Assistant Director: Consultant in Public Health

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There has never been a more exciting time to join Public Health, and as a senior leader at Wirral Council, to be part of our huge ambitions for Wirral. Transforming the health and wellbeing of our population is a major priority for us, and we are seeking to increase our Public Health Consultant capacity to work across our senior leadership team, and wider partnerships to help achieve our aims.

AD: Consultant in Public Health (Part-time)

• 2-year fixed term contract
• Hour’s negotiable up to 0.5 WTE
• Hybrid working with 1 day on-site
• Our salary range for this role is £84,522 to £93,681 (pro-rata)
• NHS Band 8c/8d may be considered appropriate, dependant on individual circumstances

About the Role:

Our Public Health Consultants have a key role in health and wellbeing partnership arrangements, and we are therefore seeking a leader who can inspire and engage others to improve public health outcomes. This post-holder will work closely with colleagues in Adult Social Care to take a Public Health lens and Healthcare Public Health approach to addressing some of the current challenges facing Adult Social Care.

We are looking for candidates who have a broad range of public health knowledge and skills and can provide strong public health leadership, specialist advice and support to a range of public health priorities. The primary focus of this role will be to develop and lead an innovative programme of work to better understand the rising trend in demand for adult social care services and establish what might be done to lessen the impact of this over the short, medium and longer term.

About the Candidate:

This is a fantastic opportunity for a creative and forward-thinking professional to build on our strong track record of successful delivery in an experienced team. Working to the Director of Public Health, and alongside three experienced Public Health Consultants, you will provide leadership on work to support healthy ageing, and to embedding primary, secondary and tertiary prevention interventions throughout the life-course.

You will work in partnership to support the delivery of the ambitions in Wirral’s Health and Wellbeing Strategy, support the Place Based Partnership and work with partners to deliver against the local population health outcomes.

Whilst not essential, experience of working in a local authority setting, shaping, and leading public health initiatives in a political environment is desirable. Adaptability and focus on delivery are critical features of this position.

You will provide expert public health advice and leadership to inform an evidence-based approach for commissioning and to ensure high quality equitable services, across public health, the wider council and with our health and community partners.

We are strongly committed to the development of our public health team and as a training location, you will be required to contribute to and support training programmes for Foundation Year Doctors/Specialty Registrars in Public Health, and for the training of other trainees and professionals within the locality. You will need to be included on the GMC Specialist Register, GDC Specialist List, or UK Public Health Specialist Register (or within six months of entry).

You will be joining a talented and ambitious team of passionate colleagues across the Council who are working to deliver excellence. The Public Health Consultant will work alongside colleagues in the Corporate Leadership Team, to influence how the whole Council prioritises its plans and delivers them. You will have the opportunity to effect significant change and will advise the Director of Public Health and lead elected members. The role will require deputising for the Director of Public Health as and when required, to lead and manage the Public Health service.

If you would like to have an informal discussion about the role, please contact Dave Bradburn, Director of Public Health: davebradburn@wirral.gov.uk

Interviews will take place w/c 17th or 24th November - date to be confirmed.

This post requires a DBS check. The Safer Recruitment & Employment Policy and the Disclosures for Recruitment Procedure can be found at : https://www.wirral.gov.uk/jobs-and-training/job-vacancies/safer-recruitment-and-employment

If you’re already a Wirral Council employee, and as part of our Talent Strategy, we’re committed to strengthening opportunities for our people to learn, grow, progress and thrive. For many of you, this may be preparing and applying for your next role with us, and we're passionate about ensuring you feel supported throughout your internal recruitment experience. Please get in touch if you want to know more about some of the ways in which we could support you by emailing recruitment@wirral.gov.uk

If you are a Wirral resident, are unemployed or out of work, and require help with your application, please contact Involve Northwest’s employment and skills team on info@involvenorthwest.org.uk or contact 0151 644 4500 or 0151 652 4349.

Working at Wirral

You’ll also want to know what it’s like to work here so, as a start:

Our values are more than just pieces of paper on our walls! We’ve all played a role in developing these, so they reflect the immense pride we have in what we do, what matters to us, what inspires us and inform how we think, approach things and behave.

We believe in ensuring staff are well looked after, staff wellbeing is a priority for us. We’re serious about recognising and rewarding people for the great things they do. You’ll benefit from our track record of developing, growing and investing in our people.

We have a range of staff benefits including staff discounts, an excellent pension scheme which includes a generous employer contribution rate, immediate life cover and ill-health protection. We have a strong flexible working approach, hybrid working, family-friendly employment initiatives and an annual leave package starting with 28 days leave plus public holidays.

We have an inclusive, engaged culture, everyone has a voice, everyone is valued for their contribution and understands the role they play in delivering our strategic priorities.

Each voice is heard, each contribution valued. We embrace diversity in our workforce and recognise it is critical to our success. We support an inclusive culture that champions differences and nurtures a sense of belonging. We encourage people from diverse backgrounds, who share our values and our commitment to inclusion to apply for roles with us.

We want you to be your best at work, we create the conditions to help you thrive and we mirror this in our recruitment process. If you’d like us to do anything differently during the recruitment process to make it barrier-free and as accessible as possible please contact recruitment@wirral.gov.uk

Please note that in accordance with the Council’s policy, employees who are in a formal redeployment situation will be considered in the first instance for all vacancies.

It is Council policy not to re-appoint any employee who has left under the terms of the Council's Early Voluntary Retirement (EVR) scheme or who have left with a voluntary severance (VS) package, unless in exceptional circumstances.

Applications will be accepted until midnight on the closing date.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the specified date should we receive sufficient applications.

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We do not accept applications or CV’s from recruitment agencies, unless otherwise stated. Therefore, any candidates submitted via a recruitment agency will not be considered for this role.