Consultant in Public Health
- Employer
- City of Wolverhampton Council
- Location
- Civic Centre
- Salary
- £75,914 - £87,754
- Closing date
- 2 Jul 2021
- Reference
- WLV000003519
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- Sector
- Local Councils
- Job Type
- Health / Public Health / Nursing
- Contract Type
- Full time permanent
- Working Pattern
- See advert details
- Hours
- Full-Time
Job Details
Salary Pay Band - NHS Agenda for Change 8d (£75.914 - £87,754 (pay award pending)
The City of Wolverhampton is a place which is proud of its history, celebrates its diversity and is ambitious for the future. The vision for the City is one which is a healthy, thriving and sustainable international ‘smart city’ - renowned for its booming economy and skilled workforce, rich diversity and a commitment to fairness and equality that ensures everyone has the chance to benefit from success.
The health and wellbeing vision for the city states that we want to:
- Help people live longer, healthier and more active lives
- Offer every child the best start in life
- Close the gap in healthy life expectancy both within the City and between Wolverhampton and the England average
- Ensure everyone is protected from harm, serious incidents and avoidable health threats
We are looking for an experienced, dynamic Consultant in Public Health to come and join our team and help deliver the vision. We are looking for a system level leader and influencer, with a high level of political acumen, and exceptional people management skills, to deliver significant and sustained change.
Working under the guidance and support of the Director of Public Heath, you will be responsible for improving and protecting the health of the local population. If everyone has a chance to benefit from success, this means no-one should be left behind. It means we must address some deeply entrenched inequalities that exist in different communities and which have been exacerbated by the pandemic.
Initially, a key element of the role will be to deliver, with partners, the city-wide healthy start to life agenda. We want to know where every child is, how they are growing and developing and whether they need additional support to achieve good outcomes. Other areas of responsibility involve oversight of services that Public Health has direct commissioning responsibility for, achieving pathway and service redesign to maximise good outcomes for the people that they serve.
More broadly, your work will include working across the entire Council, Elected Members, NHS bodies and other partner agencies to advocate for and improve population health, including focusing on the wider determinants of health that have such a significant impact on healthy life expectancy and health inequalities.
This will involve developing inter-agency and interdisciplinary strategic plans and programmes in collaboration with partners at all levels, contributing to the Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy, with delegated authority to deliver key public health targets.
You will have a sound understanding of the health and care system alongside in depth knowledge of methods of developing clinical quality assurance, quality improvement, evaluations and implementation of evidence based public health practice. The role will have a particular focus on supporting the NHS and Council with their common duty to address health inequalities.
Essential qualifications:
- Inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register/GDC Specialist List/UK Public Health Register (UKPHR) for Public Health Specialists.
- If an applicant is non-UK trained, they will be required to show evidence of equivalence to the UK CCT
- Public health specialty registrar applicants who are not yet on the GMC Specialist Register/GDC Specialist List in dental public health/UKPHR 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/GDC/UKPHR specialist registers
- MFPH by examination, by exemption or by assessment
- Applicants must meet minimum CPD requirements (i.e. be up to date) in accordance with Faculty of Public Health requirements or other recognised body
The City of Wolverhampton Council prides itself on our commitment to public health. The Black Lives Matter and other agendas reflective of the City’s population highlight the need for a more granular, localised place-based approach, based on evidence, indices of deprivation and listening to people, families, groups and communities. As an area with significant health needs and inequalities, we offer an ideal challenge for someone who wishes to make a real difference to the lives of people who deserve better health.
For further information /informal discussion about this role, please contact Neeraj Malhotra, neeraj.malhotra@wolverhampton.gov.uk
Proposed Interview date Monday 12 July 2021.
Supporting documents
Job Description and PS - Consultant in PH .doc
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City of Wolverhampton
There’s never been a better time to join the award winning City of Wolverhampton Council to further your career. We are a progressive and future facing organisation, and passionate about making our city better for all who live, work and travel here.
We are an ambitious organisation focused on delivering the best services for people in Wolverhampton; working for us gives you the opportunity to make a difference to their lives.
Our continual drive for improvement led to us winning APSE Overall Council of the Year Service Delivery Award, also achieving Annual Service Award Finalists for our services in Waste and Recycling; Public Protection; Best Housing Regeneration and Homelessness multi-agency work, showing that the City of Wolverhampton Council is truly an organisation striving for daily excellence in all we do.
Equal Opportunities
The City of Wolverhampton Council employs over 5,000 people in more than 600 different trades and professions. We are committed to representing Wolverhampton’s diverse community and therefore strongly encourage applications from all applicants meeting the essential criteria. The council operate a guaranteed interview policy for veterans who have served in the military, those who have previously been under our care and are under the age of 25 and disabled candidates, where it is evidenced that the essential criteria of the post is met.
A Great City to Live and Work
The city has seen rapid developments with major projects like the i54, Way Youth Zone and i10 and more exciting developments are planned for the westside of the city. The leisure-led mixed user scheme includes a multi-screen cinema, restaurants, bars, hotel, multi-storey car park and apartments, all accessible by foot from our city centre.
We benefit from being in a prime location, with excellent transport links at the heart of the UK’s high speed rail and motorway networks, making us an employer of choice for people across the West Midlands.
Wolverhampton is rated as one of the top cities in the UK for families. Almost 90 per cent of the city’s primary and secondary schools are rated as ‘good’ or ‘outstanding’ by Ofsted. The City also offers a wide range of family friendly facilities with stunning parks and green spaces and top entertainment attractions such as Wolverhampton Art Gallery, the Civic and Wulfrun Halls and the Grand Theatre all of which attract top acts such as Jimmy Carr, Gary Barlow, World Darts Competition, upcoming bands and West End productions.
Why Work for City of Wolverhampton Council?
We invest heavily in skills and training for our employees; you will develop and grow with us through your time, benefiting from regular professional development conversations, and varied training opportunities.
We offer a wide range of benefits including competitive salaries that progress within different grades for the variety of jobs on offer. The majority of our positions offer a generous annual leave entitlement of 25 days - this increases with length of service. There is also an added option to buy up to 10 days additional leave in each leave year. New entrants also benefit from 8 days bank holiday entitlement (basic leave entitlement of 33 days).
The council offers an excellent Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) with employee and employer contributions based on salary grades and other benefits including:
- Index linked pension
- Option to convert your pension for tax-free cash when you retire
- Retirement on the grounds of ill-health at any age.
The council also offers a wide range of flexible working options to fit in around your commitments including:
- Flexi-time
- Reduced hours working
- Job share
- Homeworking
- Term time only
Other rewards
- Discounted city parking at a number of sites with reduced charges for blue badge holders
- Annual Travel Card Scheme
- Salary Sacrifice scheme for cars - with a wide range of ‘green’ vehicles, cycles and associated equipment, personal IT equipment and smartphones
- Retail, leisure, legal and ethical savings and loans through our competitive rewards portal
- Website
- http://www.wolverhampton.gov.uk/
- Telephone
- 01902 552345
- Location
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City of Wolverhampton Council
Civic Centre
St. Peter's Square
Wolverhampton
West Midlands
WV1 1HE
United Kingdom
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