Public Health Principal (Life Course) - Council

Spinwell Global; Dudley; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A public health recruitment agency is seeking a Public Health Principal (Life Course) in Dudley to improve health outcomes. You will oversee public health responsibilities and lead initiatives across organizations. The ideal candidate has strong leadership skills, experience in public health, and is registered with relevant health bodies.

Qualifications

• Inclusion in the GMC Full and Specialist Register with a license to practice.
• Minimum CPD requirements as per Faculty of Public Health.
• Experience in public health practice and change management.

Responsibilities

• Provide public health expertise to improve health outcomes.
• Support the Director of Public Health in statutory responsibilities.
• Lead initiatives to reduce health inequalities.

Skills

Public health expertise

Strong leadership

Change management skills

Ability to influence senior members

Team leadership

Education

GMC Full and Specialist Register

Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT)

MFPH qualification

Job description

Overview

Role: Public Health Principal (Life Course) REF 119845
Contract Length: Until 30/04/26
Location: Dudley
IR35: Inside
Pay Rate to Intermediary: £400 per day

Spinwell is recruiting for a Public Health Principal (Life Course) for an excellent opportunity within the public sector.

Responsibilities

You will provide public health expertise on life course approach to improving health outcomes for diverse communities resident in Dudley. You will be responsible for developing an evidence-based outcomes driven commissioning framework.

Working to the Director of Public Health you will inspire development of innovative solutions and influence action that supports continuous improvement in health and wellbeing. You will be expected to work within and across organisations, be able to influence budgets held by those organisations as well as advocate for change effectively.

You will support the Director of Public Health to discharge the Council’s statutory public health responsibilities on health improvement and commissioning of public health services and oversee the management of associated resources and staff.

This is a senior appointment within the Council and the postholder will be expected to demonstrate strong leadership and change management skills. The postholder will be expected to operate across all domains of Public Health and in establishing the scope of post will complement consultant portfolios across health protection, health improvement, health intelligence and healthcare Public Health.

On behalf of the local authority, the post-holder working with the DPH and other consultant colleagues will lead on improving the health and wellbeing of the residents which is underpinned by the statutory duty placed on local government to take such steps as it considers appropriate to improve health of its residents. The post-holder will take responsibility for a strategic objective of the local authority and the Health & Wellbeing Board and act as a change agent to enable delivery of relevant outcome indicators from the public health, NHS and social care outcome frameworks. The post-holder will be expected to work across organisations to reduce health inequalities and embed community-based approaches across work streams.

Skills/Experience

• The National Health Service (Appointment of Consultants) Regulations 1996 (legislation.gov.uk)
• In line with legislation, inclusion in the GMC Full and Specialist Register with a license to practice/GDC Specialist List or inclusion in the UK Public Health Register (UKPHR) for Public Health Specialists at the point of application.
• 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 practice
• Any public health speciality registrar applicants who are currently on the UK public health training programme and not yet on either the GMC, GDC or UKPHR specialist register must provide verifiable signed documentary evidence that they are within 6 months of gaining entry to a register at the date of interview*
• If an applicant is UK trained in Public Health, they must ALSO be a holder of a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), or be within six months of award of CCT by date of interview. If an applicant is non-UK trained, they will be required to show evidence of equivalence to the UK CCT
• Applicants must meet minimum CPD requirements (i.e. be up to date) in accordance with Faculty of Public Health requirements or other recognised body
• MFPH by examination, by exemption or by assessment, or equivalent
• Able to influence senior members including directors and CEOs
• Able to both lead teams and to able to contribute effectively in teams led by junior colleagues
• Commitment to work within a political system irrespective of personal political affiliations
• Experience
• Delivery of successful change management programmes across organizational boundaries
• Media experience demonstrating delivery of effective health behaviour or health promotion messages
• Experience of using complex information to explain public health issues to a range of audiences

If you are a Public Health Principal (Life Course), apply now or send your CV to Spinwell!

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