About this role
Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Consultant in Public Health to join the employing organisation Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT), also working across the Mid Yorkshire Teaching Hospitals Trust to support development across the Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield (CKW) health and care system. CHFT and MYTT work in partnership on identified priorities, recognising the overlap in the geography of the populations we serve.
This is a senior, system facing role providing specialist public health leadership and advice to acute trusts, with a particular focus on prevention, population health improvement and reducing health inequalities within secondary care services.
Main duties of the job
The postholder will be employed by CHFT and will provide public health consultant input to Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust and Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust (MYTT), working closely with local authorities, the Integrated Care Board and wider partners across the CKW footprint.
This role offers the opportunity to work with a high degree of autonomy, influencing strategy and service design across complex organisational boundaries, and making a tangible impact on population health outcomes.
This is a rare opportunity to shape how public health expertise is embedded within acute hospital leadership, influencing strategy, service design and partnership working at place and system level. The successful postholder will work closely with senior clinical and executive leaders, local authorities and Integrated Care System partners, with the space and autonomy to make a real difference to how health inequalities and population health improvement are addressed within secondary care.
You will be joining a Trust that values collaborative leadership, openness and continuous improvement, and which supports senior leaders to work across organisational boundaries to deliver better outcomes for the populations we serve. For a Consultant in Public Health who wants to combine system influence with practical impact inside acute trusts, CHFT offers both the platform and the support to do so.
About us
CHFT is an integrated acute and community Trust serving diverse communities across Calderdale and Kirklees, with strong partnerships across West Yorkshire. We are proud of our One Culture of Care -- caring for each other with the same compassion, kindness and respect that we show our patients -- and of the values that underpin how we work: we put people first, we go see, we work together to get results, and we do the must dos.
CHFT is recognised as a forward looking, digitally enabled Trust, with a strong track record of using data, innovation and system collaboration to improve quality, safety and outcomes. We are ambitious about the role that acute trusts play in prevention, population health and reducing inequalities, and this post sits at the heart of that agenda.
Job description Job responsibilities
Provide specialist healthcare public health advice to CHFT and MYTT, supporting delivery of high quality, equitable acute services Lead and coordinate public health input to programmes that strengthen prevention and action on health inequalities in secondary care Act as a key link between acute trusts, local authorities and system partners across Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield Use population health intelligence, epidemiology and health economics to inform service planning, prioritisation and improvement Lead or contribute to health needs assessments, health impact assessments and health equity audits Support the development of neighbourhood and community approaches that integrate with Trust services and reduce avoidable admissions Influence and support implementation of national, regional and local public health policy within acute trust settings Advise on monitoring, evaluation and outcome frameworks to support quality improvement and equity of access Provide leadership within Trust and partnership governance forums as required Act as educational supervisor and project supervisor to public health specialty registrars Line manage the Project Manager for Health Inequalities (CHFT) and manage delegated budgets as required________________________________________Working relationships Managerial accountability: Deputy Chief Executive, CHFT Professional accountability: Director of Public Health, Kirklees Council The postholder will work closely with senior leaders at CHFT, MYTT, local authorities, and system partners across the CKW footprint.
Person Specification
Education/Qualifications Essential
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 be eligible for registration within six months of interview) or Inclusion in the UK Public Health Register (UKPHR) for Public Health Specialists (or be eligible for registration within six months of interview) 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 Public health specialty registrar applicants who are not yet on the GMC Specialist Register, GDC Specialist List in dental public health or UKPHR must provide verifiable signed documentary evidence that they are within 6 months of gaining entry to a register at the date of interview. All other applicants NOT YET granted specialist registration, must provide verifiable signed documentary evidence from the REGISTER concerned that they have submitted satisfactory evidence and therefore registration within six months of date of interview is assured. 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 [see shortlisting notes below for additional guidance] 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
Desirable
Masters in Public Health or equivalent
Personal qualities Essential
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 Essential
Delivery of successful change management programmes across organizational boundaries Experience of using complex information to explain public health issues to a range of audiences
Desirable
Media experience demonstrating delivery of effective health behaviour or health promotion messages
Skills Essential
Strategic thinker with proven leadership skills and operational nous Able to demonstrate and motivate organisations to contribute to improving the public's health and wellbeing through mainstream activities and within resources Ability to lead and manage the response successfully in unplanned and unforeseen circumstances Analytical skills able to utilize both qualitative (including health economics) and quantitative information Ability to design, develop, interpret and implement strategies and policies
Knowledge Essential
In depth understanding of the health and care system and the relationships with both local national government In depth knowledge of methods of developing clinical quality assurance, quality improvement , evaluations and evidence based public health practice Strong and demonstrable understanding of interfaces between health, social care and key partners (dealing with wider determinants of health) Understanding of the public sector duty and the inequality duty and their application to public health practice
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Employer details Employer name Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust
Address Calderdale & Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust, Mid Yorkshire Teaching Hospitals Trust, Calderdale, Kirklees & Wakefield
Huddersfield
HD33EB
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.cht.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)