Advanced Health Protection Practitioner - Preston, United Kingdom - UK Health Security Agency

UK Health Security Agency

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Preston, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Salary:

- £58,972 - £68,525- pro rata AfC T&Cs £58,982 - £68,525 CS T&Cs £59,325 - £61,414

A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%
Job grade:

Other

Agenda for Change band 8b or CS Upper Grade
dependent on professional registration
Contract type:
Permanent
Type of role:
Health Professionals
Working pattern:
Flexible working, Fulltime, Parttime
Number of jobs available:
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PrestonAbout the job

Job summary:

The UKHSA North West is team of Consultants in Health Protection, Health Protection Practitioners, Surveillance Scientists, Emergency Preparedness and Business Operations.

Our health protection team is recruiting to a permanent Advanced Health Protection Practitioner (AHPP) post who will have overall strategic leadership and operational management of the health protection practitioner workforce in Cumbria and Lancashire.

The AHPP will actively lead and support strategic design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of sub-regional, regional and national priority workstreams in agreement with the Principal Health Protection Practitioner (PHPP), Head of Health Protection and Deputy Director.

They will work collaboratively with other AHPPs across the region, to provide resilience and ensure consistent standards of quality and governance for regional operational delivery.

Job description:

The AHPP has a significant leadership role within the team and will have day to day operational leadership responsibility to ensure the team work collaboratively and effectively, managing incidents and outbreaks of infectious and non-infectious environmental hazards.

The AHPP may be requested to deputise for the Principal Health Protection Practitioner (PHPP) or other senior leaders in the region.

The post holder will work both collaboratively and autonomously with authority, using advanced knowledge and skills to help develop and deliver services across professional, functional and geographical boundaries through a networked approach.

They will be a catalyst for change, appropriately challenging boundaries, strengthening clinical governance, leading quality improvement innovations and, developing workforce to meet service, staff and stakeholder needs.

The post holder will actively lead and support strategic design, implementation, monitoring & evaluation of sub-regional, regional and national priority workstreams in agreement with the PHPP, Head of Health Protection and Deputy Director for Health Protection.

Person specification:

Please note there are two job descriptions attached, one clinical and one non-clinical. Refer to the Job description and person specification for competencies.

The North West health protection team operates Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm and provides an out-of-hours on-call duty service at all other times.

The post holder will participate, following appropriate training, in the on-call rota, for which financial remuneration is provided as per terms and conditions of contract.

The frequency of on call the post holder will undertake is based on service needs, expected to be >1:6 and <13.

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Benefits:

Alongside your salary of £58,972, UK Health Security Agency contributes £15,922 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides.
Learning and development tailored to your role
An environment with flexible working options
A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

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Selection process details:

Stage - Application & Sift:

This vacancy will use competency based questions to assess the behaviours, experience, ability, technical skills/qualifications, strengths and commitment to equality and diversity detailed in the essential person specification.

Stage - Interview
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment

Security:

People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks

Nationality requirements:

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

UK nationals

- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)