Consultant in Public Health - Liverpool, United Kingdom - NHS England

NHS England

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Liverpool, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Healthcare Public Health team as a Consultant in Healthcare Public Health for a fixed term of up to 10 months, until the end of December 2024 to cover maternity leave.

You will provide public health leadership, advice and support to internal and external stakeholders relevant to the function and you will play a critical role in delivering the Healthcare Public Health Directorate business plan.

In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring that NHSE delivers on it's legal commitments to reduce healthcare inequalities.

You will provide leadership to systems on Healthcare Public Health, including the NHSE Inequalities Improvement Programme and the five strategic priorities, such as elective recovery.

You will act as a conduit between the national team and systems, ensuring oversight and assurance.

You will work within and between the regions to convene examples of good practice and learning to drive quality and improvement in population health outcomes.

You will provide public health input and support to a range of clinical areas and pathways, for example cancer

The Consultant in Healthcare Public Health will be part of the Senior Leadership Team within the Healthcare Public Health Directorate.

The postholder will provide public health leadership, advice and support to multiple internal and external stakeholders. The postholder will play a critical role in delivering the Healthcare Public Health Directorate business plan.

The postholder will oversee, coordinate and deliver high quality professional public health input, support and advice to NHS England at regional and system level to drive improvements in outcomes and reduction in health inequalities across the population in a way that is cost effective and prioritises prevention

In April 2023, NHS England, NHS Digital, and Health Education England merged to create a new, single organisation to lead the NHS in England.

This new NHS England is designed to create a simpler, smaller, high performing, organisation that leads the NHS more effectively and is a better place to work.

Speaking with one voice to the service.

The new NHS England board have set out the top-level purpose for the new organisation to lead the NHS in England to deliver high-quality services for all, which will inform the detailed design work and we will achieve this purpose by:

Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities.
Making the NHS a great place to work, where our people can make a difference and achieve their potential.
Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
Delivering value for money.

You can find further details about the job, organisational structure, recruitment profile, expected outcomes and benefits information in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.

Secondments

Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only,
agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the