Consultant in Public Health - Liverpool, United Kingdom - Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust

Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust
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Liverpool, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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To provide public health leadership for improving health outcomes and reducing health inequalities through the development of public health programmes, policies, and activities and through influence and advice.

This is a full time, substantive post for a Consultant in Public Health focusing to provide public health leadership for improving health outcomes and reducing health inequalities.


The post holder will be a Consultant in Public Health / Public Health Medicine and will have responsibility for ensuring effective Public Health leadership and advice within the Trust.

Please see job description for full details;

  • Strategic leadership and collaborative working for health
  • Policy and strategy development and implementation
  • Use of public health intelligence to survey and assess a population's health and wellbeing
  • Assessing the effectiveness of healthcare interventions, programmes, and services intended to improve the health or wellbeing of individuals or populations
  • Management and professional responsibility
  • Academic research and development
  • Health Improvement and Health Protection
  • Personal Development
This job description is not intended to be either prescriptive or exhaustive. It is issued as a framework to outline the main areas of responsibility.

You will be expected to carry out any other duties that may reasonably be required in line with your main duties and changing priorities of the organisation.


Respect:
We show that we value every individual for who they are and their contribution.


Excellence:

We pride ourselves on the quality of our care, going the extra mile to make Alder Hey a safe and special place for children and their families.


Innovation:
We are committed to continually improving for the benefit of our patients.


Together:
We work across the Alder Hey community in teams that are built on friendship, dedication, care, and reassurance.


Openness:
We are open and honest and engage everyone we meet with a smile.

This post attracts 10 programmed activities per week. There may be the opportunity to discuss and review this with the clinical director.

The job plan for the first three months will be based on a provisional/indicative timetable.

A formal job plan will be agreed between the appointee and the Chief Medical Officer within three months of the commencement date of the appointee.

The supporting professional activities (SPAs) allocation within the provisional job plan is an

The basic template for new consultants is 1.5 SPA. Any additional SPA time in the Job Plan is linked to defined roles with clear objectives.

SPA for

  • Personal revalidation, appraisal/job planning/quality improvement /clinical governance/statutory & mandatory training/CPD.
  • Engagement in Quality Improvement, including :
  • Attending Quality Improvement meetings
  • Contributing data; and
  • Implementing agreed Quality Improvement recommendations in own practice.
  • 0.5 SPA for departmental & Trust meetings and teaching (UG, departmental, Trust).
  • Indicative 0.25 SPA for a formal Postgraduate Medical Educational Supervisor role.
  • Additional SPA(s) for defined roles in departmental leadership or wider governance, and audit, as agreed through the job planning process.


Regular job planning meetings will be undertaken with the post holder to ensure that the appointee is remunerated for any additional activities undertaken and that the job plan accurately reflects the overall workload undertaken by the post holder.


KEY RELATIONSHIPS

  • Chief Strategy and Partnerships Officer, Alder Hey
  • Executive and Non-Executive Directors, Alder Hey
  • Senior Clinical, Divisional and Management Colleagues, Alder Hey
  • Local Authorities including Liverpool City Council and Directors of Public Health
  • Academic Partners including University of Liverpool & John Moores University
  • Cheshire and Merseyside Integrated Care System (ICS)
  • Clinical Networks including Primary Care Networks
  • Place, Primary and Community Care leaders
  • Health and Wellbeing Board Members
  • Voluntary, Community and Faith Sector partners
  • NHSE, OHID, UKHSA and Regulatory Bodies
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