What's involved with this role:
Interim Public Health Consultant
Reference no: Luton 103250
Pay Rate: £545.94 per day PAYE
35-37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours
This opening assignment is for 3-4 months
City: LUTON
On behalf of the local authority, the post-holder working with the DPH and other consultant colleagues will lead on improving the health and wellbeing of the residents which is underpinned by the statutory duty placed on local government to take such steps as it considers appropriate to improve health of its residents. Take responsibility for a strategic objective of the local authority and the Health & Wellbeing Board and act as a change agent to enable delivery of relevant outcome indicators from the public health and social care outcome frameworks.
Expected to work across organisations, be able to influence budgets held by those organisations as well as advocate for change effectively, to improve population and planetary health. They may hold direct managerial responsibility for services and budgets which directly contribute to these objectives, but they will usually also have substantially greater strategic responsibilities across the council and other agencies.
Key responsibilities:
Ensure development and maintenance of systems and processes to enable the authority to work with partner respond to major incidents including health protection threats.
On behalf of the authority to take responsibility for ensuring delivery of the public health mandated services that the full range of benefits are delivered to residents of the authority.
Lead work across all Council directorates as well as influencing partnership boards (dealing with health determinants) to maximise health improvement opportunities and the reduction of inequalities in health outcomes amongst residents, both currently and for future generations. This will include using the Outcome Frameworks as well as exploring other relevant routinely collected data systems for suitable indicators.
Lead on improving health and social outcomes for a particular client group; early years, children, working adults, older adults, learning disabilities, mental health etc.
The work will include working across the entire Council.
In delivering the strategic objectives the post-holder will be expected to demonstrate expertise in the full rank relevant competencies as set out by the Faculty of Public Health.
Work as system leaders at strategic or senior management level or at a senior level expertise such as epidemiology or health protection. The combination of leadership and managerial skills together with a high level of technical skills and knowledge gives them a unique skill set essential for improving the health and wellbeing of populations.
Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in science, nursing, social science or health sciences
Health, GMC or UKPHR registered
Knowledge:
In-depth understanding of health and care system and relationships with both local & national government
Strong and demonstrable understanding of interfaces between health, social care and key partners (dealing with wider determinants of health)
Experience:
Media experience demonstrating delivery of effective health behaviour or health promotion messages
Experience of using complex information to explain public health issues to a range of audiences
Delivery of successful change management programmes across organisational boundaries
Skills & Abilities:
Strategic thinker with proven leadership skills and operational
Able to demonstrate and motivate organisations to contribute to improving the public’s health and wellbeing through mainstream activities and within resources
Ability to lead and manage the response successfully in unplanned and unforeseen circumstances
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
Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.
***Qualification details and any other experience/skills relevant to the role to help support your application (and help us to help you!) – please give full details within your CV document.
Clients are generally looking for candidates who are local to, or who can commute easily to the place of work. It will help your application if your CV states, in broad terms, where you reside – there is no need for a full address.
Please feel free to apply to us directly via jobs@tclrec.com by quoting the job reference and exact job title.
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If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension, you will be working at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than umbrella pay terms. We do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.
Due to the number of CVs being sent to us under current market conditions, unfortunately we cannot respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. We will, however, be very happy to receive future applications from you for other roles.
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Job Ref: Luton 103250
Anticipated Length of Assignment: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.
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