Senior Public Health Practitioner - Hall, United Kingdom - Isle of Wight Council

Isle of Wight Council

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Hall, United Kingdom

3 days ago

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Description

County Hall and Agile Working (meaning a mix of working from home, the office, and other relevant locations. Occasional travel to Winchester, Hampshire is expected as part of the Public Health Partnership with Hampshire County Council.)

Grade 11, £41,548 to £44,356 per annum

Vacancy Reference:2023_640

Closing Date:10/12/2023

Contract Type:
Permanent

Hours:37 per week

Do you want to a key role in improving health for Isle of Wight residents?

Joining our dynamic Sexual and Reproductive Health Team, you'll have the opportunity to advance your career in public health whilst playing a key role in improving health outcomes for Isle of Wight residents.

We are a small, supportive, friendly team working across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, with a passion for using evidence-based approaches to improve population health and wellbeing through positive behaviour change.

Your proven track record of contributing to Public Health outcomes will enable you to support and develop innovative interventions to implement our emerging Public Health Strategy, including using commissioning of integrated sexual and reproductive health services to improve population outcomes and reduce health inequalities, supporting the development of Women's Health Hubs to improve access to long-acting reversible contraception, and working towards our ambitions for Zero HIV by 2030.

You will commission services and perform quality reviews to ensure an excellent standard of service provision to the public.

You will also be required to matrix work across the Public Health team enabling you to benefit from the opportunity to work in other Public Health portfolio areas including NHS Health Checks in Primary Care and working with primary care colleagues to build robust pathways for prevention.

Your knowledge of public health concepts and your ability to use evidence-based research methods to gather, interpret and present complex data in a meaningful way will be key.

Your excellent communication skills and experience of multiagency working will help us to build on our strong working relations with our partners.

Applicants for the Senior Public Health Practitioner role will have a postgraduate level qualification in either Public Health or a related discipline (for example a UK Master's degree or postgraduate diploma), and extensive experience in a Public Health Practitioner role (or similar).

You'll have a good understanding and preferably experience of sexual and reproductive health and/or NHS Health Checks.

At the Isle of Wight Council, we are committed to creating opportunity and invest in our workforce.

If you have a first degree but do not have the relevant postgraduate qualification in either Public Health or a related discipline, there is an opportunity for a Trainee post where you are asked to be able to commit to submitting a portfolio to become a registered UKPHR Public Health Practitioner and to complete a Public Health Master's degree.

To appoint to the Trainee Senior Public Health Practitioner post you will need to have significant experience in commissioning, contract management and/or project management and be keen to move into a career in public health.

The Isle of Wight Council offers benefits including:

Annual leave of 32 days per annum, plus public holidays
Local government pension scheme
Local and national staff discounts and benefits, including Solent travel discounts
Staff parking permit scheme
Cycle to work scheme
Public Health training and development opportunities

PLEASE NOTE:
As a council we support agile and hybrid working.

There will be a need to work on the Island to build relationships with partners and to attend face to face meetings on the Isle of Wight and in Winchester.

We support flexible working where possible.

_When you join #TeamIWC you'll receive our staff benefits package, including:_

_ __-_ Annual leave entitlement of 32 days p/a PLUS public holidays_
- _ Local Government pension scheme_
- _ Discounted Solent ferry travel_
- _ Island bus network discount_
- _ Cycle to work scheme_
- _ Staff parking permit scheme_
- _ Discounted island sports & leisure gym membership_
- _ National and local discounts & benefits schemes_

A relocation scheme of up to £8,000 may be available to new employees _specifically relocating to the Isle of Wight to take up a role with us_. _If you choose to commute to the Isle of Wight daily, you may be eligible get your travel costs reimbursed. _Further details are available upon request._

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The Isle of Wight Council protects its employees from discrimination and this is supported by the _Unacceptable Behaviour Policy_, _Employee Code of Conduct_ and _Behaviours Framework_. We actively promote the diversity of our workforce and we provide flexible working options (where appropriate) to support the different needs of our employees._

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Closing Date:10 December 2023