Associate Director Public Health

NHS; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A local government health authority is seeking an exceptional leader for the role of Public Health Director. This pivotal role requires superb communication and relationship-building skills to lead public health initiatives and manage a dedicated team. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in public health management and be registered as a Public Health Specialist. This role offers an opportunity to make a genuine impact on public health in the Isle of Wight.

Qualifications

• Exceptional leadership and communication skills are required.
• GMC Specialist Registration for Public Health Specialists is essential.
• Significant experience in managing or leading public health services is necessary.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver public health services across the Island.
• Provide strategic leadership for public health initiatives.
• Accountable for public health performance and statutory duties.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Public health knowledge

Relationship building

Education

Inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register/GDC Specialist List /UK Voluntary Register

MFPH by examination or assessment

Job description

Job Summary

we are looking for an exceptional leader, with superb communication skills, able to engage, listen, inspire and influence to build on relationships with the public, media and partnership organisations including the Office of Health Improvement and Disparities, NHS England and UKHSA.

This senior post within the Isle of Wight Council sits within the Public Health Senior Management Team, reporting to the Director of Public Health. The post is well supported within an established team of Consultant, Public Health Principals, Senior Practitioners, Practitioners and Analysts.

We want someone in this role who will challenge traditional thinking and identify risk aware innovative solutions that enhance the potential for improvement.

Alongside corporate responsibilities, you’ll provide strategic leadership across a range of portfolio areas including:

• tobacco control
• healthy weight
• physical activity
• healthy ageing
• sexual health
• healthcare public health

Within this career graded range – to be recruited or progress to the Associate Director of Public Health role – applicants are expected to be able to demonstrate significant leadership experience and skills, managing or leading a public health service or function, alongside extensive knowledge of Local Government and the wider public health system.

Main Duties

Working alongside the Consultant in Public Health and Director of Public Health, you’ll take a significant leadership role and be outward facing, providing public health leadership across the Island and Hampshire and Isle of Wight system to improve health and reduce inequalities.

A key element of this role will be deputising for the Director of Public Health and leading the development and implementation of system strategies, alongside operational and financial management in delivery of public health functions.

There will be opportunities to shape and develop the role in areas of personal and professional interest, including building on existing relationships with research partners and providing Educational Supervision for Public Health Registrars.

As a career graded post in a newly recruited leadership team, this role offers excellent development opportunity. This includes recruitment as – or for those recruited into the Consultant in Public Health role, development towards – Associate Director of Public Health.

Key Responsibilities

Lead, plan and deliver the council’s public health services that support and underpin the successful customer focused delivery of public health priorities and outcomes, managing relationships and developing partnerships across health and care and wider public and voluntary sectors, the Integrated Care System and constituent NHS organisations, including supporting development of partnership plans and Integrated Care System, with leadership of the system prevention plans and population health management programmes.

Provide strategic leadership and direction, operational management and financial control for the Public Health team including:

• improving the health of the population
• Managing the Matrix structure with Consultants in Public Health
• Focused Integrated Care Partnership work
• Influence and development of the Islands system
• Provide leadership for the Health and Wellbeing Board; Oversee the Domestic Abuse theme for the IOW in line with the Domestic Abuse Act

Ensure that the statutory duties of the council in relation to public health mandated and non-mandated functions are delivered to the highest standard and provide leadership to enable delivery of the council’s wider health and health inequalities duties.

Be accountable for the performance of the public health agenda and the delivery of high-quality strategic aims. Support the Director of Public Health to deliver the desired culture and aims of the Council.

Person Specification – Essential Qualifications

• You’ll need to be an exceptional leader, with superb communication skills, able to engage, inspire and influence as you build on relationships with the public, media and partnership organisations including the Office of Health Improvement and Disparities, NHS England and UKHSA.
• You’ll need the following qualifications to be considered:
• Inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register/GDC Specialist List /UK Voluntary Register (UKVR) for Public Health Specialists
• If included in the GMC Specialist Register/GDC Specialist List in a specialty other than public health medicine/dental public health, candidates must have equivalent training and/or appropriate experience of public health medicine practice
• Public Health Specialty Registrar and specialist trainee applicants who are not yet on the GMC/GDC Specialist Register/UKVR 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 Specialist Register/UKVR
• MFPH by examination, by exemption or by assessment
• Within this career graded range, to be recruited or progress to the Associate Director of Public Health role, applicants are expected to be able to demonstrate significant leadership experience and skills, managing or leading a public health service or function, alongside extensive knowledge of Local Government and the wider public health system.

Person Specification – Desirable

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UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website.

Employer Details

Isle of Wight Council

High Street

Newport

Isle Of Wight

PO301UD

Employer’s Website

https://www.iow.gov.uk/