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A member of the Senior Management Team of the Authority having key responsibility and accountability for improving the health & wellbeing of Telford & Wrekin residents, reducing inequalities in health outcomes, and protecting local communities from public health hazards.

To be the statutory chief officer of the authority and the principal adviser on all population health matters to elected members, officers, and partners, with a leadership role spanning health improvement, health protection, and healthcare public health.

To be a visible system leader in health and wellbeing partnership arrangements within Shropshire Telford Wrekin Integrated Care System.

Professionally accountable to the Council (and the OHID/DHSC Regional Director of Public Health)

Managerially reports to: Directly to Executive Director of Children’s Services & Public Health.

Responsible for: Consultant in Public Health & Service Delivery Managers

The post holder will be responsible for the performance of specific services within the directorate including:

1. Public Health & Commissioning
2. Health Improvement
3. Health Protection including Civil Resilience and Corporate Health & Safety

The Director of Health & Wellbeing will:

1. Represent the Council on all Population Health Matters
2. Manage budgets up to £15m
3. Manage and participate in on-call arrangements for Senior Management Team and communicable disease control/health protection as appropriate
4. Ensure appropriate management and support for Specialty Registrars (in Public Health)
5. Manage other allocated teams as directed by CEO.

Telford & Wrekin Council has a population of 185,800 and is a place of contrasts, a distinctive blend of urban and rural areas, with green open spaces alongside contemporary housing developments and traditional market towns. On the face of it, the Borough is a prosperous place but there are clear differences across the Borough. Some neighbourhoods and communities in the Borough are among the most deprived areas nationally. 26% of Telford & Wrekin's LSOAs are among the 20% most deprived and 11.1% are among the 20% least deprived LSOAs in England (IMD, 2019).

Telford & Wrekin Council is part of Shropshire Telford & Wrekin Integrated Care System.

Statutory Role

The Director of Public Health is the system leader for improving the health and wellbeing of residents, reducing inequalities in health outcomes, and protecting local communities from public health hazards (infectious diseases and environmental threats). As such, the Director of Public Health is a statutory chief officer of the authority and the principal adviser on all health matters to elected members, officers, and partners, with a leadership role spanning health improvement, health protection, and healthcare public health.

In order to deliver their responsibilities on behalf of the residents of Telford & Wrekin, the DPH will need to be a visible system leader in the health and wellbeing partnership arrangements. The DPH will be expected to use all the resources at their disposal to ensure that the local public health system is able to tackle the full range of determinants of health affecting communities in Telford & Wrekin, to improve population health.

1. Support the Chief Executive and Councillors in developing and delivering the Council's strategic agenda.
2. Be the chief officer and principal adviser on public health to the Council, local communities, and local partners.
3. Operate strategically as a member of the Senior Management Team and across the Council influencing policy and practice.
4. To deliver, commission, and/or deliver services which are effective, value for money, and meet quality standards.
5. To act as a leader across the local system of public services, influencing change and enabling a culture of continuous improvement in health and wellbeing, innovation, and evaluation.
6. Utilise the public health resources imaginatively and cost-effectively across all domains of public health in order to improve health and wellbeing of local communities and reduce inequalities in health outcomes.
7. Accountable for both the shaping and delivery of the Health and Wellbeing agenda taking account of the national agenda and benchmarking (using the national outcomes frameworks; public health, NHS, and social care).
8. Deliver an independent annual report on the health and wellbeing of local communities for publication by Telford & Wrekin Council to stimulate debate and/or action by the Council and partners.

• Experience of working in senior public health roles with a track record of delivering public health improvements.
• Evidence of being able to add public health values to corporate agenda.
• Experience of working in complex political and social environments.
• Experience of establishing and promoting clear public health vision aligned to the corporate business strategy and consistent with government policy.
• Experience of providing strategic public health advice to senior officers and to elected Members.
• Significant successful experience of cross-sector partnership working.
• Significant experience of working successfully within a political environment to achieve corporate and service objectives.
• Proven track record of successfully delivering major service improvements and cultural and organisational change.
• Experience of managing staff; providing clear vision and objective setting and willingness to tackle sub-optimal performance.
• Evidence of management of a significant budget.

• 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.
• Public health specialty registrar applicants who are currently on the UK public health training program and 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.
• 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.
• - Must meet minimum CPD requirements (i.e. be up to date) in accordance with the Faculty of Public Health requirements or other recognised body.

• High level of understanding of epidemiology and statistics, public health practice, health protection, health promotion, health economics, and health care evaluation.
• Detailed Knowledge of methods of developing clinical quality assurance, quality improvement, and evidence-based clinical and/or public health practice.
• Understanding of NHS and local government cultures, structures, and policies.
• Understanding of the public sector duty and the inequality duty and their application to public health practice.
• An understanding of the issues facing the public sector and their implications for service delivery.
• An understanding of the Co-operative Council approach.
• An understanding of the key issues arising from working within a political environment and the importance of positive working relationships with elected members.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills (including dealing with the media) including to present to mixed audiences and the media.
• Practical experience in facilitating change in a variety of settings, proactively seeking opportunities to create and implement improved service effectiveness.
• Able to plan strategically and to work creatively to identify practical business solutions to problems focused on outcomes for our community.
• Able to influence the attitudes and opinions of others by using a range of strategies.
• Skillful at negotiation at all levels to achieve a positive outcome and managing conflict appropriately.
• Able to model the Council's leadership and management competencies.

• Commitment to the Council's Co-operative working ethos and corporate values.
• Establishes and maintains relationships at all levels, using engagement and communication as tools to promote challenge in a constructive and positive manner.
• Creates and maintains a service area in which team members can fulfil their potential and feel that their development is valued.
• Responds positively to change by prioritisation, balancing competing demands, and accommodating high expectations.
• Maintains effective work behaviours in pressured and stressful situations, demonstrating resilience and consistency.
• Models a personal commitment to inclusivity and the welfare of others.
• Develops an environment of trust by displaying tact, honesty, openness, and integrity.