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Senior Public Health Commissioner

Employer
Telford & Wrekin Council
Location
Darby House, Lawn Central, Telford, TF3 4JA
Salary
£43,857 - £46,845 per annum (Grade NJC PO14)
Closing date
15 Jan 2022
Reference
TWC000005305

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Sector
Local Councils
Job Type
Commissioning
Contract Type
Full time permanent
Working Pattern
See advert details
Hours
Full-Time

Job Details

Public Health & Civil Resilience

Senior Public Health Commissioner

£43,857 - £46,845 per annum

NJC PO14

37 hours per week

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced public health professional to join Telford & Wrekin Council and lead the Public Health Commissioning Team. The post holder will be responsible for the strategic planning, commissioning, policy development, and performance monitoring of public health clinical and treatment services, in collaboration with the NHS to improve the health of the population and reduce inequalities across the following portfolio of services:

  • Substance misuse treatment and recovery services – through the new treatment system (including tier 1-4 services) alongside local recovery and support organisations
  • Sexual health services – contraception and advice, sexually transmitted infection testing and treatment, through clinical NHS providers, GPs, and pharmacies
  • Universal child health services (0-19 year olds) – health visiting and school nursing
  • Domestic abuse services and support
  • NHS Health Check – vascular risk screening programme

The successful candidate will have significant experience in leading commissioning processes across a range of public health clinical and treatment programmes and experience of staff and team management.

The Council is currently operating a hybrid model of home and office working which offers staff and teams flexibility.

If you would like an informal discussion about this role, please email Helen Onions, Deputy Statutory Director of Public Health at Helen.Onions@telford.gov.uk to arrange a conversation.

Please note: Interviews are likely to be held on w/c 17th January. Exact date to be confirmed.

For further information on the role, please click on the links below to view the job description and person specification.

We are committed to equality and diversity. Posts working with children or vulnerable groups will be subject to an appropriate criminal records check.

Sorry, but CVs will not be accepted.

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Telford & Wrekin Council is an award winning council, and we were recognised as Local Authority of the Year 2022 at the Municipal Journal Awards, and the Association for Public Service Excellence Council of the Year in 2021.

At Team Telford we work hard to protect, care and invest to create a better borough and our employees are at the heart of everything we do. Having the right people, with the right skills, in the right roles allows us to deliver the excellent services that residents and businesses on the borough expect from us. 

Our friendly and passionate teams are trusted by leaders and managers to deliver this ambition. We invest and nurture our workforce and support our employees to develop and thrive. The better we are the bigger difference we make to the people we serve. 

In return we also offer a great range of benefits including competitive salaries, flexible working hours and work arrangements, employee discounts, salary sacrifice schemes, a local government pension scheme and generous annual leave entitlement.

At Telford & Wrekin Council, we know that having a diverse workforce is key to providing the best possible services to our community. We celebrate having a diverse and inclusive culture where people are able to be themselves at work, and everyone has a voice and we know we are stronger and better connected as a result. 

We welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and where our data shows that specific groups are under-represented within our workforce, our adverts will actively encourage applications from these groups.

We are also proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, committed to recruiting and retaining people with disabilities or other health conditions. You can find out more about this and our ‘guaranteed interview scheme’ here

You can also read more about our Recruitment and Selection Policy commitments and Recruitment of Ex-Offenders here

If you are unable to complete an online application form please contact the HR helpdesk on 01952 383601 or email hrhelpdesk@telford.gov.uk

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Website
Telephone
01952 380000
Location
Telford & Wrekin Council
Darby House
Lawn Central
Telford
Shropshire
TF3 4JA
United Kingdom

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