Health Protection Practitioner (HCAI) - Ref: SS06724
G10: £42,403 - £47,420 per annum (pay award pending)

An exciting opportunity has arisen to work with Walsall Council’s Public Health team working across the health protection and children and young People’s agendas. Both are busy but exciting areas of Public Health work.

Within this joint role, you will be required to demonstrate proven experience of working at a strategic level with an ability to engage and lead partners. The role will also involve you being able to work independently to Public Health topic priorities with a proven ability to take responsibility for your own workload and prioritise work according to demand. This role will also require you to horizon scan and identify emerging public health issues for the local population as part of the health protection or varying Children and Young people agendas.

About the job and about you:

The health protection role will require you to work with partners in the NHS and community to promote immunisations and screening. You will also work on health protection issues with schools, GPs, family hubs and maternity services and as such have the proven ability to work across many relevant disciplines and identify new partners who can support the agenda. You will be expected to have a basic knowledge of the principles of infection, prevention and control of communicable diseases and expected to support reactive work of responding to incidents and outbreaks.

Within the Children’s agenda you will focus on taking forward the recommendations from the new infant mortality strategy and linking with the developing ADPH Regional and LMNS work. The increasing need for support around young person emotional health and wellbeing is becoming a greater concern in schools and communities and joint working to initiate projects may also be required

Within this joint role, you will be required to demonstrate proven experience of working at a strategic level with an ability to engage and lead partners. The role will also involve you being able to work independently to Public Health topic priorities with a proven ability to take responsibility for your own workload and prioritise work according to demand. This role will also require you to horizon scan and identify emerging public health issues for the local population as part of the health protection or varying Children and Young people agendas.

The Public Health team is a supportive team, and measures are put in place to ensure that the successful candidate can thrive in a busy and productive team.

Read more about our benefits at https://go.walsall.gov.uk/jobs-and-careers-/benefits-of-working-for-us

If you would like to know more about this role, please contact: Bimpe Akingboye (email: olabimpe.akingboye@walsall.gov.uk or tel. number 01922 652734)

View Job Description and Employee Specification

Important note: When completing your online application form, you will be asked to enter supporting information. You must enter a detailed supporting information statement describing how your skills, abilities and experience meet the specific criteria included in the employee specification. If you do not include a supporting information statement, you will not be shortlisted. Please also ensure that you complete the work history and qualifications sections of your application form. Please do not add a CV as we do not accept them. Please see our Information for Applicants leaflet for further information.

We kindly request that recruitment agencies do not contact us regarding this job vacancy. We are not accepting agency applications or referrals at this time.

Closing date for applications: 2nd December 2024

Interview date: 18th December 2024

This post is covered by the Government’s Code of Practice on the English Language Fluency Duty for public sector workers. The post holder will be required to communicate verbally with customers and provide advice and/or information in accurate spoken English.

Walsall Council takes seriously the responsibility to safeguard and promote the welfare of all the children, young people and vulnerable adults entrusted to our care and it is our expectation that all staff will share this commitment. We will ensure continuous development and improvement of robust recruitment processes and procedures that promote a culture of safeguarding amongst our workforce. Completion of an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Service (DBS) check is a requirement for working with children, young people and vulnerable adults.

Note: Applicants appointed to posts that require an enhanced DBS clearance must declare any periods of time that they have lived, studied or worked abroad and be prepared to provide an Overseas Criminal Records Certificate (OCRC) or a Statement of Good Conduct (SOGC) relating to anytime they were overseas.