Consultant in Public Health / Public Health Medicine

Job responsibilities

At UKHSA, our mission is to provide health security for the nation by external hazards, such as climate and weather hazards.

The CCHS is intended to help realise UKHSAs ambitions to be a global leader in health security, namely on climate and health. The Centre will bring together multidisciplinary expertise, providing leadership across UKHSA and beyond, domestically and internationally, on the health security aspects of climate change, including mitigation and adaptation.

As the deputy to the Head of EEHP, the post holder should support the objectives of UKHSA and the CCHS by (please see job description for more details):

• Helping set the strategic direction and take a leadership role for the EEHP
• Supporting the development, implementation and evaluation of the Adverse Weather and Health Plan (AWHP)
• Managing a team of health professionals and other managerial and administrative members of staff of EEHP
• Supervising research projects as requested, especially through the Health Protection and Research Unit,
• Supporting, leading, or deputising on behalf of the Head of EEHP and the Deputy Director of CCHS
• Participating in the EEHP Teams EPRR responsibilities, including on-call duties
• Manage Specialty Registrars in Public Health

Medically qualified members of the public health team are expected to play certain roles in medical leadership, in relationships with the medical profession and in bringing a medical perspective to public health advice. A medically qualified holder of this post would be expected to share these roles with other medically qualified members of the team.

Applicants are strongly advised to use the criteria in the Person Specification of the Job Description as sub-headings in their application to make it clear how they meet each of the selection criteria.

The successful candidate will be appointed to the point of the Consultant salary scale appropriate to their years of seniority or if from a background other than medicine to NHS Agenda for Change Band 8d.

Inclusion in the GMC Full and Specialist Register with a license to practice (or be eligible for registration within six months of interview).

If included in the GMC Specialist Register/ in a specialty other than public health medicine, 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 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.

• Option 3 External - Open to all external applicants (anyone) from outside the Civil Service (including by definition internal applicants)

Qualifications

Essential

• GMC full and specialist register with a license to practice (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 within 6 months of interview
• If included in the GMC Specialist Register/GDC Specialist List in a specialty other than public health medicine/infectious diseases medicine or medical microbiology, candidates must have equivalent training and/or appropriate experience of public health medicine/infectious diseases medicine/or medical microbiology practice
• Public health speciality registrar applicants who are not yet on the GMC 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. All other applicants not yet granted specialist registration must provide verifiable signed documentary evidence from the register concerns that they have submitted satisfactory evidence and therefore registration within six months is assured.
• Applicants must meet minimum CPD requirements in accordance with the requirements of GMC, the Faculty of Public Health/Royal College of Pathologists/Royal College of Physicians or other recognised body
• MFPH by examination or evidence of equivalent qualification FRC Path or evidence of equivalent qualification MRCP or evidence of equivalent qualification

Desirable

• Qualification requirements: Master's degree in appropriate discipline or equivalent experience
• Qualification requirements: PhD in appropriate discipline

Knowledge and Experience

Essential

• Strong leadership capability to drive work across a broad portfolio and deliver change
• Experience in the management of multidisciplinary teams
• Experience in providing advice for government policy
• Understanding of the impacts from adverse weather and climate change
• Experience of health protection work, including emergency planning and response
• Experience of managing financial resources
• Knowledge of methods of developing quality assurance, audit, quality improvement and evidence based clinical and/or public health practice

Desirable

• Experience of national policy development and implementation
• Evidence of commitment to research and development, e.g. peer reviewed scientific publications
• Good knowledge of public health, NHS and adult social care systems
• Experience of budget management and financial processes
• Peer reviewed scientific publications, presentation of papers at conferences, seminars, etc.

Skills and Capabilities

Essential

• Experience and professional motivation for leading in the area of adverse weather and climate change
• Evidence of managing programmes successfully and positively
• Proven skill in people management in mobilising and leading multi-disciplinary teams to learn, develop and deliver to high standards
• Demonstrated ability to operate at pace in a complex environment to manage competing priorities effectively
• Proven skills in development of creative and innovative interventions to support the organisation and development of a high performing workforce
• Excellent written and oral communication skills proven when communicating to national and local audiences (including media)
• Comfortable with Information Technology and experienced at introducing and managing Information Systems projects (e.g. use of Office 365 tools)
• Able to relate to all grades of staff
• Commitment to work within a political system irrespective of personal political affiliations

Equality and Diversity

Essential

• An understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships, both in terms of day-to-day working practices, but also in relation to management systems
• Knowledge and understanding of the public sector equality duty (the Equality Act 2010). Understanding of the protected characteristics in terms of both epidemiology and barriers to access are critically important in delivering this role

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).