Consultant in Public Health

We are excited to be recruiting a new Consultant post in public health in Sefton Council. We are looking for an enthusiastic and dynamic Consultant to join our friendly, creative and forward-thinking team. You will be leading across childrens and womens public health interventions.

You will be joining our public health team as we continue to work across Sefton to deliver our ambitious health and wellbeing outcomes.

Main duties of the job

You will be an advocate for Children, young people and women in Sefton. This will include fulfilling the Child Health Commissioner role and influencing decision-making across the Council and Sefton Place to improve health outcomes for Children and Young people and womens health.

In Sefton, we can see that lifestyle choices are largely constrained by the social, economic, and environmental conditions in which we live. We aim to improve health through addressing these social determinants, and through using our influence with local communities and anchor institutions. As such you will provide leadership by representing Sefton Council on relevant regional meetings related to this posts workstreams, including the development of womens health hubs with the local ICB, the Cheshire and Merseyside NHS Beyond childrens workstream and the work of Champs Public Health Collaborative.

About us

We are committed to improving and protecting the health of children and young people in Sefton and reducing preventable differences in health outcomes.

Sefton is a great place to come to work. It is most northern borough of Liverpool City Region with more than 275,000 residents.

Boasting 22 miles of stunning coastline, Sefton is a leading coastal tourist destination with a flourishing visitor economy. Spanning the busy Port of Liverpool, the famous Antony Gormleys Another Place installation, attractive beaches and dunes, to the resort town of Southport, the diversity of the Borough provides a unique mix of urban and natural setting.

This is a diverse and exciting Borough where people can enjoy a great work-life balance. With excellent transport links, Sefton is well placed for accessing cities across the Northwest, including Liverpool and Manchester.

Job responsibilities

Public Health

Appointment

This is a new post for a CPH/CPHM. This is a permanent post employed by SeftonCouncil based at Magdalen House, Bootle, Merseyside L20 3NJ. The council operates an agile working policy,enabling working from home and off site.Staff are expected to be in the office 2-3 days each week to facilitateteamwork and support corporate function. The post-holder is a healthprofessional providing public health advice to and on behalf of the populationof Sefton. The post older will also be expected to lead on Cheshire andMerseyside public health issues, and to undertake responsibilities on behalf ofthe Champs public health network. Jobshare will be considered.

Jobsummary

The postholder will contribute to achieving the priorities of Sefton Council and thevision for 2030, building on the wider vision for system change. ImagineSefton 2030 will engage the public, local businesses and potential investorsin creating a vision that will collectively promote shared prosperity,coordinated public investment, and a healthy environment and population. As asenior leader in the public health team and across the council the post holderwill help make the vision a reality, adding value and strengthening the healthand wellbeing outcomes.

The post-holder will have a lead role advocating for Children, youngpeople and women in Sefton. This will include fulfilling the Child HealthCommissioner role and influencing decision-making across the Council and SeftonPlace to improve health outcomes for Children and Young people and womenshealth. The post-holder will have a varied job plan which will be flexibleaccording to the needs of the service. The particular focus will be agreed andkept under review through the Job Planning process.

StrategicDuties and Responsibilities

Supportthe Director of Public Health (DPH) in their role reporting to and supportingthe work of relevant Council committees and governance bodies, including Health& Wellbeing Board, Children and Young Peoples Board, SEND ImprovementBoard, Safeguarding Forum, and Partnership Committees within the IntegratedCare System.

Provide strategic public health leadershipwith the childrens directorate, wider council, NHS and voluntary sectorpartners to effectively support the delivery of services and population level interventionsfor children, young people and women that improve physical health andwellbeing.

please refer to the job description attached for further information

Person Specification

Qualifications

• 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.
• 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
• MFPH by examination, by exemption or by assessment, or equivalent
• Masters in Public Health or equivalent

Experience

• Delivery of successful change management programmes across organizational boundaries
• Experience of using complex information to explain public health issues to a range of audiences
• Media experience demonstrating delivery of effective health behaviour or health promotion messages

£85,125 a yearA market supplement may be payable (where applicable)