Senior Public Health Lead - Reigate, United Kingdom - Surrey County Council

Surrey County Council

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Reigate, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

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The starting salary for this role is £53,918 - £60,864 per annum, working 36 hours per week.

Surrey County Council is seeking to appoint a dynamic and innovative Senior Public Health Lead, with strong leadership and technical skills and a real commitment to improving population health, protecting health and reducing health inequalities.

We are seeking to expand our Health Protection team to ensure we can continue to protect the health of the population in the light of learning from the COVID pandemic and at a time when the establishment of the new integrated care systems, UK Health SecurityAgency (UKHSA) and Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) bring opportunities to work together in new ways.

Surrey is a vibrant and diverse home to approximately 1.1 million residents living within urban and rural communities. Its populationis a mixture of affluent communities, with some deprived areas.

You will be joining a friendly and progressive team committed to improving the health of the population.

We strive to provide a stimulating environment within which to work, providing opportunities for personal development through training, education, shadowingand on-the-job learning and reflective sessions.

About the role

The role will support the Consultant in Public Health and Health Protection Team Manager to deliver a number of strategic, reactive, campaign and project responsibilities as part of the local authority's health protection, health improvement and health inequalitiesduties and programmes.

Communicable diseases advice and assurance, working with UKHSA, with local commissioners and providers of health and care, and with communities on diseases that are prevalent in our local population, such as TB
Environmental hazards
Public health input to emergency planning including outbreak/pandemic planning and extremes of weather
Assurance and promotion of the cancer and noncancer population screening and immunisation programmes
Leadership around the wider determinants of health such as healthy planned environments, sustainability and air quality

The role will also work within the team to support the Director of Public Health and Consultant in Public Health who lead the Surrey Health Protection Board, working in partnership with other local organisations.

In addition, you will carry out work to understandthe current health protection needs through needs assessment, reports and evaluation. While the pandemic continues this role will contribute to the COVID-19 response as required alongside the non-COVID portfolio.

About you

You will be a champion for health protection and prevention and have a strong focus on health inequalities, all of which arelead areas for the Public Health Team.

You will work closely with our health improvement, health insight and intelligence, andhealthcare public health teams on areas of joint interest.

In this role, you will manage one or more public health leads and may hold a budget.

That you can bring to the role energy, drive, and innovation in order to make a difference and improve outcomes for people in Surrey
Possession of technical skills in health protection, public health, or an allied profession
Skill at managing relationships and negotiating across a wide range of organisations
An appreciation of the challenges faced by local authorities and the NHS
The ability to be both flexible and adaptable to the changing needs of the Public Health function
The ability to work in an agile manner using digital solutions

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Role purpose
Work context
Line management and budget responsibility
Specific qualifications and/or experience

Additional Information
The job advert closes at 23:59 on 04/01/2023

Interviews will take place on 17/01/2023.

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Benefits
From flexible working to job sharing (where possible) we are committed to providing a healthy work life balance. A laptop and mobile will be supplied if applicable to your role.

You will benefit from 26 days annual leave, rising to 28 days after 2 years'service, a generous local government salary related pension, as well as the option to join our car lease scheme.

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