Job Title: Consultant in Public Health
Location: Dudley, West Midlands
Salary: Competitive (Up to £621 per day)
Contract Type: Temporary / Contract
Myn is recruiting on behalf of our long-term client for an experienced Public Health Consultant. This is a high-impact role where your expertise will drive successful change programmes and shape effective health promotion across the region.
What Youll Do
* Lead Change: Deliver successful change management programmes across organisational boundaries.
* Media Excellence: Use your media experience to craft and deliver effective health behaviour and promotion messages.
* Strategic Influence: Work within a political system with professionalism, regardless of personal affiliations.
* Policy & Practice: Advise on and implement strategies that improve public health outcomes.
* Quality Improvement: Develop clinical quality assurance, evaluations, and evidence-based public health practice.
* Collaboration: Engage with senior stakeholders, local and national government, and key partners across health and social care.
* Data Analysis: Utilise both qualitative and quantitative data, including health economics, to inform strategic decisions.
What Were Looking For
Qualifications & Training:
* Must be included in the GMC Full and Specialist Register with a licence to practise, or on the UK Public Health Register (UKPHR) for Public Health Specialists.
* If you are in a specialty other than public health medicine/dental public health, you must have equivalent training and/or appropriate experience in public health practice.
* Public health specialty registrars not yet on the register must provide verifiable evidence that they are within six months of gaining entry.
* If UK trained, you must hold a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) or be within six months of its award; non-UK trained applicants must show evidence of equivalence to the UK CCT.
* Must meet minimum CPD requirements in line with Faculty of Public Health or another recognised body, with MFPH (by examination, exemption, or assessment) or equivalent.
* A Masters in Public Health or equivalent is required.
Experience:
* Proven track record in delivering successful change management programmes.
* Demonstrable media experience in delivering effective health behaviour or health promotion messages.
* Experience working within and navigating a political system is essential.
Knowledge:
* In-depth understanding of the health and care system and its links with local and national government.
* Thorough knowledge of methods for clinical quality assurance, quality improvement, evaluations, and evidence-based public health practice.
* Strong grasp of the interfaces between health, social care, and key partners dealing with wider determinants of health.
* Clear understanding of the public sector duty and inequality duty as they apply to public health practice.
Practical Skills:
* Ability to design, develop, interpret, and implement strategies and policies.
* A strategic thinker with proven leadership skills and operational acumen.
* Capable of motivating organisations to enhance public health and wellbeing through mainstream activities within allocated resources.
* Skilled in leading and managing responses in unplanned and unforeseen circumstances.
* Analytical skills to utilise both qualitative (including health economics) and quantitative data.
Personal Qualities:
* Strong knowledge of Equality & Diversity issues.
* Able to influence senior decision-makers, including directors and CEOs.
* Proven ability to lead teams and contribute effectively as part of a team.
* Commitment to working within a political system, regardless of personal affiliations.
Why Join Us?
* Impactful Work: Shape public health policy and practice that makes a real difference in peoples lives.
* Dynamic Environment: Work on cutting-edge projects with multi-agency partners in a forward-thinking public health setting.
* Professional Growth: Enjoy robust training, continuous professional development, and a supportive network.
* Competitive Remuneration: Attractive hourly rate, with opportunities to further your career in public health.
Ready to drive change and improve public health in Dudley?
Apply now and join a team committed to excellence, innovation, and making a lasting impact.
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