Director of Public Health

Job Description

4Recruitment Services are seeking  a Director of Public Health  on an interim basis for our client in West London.

The Director of Public Health is required to be a visible system leader in the councils  Health and Care Partnership (HHCP) and will contribute available resources directly under the DPH control and influence HHCP resource allocation to ensure that the local public health system proactively tackles the health, care and wider determinants that affect health and wellbeing in the councils communities. This will include working with local communities, to develop solutions in response to challenges that affect health and contribute to health inequalities.
  
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:

• Delivering the councils  duties to protect and improve public health, and any functions and regulations to improve public health protection and health improvement delegated to the local authority by the Secretary of State
• Being the chief officer and principal adviser for public health to the Council, system partners, and local communities, influencing policy and practice
• Supporting the Chief Executive and Councillors in developing and delivering the Council’s strategic agenda and maintain their confidence, and the confidence of national, and regional partners
• An effective role as statutory member of the Council’s Health and Wellbeing Board; to advise on the development of the Joint Local Health and Wellbeing Strategy that sets out the priority assessed needs of the population, and for shaping the health and wellbeing agenda; using the national outcomes frameworks; public health, NHS and social care
• Being an active participant at Place through strategic participation as a leader within HHCP, contributing and directing the priorities for population health improvement, influencing change and enabling a culture of continuous improvement in health and wellbeing, innovation and evaluation.
• Exercising the functions of the Council to plan for, and respond to emergencies that present a risk to the publics’ health
• Commissioning and the delivery of services which are effective, are value for money and meet quality standards.
• Utilise the public health resources imaginatively and cost effectively across all domains of public health in order to improve health and wellbeing of local communities and reduce inequalities in health outcomes.
• The Council’s role in co-operating with the police, the probation and the prison service to assess the risks posed by violent or sexual offenders
• Producing an annual independent report on the health of the population and communities of the council, progress that demonstrates improving health and reducing inequalities and making recommendations that stimulates debate and/or action by the Council and partners

 
ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS INCLUDE:

• Inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register/GDC Specialist List or UK Public Health Register(UKPHR)
• If in the above Register / List in a specialty other than public health medicine/dental public health, must have equivalent training and/or appropriate experience of public health medicine practice
• Public health specialist registrar applicants who are not yet on the GMC Specialist Register/GDC Specialist List in dental public health/UKPHR must provide verifiable signed documentary evidence that they are within 6 months of gaining entry at the date of interview; all other applicants must provide verifiable signed documentary evidence that they have applied for inclusion in the GMC/GDC/UKPHR specialist registers
• Minimum of three years’ experience of public health practice at senior level
• Experience of working in complex political and social environments
• High level of understanding of epidemiology and statistics, public health practice, health promotion, health economics and health care evaluation

  
Recruitment is done in line with safe recruitment practices. 4Recruitment Services is an equal opportunities employer.

To discuss this vacancy in further detail or any other vacancies, please contact our Team on 0800 988 6307 or email  gpadmin@4recruitmentservices.com.