Consultant Healthcare Scientist
Full Time or Part Time considered
About the Organisation:
Public Health Scotland launched 1st April 2020 as a national health board, employing around 1200 people, and with an annual budget of around £101 million. Public Health Scotland wants to see a Scotland where everybody thrives, a Scotland where life expectancy improves and the difference in life expectancy between our poorest and wealthiest areas gets smaller.
Public Health Scotland is Scotland’s lead national agency for improving and protecting the health and wellbeing of all of Scotland’s people. Our vision is of a Scotland where everybody thrives. Our focus is on increasing healthy life expectancy and reducing premature mortality. To do this, we use data, intelligence and a place-based approach to lead and deliver Scotland’s public health priorities.
The Post:
This post is within Clinical and Protecting Health Directorate, which protects the people of Scotland from infectious and environmental hazards; enables high-quality clinical and public health knowledge, carries our research, delivers on innovation; and improves and changes clinical and public health practice by using audits at a national and local level
We have an exciting opportunity for a Consultant Healthcare Scientist to work in the Gastrointestinal Infections team who will work closely with other topic teams such as Zoonosis, Public Health Microbiology.
Working closely with key stakeholders and colleagues nationally, regionally, and locally you will identify, develop, facilitate, and embed the national and corporate priorities recognising the need for collective action to reduce health inequality gaps that persist within our communities.
Working with and on occasion deputising for the Consultant in Public Health for Gastrointestinal Infections, the successful candidate will provide leadership, management and expert specialist advice on issues relating to Gastrointestinal Infections. This includes health protection response to outbreaks, evaluation of effectiveness of interventions and improve outcomes for people in communities and develop a culture that will focus on impact and solutions.
You will work with colleagues across Scotland linking into Scottish networking/co-ordination e.g. Scottish Health Protection Network.
You will use an evidence-based approach to inform the work of Public Health Scotland and their partners and have the skills to work with partners to drive forward change.
The post will report directly to Consultant in Public Health for Gastrointestinal Infections.
The Candidate:
We are looking for a Consultant Healthcare Scientist with specialist experience, expertise and knowledge of Gastrointestinal Infections at a senior level.
You will have the ability to prioritise your own work effectively and be able to direct activities of/to others working with a range of stakeholders in a politically sensitive and changing environment