the effective delivery of operational performance by the regional teams.

Main duties of the job

The DRD will support the RD to lead the development and implementation of an integrated regional strategy for public health driving transformational change as necessary to deliver both national and local priorities, reduce health inequalities and improve population health. The RD and their teams require close relationships with local government, the NHS and other local partners in the delivery of OHID services and functions locally through provision of expert advice and services, including bringing local insight and perspective to national policies. Alongside RDs, DRDs are responsible for strategic relationship management across a range of internal and external stakeholders and for broader partnership working, operating flexibly to develop productive working relationships, systems and joint approaches and lead arrangements with others to maximise OHIDs impact.

About us

OHID is a distinct delivery organisation with operational autonomy to advise and support government, local authorities, and the NHS in a professionally independent manner.

To apply, please submit:

1. A CV setting out your career history, with key responsibilities and achievements. Please ensure you have provided reasons for any gaps within the last two years.

2. A Statement of Suitability (no longer than 1000 words) explaining how you consider your personal skills, qualities and experience provide evidence of your suitability for the role, with particular reference to the essential criteria in the person specification.

*Please copy your CV, followed by Statement of Suitability into the text box available on NHS Jobs. There is no option to upload separate documents*Please ensure that both documents contain your full name.

Failure to submit both documents will mean the panel only have limited information on which to assess your application against the essential criteria in the person specification.

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