Public Health Practitioner - Reading, United Kingdom - Reading Borough Council

Reading Borough Council
Reading Borough Council
Verified Company
Reading, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

Tom O´Connor

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

beBee Recruiter
Description
Job description

Full Time 37 Hours per week - Fixed Term for 30 months


We seek the best talent from the widest pool of people as diversity and inclusion is the key to our success.

Reading Borough Council is a Disability Confident Employer and is committed to the recruitment and continued employment of people with disabilities.

This post will interest someone who wishes to develop a career in public health.

This is an opportunity to further develop your public health knowledge, experience and skills through a structured practitioner training programme.

We welcome applicants who have lived experience or have links with local communities experiencing health inequalities.


This role will include:


  • 1 day a week of protected study time for the duration of the contract to support your learning and development and preparation for registration.
  • Opportunity to undertake placements and projects to gain a broad understanding across all domains of Public Health.


During the 2.5-year contract secondment opportunities will be provided into neighbouring Local Authorities and other organisations in the Public Health system to ensure a breadth of experience is gained to support registration on the Practitioner Scheme.


Your role will be to work in partnership and develop relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, including other local authority services areas, the NHS and the voluntary and community sector, Health Education England Thames Valley and other relevant stakeholders to drive health improvement by preventing and reducing inequalities in health.


What we're looking for:


  • Educated to degree or post graduate level in a public health or a related discipline.
  • Prepared to undertake a structured educational development programme alongside delivery of public health programmes and projects.
  • Able to undertake placements and projects to gain a broad understanding across the three domains of public health.
  • Committed to complete all elements of the training programme, including undertaking projects, placements, full attendance at structured educational programme and completion of a portfolio towards professional practitioner registration with UKPHR.
  • Carrying lived experience of health inequalities or have strong links with communities experiencing health inequalities across the local geographic area.
  • An excellent communicator with the skills to:
  • gather and analyse information
- identify and prioritise risks
- identify and prioritise safeguarding issues
- demonstrate excellent organisational skills and flexibility
- demonstrate excellent IT and typing skills
- demonstrate excellent team work skills.


About you


You will be educated to degree or post graduate level in a public health or related discipline and be prepared to undertake a structured educational development programme alongside delivery of public health programmes and projects.


Drawing on anchor institute principles and as a local, large employer we are keen to recruit people from our local communities.

Therefore you will be someone who either has a working knowledge of the local geographic area or lives within the local geographic area.

We welcome applicants who have experience or links with communities experiencing health inequalities across the local geographic area.


You will have the ability to undertake placements and projects to gain a broad understanding across the three domains of public health and be able to commit to completing all elements of the training programme, including undertaking projects, placements, full attendance at structured educational programme and completion of a portfolio towards professional practitioner registration with UKPHR through the 2.5 years contract.


You'll be part of a team that relies on each individual to play their part to the best of their ability.

As well as the colleagues that you work closely with every day, you'll also be part of Team Reading, playing your personal part in making Reading a successful and vibrant place.


Our vision is to ensure that Reading realises its potential as a great place to live, work and play, and that everyone shares the benefits of this success.

Our values and behaviours guide how we will achieve this:


Work Together as one team - work collaboratively, with each other and with our partners, and demonstrate the Team Reading values in everything we do


Drive Efficiency - show initiative, be adaptable to change and put forward ideas to help improve delivery and efficiency. Take responsibility for our own learning and development and for reaching our potential


Be Ambitious - be demanding of our own performance - striving to be even better - and be prepared to engage with and challenge leaders in a constructive and positive way


Make a Difference to Reading - maintain the highest levels of customer service and be flexible and willing to provide the services needed at the time they are needed


Our offer
A competitive salary alongs
More jobs from Reading Borough Council
See all jobs of Reading Borough Council