Interim Public Health Consultant

NHS; Southend-on-Sea; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Part time

Job summary

A local authority in the UK is seeking an experienced Public Health Consultant for a part-time role. You will lead public health initiatives, provide expert advice, and support health improvement across the community. Applicants must be registered Public Health Specialists and possess strong leadership skills. Flexible working arrangements are available, including remote work options.

Qualifications

• Must be a strategic thinker with strong leadership and operational skills.
• Deep understanding of health and care systems, including local and national government.
• Experience in addressing health inequalities and improving health outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead on public health issues and develop strategic plans.
• Provide expert advice to influence commissioning and service development.
• Represent and deputize for senior leaders as required.

Skills

Leadership skills

Public health expertise

Crisis management

Analytical skills

Education

Registered Public Health Specialist

Job description

Southend-on-SeaCity Council is seeking an experienced Public Health Consultantto joinour dynamic and forward-thinking Public Health Directorate on a part time (3days) and interim contract (4 months). This is a strategicleadership role, deputising for the Director of Public Health, at the heart ofour efforts to improve health and wellbeing across the city and leading on theHealthcare Public health function as well as supporting the response to HealthProtection.

This post can be offered as fully remote working,subject to service needs

Main duties of the job

You will be part of thecore public health team, working with theDirector of Public Health (DPH)and accountable for delivering high-impact public health initiatives. The post is managerially accountable to theDPH, and works in close collaboration (within the Council) with integrated commissioning, data and intelligence, Libraries and Leisure Services, and all Social Care services. Key external stakeholders include the NHS Mid and South Essex ICB, GP services, Pharmacies, South East Essex Alliance and Southend Hospital, Southends CVS (SAVS), Healthwatch Southend and local community groups.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead on a range of public health issues, acting as a change agent across professional and organisational boundaries.
• Develop and deliver strategic plans, policies, and programmes based on robust needs assessments.
• Provide expert public health advice and leadership to influence commissioning and service development.
• Represent and deputise for senior leaders including the DPH and Executive Director as required.

About us

Southendon Sea City Council is a Unitary local authority, providing vital services tomeet the needs of the local community. We employ around 1,800 staff who areworking alongside our partners and local communities to deliver the city visionand make lives better for the people of Southend.

Workingfor Southend on Sea City Council offers a challenging and rewarding career inlocal government within a collaborative and innovate environment, with thebenefit of flexible working practices to support a positive work life balance.As a Unitary Authority we are responsible for all local government functionsranging from social services, transport, public health, and parks through toplanning, trading standards, community safety and education, so we offer a widerange of career opportunities. The diversity of our economy and communities andinvestment in several exciting regeneration projects makes our Council a greatplace to work, learn and make a difference.

Job responsibilities

Tobe successful in this role, you must be a strategic thinker with strongleadership and operational skills, capable of motivating organisations toimprove public health within existing resources. You must be able to lead incrisis situations, apply both qualitative and quantitative analysis, anddevelop and implement effective strategies and policies.

Itis vital that you have a deep understanding of the health and care system,including its relationship with local and national government. You must alsodemonstrate expertise in clinical quality assurance, evaluation, andevidence-based practice, alongside a strong grasp of the interfaces betweenhealth, social care, and wider determinants of health. You must be able tonavigate complex multi-agency environments with tact and diplomacy, whiledriving meaningful public health outcomes for the residents of Southend-on-Sea,will be the ultimate measure of success in this role. Experience in addressinghealth inequalities, improving the health and wellbeing of children and youngpeople, and tackling the wider determinants of health is essential.

Pleasenote that only applicants who are currently registered as Public HealthSpecialists with theGMC or GDC orUKPHRwill be considered forthis post. As part of the shortlisting process, you will be required to provideformal evidence of your active registration.

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Only applicants who are currently registered as Public Health Specialists with the GMC or GDC or UKPHR will be considered for this post. As part of the shortlisting process, you will be required to provide formal evidence of your active registration.
• You must also demonstrate expertise in clinical quality assurance, evaluation, and evidence-based practice, alongside a strong grasp of the interfaces between health, social care, and wider determinants of health.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Contract

Locum

Duration

4 months

Working pattern

Part-time,Flexible working,Home or remote working