Consultant in Public Health

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of truly integrated public health by joining the Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Consultant in Public Health Alliance. If you are looking for a challenge in a system that has bold ambitions and a vision for the people we serve to prosper, be healthy and happy this could be the role for you.

In the context of emerging integrated care systems, this is a unique opportunity to shape a new approach, with public health at the forefront of system leadership. Along with your fellow Consultants in Public Health, you will build a collaborative approach, maximising public health capacity and expertise across the Integrated Care System (ICS) footprint.

The Alliance is an integrated team of Consultants in Public Health, providing public health capacity and expertise across the ICS.

The Alliance will be guided by a steering group made up of the following:

• Chief Medical Officer: Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Integrated Care Board (ICB)
• Director of Public Health: Staffordshire County Council
• Deputy Director Strategy & Transformation: University Hospital North Midlands

You will play a key role providing strategic leadership across organisational boundaries, working with partners and communities to improve public health outcomes.

The Alliance will be underpinned by a formal accountability structure, governed through a workforce sharing agreement between partners (available ahead of interview upon request). These two posts will be employed by Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent ICB and hosted by Staffordshire County Council. See attached Service Agreement for further detail. One post will have a portfolio which includes children and young people’s public health, and the other post will have a portfolio which includes health protection and the wider determinants of health, as well as other responsibilities, to be determined following successful appointment.

alary for the post(s): NHS Medical Consultant (dependent on experience and qualifications) or NHS Agenda for Change Scale 8d/9 (dependent on experience).

Closing Date: 12th June

Interview dates: 3rd July and 10th July, subject to change.

For further information, please contact:

Bethan Page, Acting Assistant Director for Public Health and Prevention, Staffordshire County Council bethan.page@staffordshire.gov.uk

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The core of who we are as an organisation. Just like we all have personal values that shape our thoughts and behaviour, organisational values drive how we think and act collectively.

Our values were created and shaped by colleague feedback and national best practice and they sit at the heart of People Strategy:

We have a real sense of community spirit that brings our people together. This feeling of belonging means we are all connected to what we do and take pride in the difference we make every day for Staffordshire people. We are ambitious and our sights are set firmly on a better future.

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Our benefits:

We recognise that it is our employees that are central to everything we do. We aim to create a supportive working environment where employees can achieve their full potential and achieve a healthy work-life balance.

In addition to your salary, as a member of staff, you will have access to Our rewards and benefits - Careers at Staffordshire

Our recruitment process:

As an Authority we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people/vulnerable adults and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Staffordshire County Council is an equal opportunities organisation and Disability Confident employer. We encourage applications from all background and communities

As part of our commitment as a Disability Confident employer, a Gold Award Armed Forces employer and our commitment to supporting care leavers - we offer a guaranteed interview as long as your application meets the minimum criteria for the post.

As you’ll know safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our children and young people/vulnerable adults is important to us and that’s why this position is subject to a criminal record check from the Disclosure and Barring Service. If applicable you should disclose details of unspent and unfiltered spent reprimands, formal warnings, cautions and convictions in your application form.