Job responsibilities
Response
- Support daily acute response delivery.
- Provide first contact specialist advice.
- Assess routine incidents; escalate complex ones.
- Maintain accurate caseload records.
- Use evidence based practice; seek senior input.
- Join case reviews and support long term issue management.
- Participate in regional on call rota.
Surveillance
- Support communicable disease and environmental hazard surveillance.
- Use surveillance data to inform public health action.
- Assist with identifying health needs and inequalities.
Partnership Working
- Build stakeholder relationships.
- Manage challenging issues; escalate when needed.
- Support public health improvement initiatives.
Research, Teaching & Training
- Contribute to research.
- Help develop and deliver teaching.
- Support training of doctors, trainees, and professionals.
- Provide supervision/mentorship.
Management & Leadership
- Act as a professional role model.
- Support policy, protocol, audit, and quality improvement.
- Undertake line management as required.
- Lead projects and support system wide priorities.
- Ensure confidentiality and governance compliance.
- Contribute to business continuity and strategic team work.
Personal Development
- Participate in appraisal, revalidation, and CPD.
- Support team development.
- Maintain supervision and ongoing learning.
Key Relationships
- Work with UKHSA teams, NHS, local authorities, voluntary sector, prisons, care homes, and partner agencies.
Essential criteria
- Registered General Nurse or Allied Health Professional in relevant clinical discipline with current professional registration e.g. NMC (For AFC Terms and Conditions)
- First degree (Health Related) or demonstrable equivalent experience (For Civil Service Terms and Conditions)
- Working towards registration with an appropriate health or science related professional body
- Post registration experience as a practitioner in a related field
- Knowledge and ability to work under the current Health and Social Care Act
- Experience of building and developing effective stakeholder relationships
- Experience of risk management and associated reporting
- Effective verbal, written and presentation communication skills
- Excellent planning and prioritisation skills and ability to manage competing demands
- Proven ability to problem solve whilst working in an unpredictable environment, often under pressure and to tight timescale
- Ability to demonstrate initiative and work independently with minimum supervision
- Ability to work collaboratively across teams, disciplines and organisations demonstrating respect and consideration for the role/ skill(s) of others
- Ability to analyse and interpret information in an effective manner to recommend an appropriate course of action to address the issue(s)
- Proven ability to work with quality improvement and governance frameworks
- Ability to effectively engage with others to influence and negotiate for positive outcomes
- Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office including Word, and Excel
- Evidence of ongoing CPD and committed to self-development
- An understanding of and commitment to equality of opportunity and good working relationships, both in terms of day-to-day working practices, and in relation to management systems
Desirable criteria:
- Sound knowledge of the principles of health protection
- Proven experience of undertaking and completing projects on time and within complex and challenging environments
- Experience of working in community settings and with health care providers
- Experience of designing and implementing internal processes and procedures for service improvement e.g. governance standards, audit etc
- Experience of managing others in a managerial or supervisory role including performance management and appraisal and development
- Experience of business planning including budget management and financial processes
- Knowledge of project principles, techniques and tools such as Prince 2 and Managing Successful Projects
- Able to develop, interpret, implement and evaluate policies Proven capability to plan over short, medium and long-term timeframes and adjust plans and resource requirements accordingly
This list is not exhaustive.
Selection Process Details
This vacancy will be assessed using a competency-based framework which will assess your qualifications, knowledge and experience and / or skills and abilities outlined in the essential criteria.
Stage 1: Application & Sift
Competency Based
You will be required to complete an application form. You will be assessed on the listed17 essential criteria, and this will be in the form of a:
- Application form (Employer/ Activity history section on the application)
- 1500 word supporting statement.
This should outline how you consider your skills, experience and knowledge provide evidence of your suitability for the role, with reference to the essential criteria. You will receive a joint score for your application form and statement. (The application form is the kind of information you would put into your C.V (Please be advised you will not be able to upload your CV. Please complete the application form in as much detail as possible). Please do not email us your CV.
Healthjobs UK has a word limit of 1500, but your supporting statement must be no more than 1500 words. We will not consider any words over 1500 words.
Longlisting: In the event of a large number of applications we may longlist into 3 piles of:
- Meets all essential criteria
- Meets some essential criteria
- Meets no essential criteria
If used, the pile Meets all essential criteria will proceed to shortlisting.
Shortlisting: In the event of a large number of applications we may conduct an initial sift, on the lead criteria of
- Post registration experience as a practitioner in a related field
- Proven ability to problem solve whilst working in an unpredictable environment, often under pressure and to tight timescales
Desirable criteria may be used in the event of a large number of applications/large amount of successful candidates.
If you are successful at this stage, you will progress to interview & assessment.
Feedback will not be provided at this stage.
Stage 2: Interview
You will be invited to a face to face interview. If face to face interviews are planned, in exceptional circumstances, we may be able to offer a remote interview.
Knowledge, experience, skills & abilities will be tested at interview.
You will be asked to prepare and present a 510 minute presentation at the start of your interview. The subject of this will be sent to you prior to interview.
Interviews dates are to be confirmed.
Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records.
Location
This role is being offered as hybrid working based at our Horsham or Ashford offices.
We offer great flexible working opportunities at UKHSA and operate using a hybrid working model where business needs allow. This provides us with greater flexibility about how and where we work, to get the best from our workforce.As a hybrid worker, you will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of your contractual working hours (approximately 3 days a week pro rata, averaged over a month) working at our offices in either Horsham or Ashford.
Security Clearance Level Requirement
Successful candidates for this role must pass a basic disclosure and barring security check before they can be appointed.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is Security Clearance.
For meaningful National Security Vetting checks to be carried out individuals need to have lived in the UK for a sufficient period of time. You should normally have been resident in the United Kingdom for the last 5 years as the role requires Security Check (SC).UK residency less than the outlined periods may not necessarily bar you from gaining national security vetting and applicants should contact the Vacancy Holder/Recruiting Manager listed in the advert for further advice
Eligibility Criteria
External: Open to all external applicants (anyone) from outside the Civil Service (including internal applicants).
Face to Face Interviews
In exceptional circumstances, we may be able to offer a remote interview.
Salary Information
If you are successful at interview, and are moving from another government department, NHS, or Local Authority, the relevant starting salary principles for level transfers or promotions will apply. Otherwise, roles are offered at the pay scale minimum for the grade, but in exceptional circumstances there may be flexibility if you are able to demonstrate you are already in receipt of an existing, higher salary. Pay increases are through the relevant annual pay award for the role and terms.
Salary bands:
NHS AfC Band 7 £47,810 - £54,710 per annum, pro rata
Civil Service SEO £44,148 - £50,121 per annum, pro rata (Outer London salary)
