Consultant in Public Health, Health Protection and HCPH - Warwick, United Kingdom - Warwickshire County Council
Description
Consultant in Public Health – Health Protection and Health Care Public Health
About the team and the role
It's an exciting time to join our Public Health team as we continue to work across our system to deliver on our Health and Wellbeing ambitions. Our focus is on improving and protecting the health of the people of Warwickshire and reducing preventable differences in health outcomes. This role is a real opportunity to make a difference to the lives of our residents.
We are a dynamic, supportive, and solution-focused team. You will benefit from the foundations of well-developed health protection workstreams established in the County and working very closely with colleagues in Coventry plus sharing system-wide responsibility for several work programmes across the sub-region.
Key Responsibilities
You will be responsible for leading Health Protection assurance and associated programmes across Warwickshire & Coventry. This includes leading on implementation of our Health Protection Strategy being our emergency planning lead.
Your work will prevent and reduce levels of communicable disease, environmental hazards and oral health promotion, and ensure that screening and immunisation programmes have comprehensive coverage within the local population.
You will lead on Migrant Health and provide expert input into the commissioning of services including community nursing TB and sexual health. You will also lead on the Rugby Place Health and Wellbeing Partnership.
You will provide input into the Health Care Public Health Agenda and contribute to decision making by Individual Funding Request Panels. You will provide support to trainees including F2 doctors, GP and Public health registrars.
Working for Warwickshire – This is the difference you make
Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feels valued, included, safe, supported, and welcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision, could you be one of them
At Warwickshire County Council we are committed to ensuring Warwickshire's economy is vibrant and supported by the right jobs, training, skills and infrastructure. Our people vision for Warwickshire County Council is a great place to work where diverse and talented people are enabled to be their best.
Your future matters to us, we provide a generous pension scheme which includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month, to help support your financial security during retirement. The scheme also offers a valuable package of benefits for members and their dependants. To find out more please visit: Warwickshire Pension Fund homepage – Warwickshire Pension Fund'
The benefits we offer include agile working, a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government, generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas, and access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform.
Closing date: midnight on 23rd April 2024
Interview date: w/c 27th May 2024
Should you require application forms in an alternative format / language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements.
Warwickshire County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce. See more