Your role:In this exciting new joint role you will provide public health leadership for improving health outcomes and reducing health inequalities through delivery of action, influence and advice to WWL, the Council, NHS Greater Manchester Wigan Locality and the wider Healthier Wigan Partnership.
About you:You must be registered on the Specialist Register of the General Medical/Dental Council in Public Health, or on the UK Public Health (Specialist) Register and will be expected to demonstrate expertise in the full range of relevant competencies as set out by the Faculty of Public Health.
You should be able to demonstrate public health expertise across all domains of public health and the ability to take on a defined portfolio for healthcare public health and health protection.
About us:To achieve our collective ambitions this post provides public health leadership and expertise to the Healthier Wigan Partnership through an integrated arrangement between Wigan Council and Wigan, Wrightington and Leigh (WWL) Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Please refer to the attached Job Description and Brochure for further information.
You will provide public health leadership for improving health outcomes and reducing health inequalities through delivery of action, influence and advice to WWL, the Council, NHS Greater Manchester Wigan Locality and the wider Healthier Wigan Partnership.
Professionally accountable to the Director of Public health you will provide expert public health advice to WWL and other key partners, reporting to the Director of Strategy and Transformation, taking a lead on the boroughwide approach to health protection and healthcare public health.
In this role your leadership will inspire development of progressive system wide solutions and influence action that supports continuous improvement in health and wellbeing across the population, challenging existing practice and improving quality, providing WWL, the Council and NHS partners with specialist public health advice.
In delivering the key responsibilities described below you must be registered on the Specialist Register of the General Medical/Dental Council in Public Health, or on the UK Public Health (Specialist) Register and will be expected to demonstrate expertise in the full range of relevant competencies as set out by the Faculty of Public Health attached) and the person specifications (attached).
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement, and living our values ‘the WWL Way’.
WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.
At WWL we value the benefits a rich and diverse workforce brings to our community and therefore welcome applications from all sections of society.
Provide public health expertise across all domains of public health taking on a defined leadership portfolio for healthcare public health and health protection; including the management and resource responsibilities aligned to your lead area.
Connect with a wide range of stakeholders, through mature and strong relationships, to fully exploit all opportunities for improving public health outcomes.
Use data, insight, and evidence in the development and implementation of robust strategies for improving health and wellbeing ensuring qualitative and/or quantitative measurements are in place to demonstrate improvements.
Develop and use information and intelligence systems to underpin public health action across disciplines and organisations, including input to the production of the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA), surveillance, monitoring and evaluation of health and wellbeing in Wigan.
Effectively communicate complex concepts and data and their implications for local communities, to a range of stakeholders with very different backgrounds, providing written and verbal briefings, reports and presentations when required.
Contribute to public health research, and/or commission research audits/projects, and/or undertake research or audit and participate in and influence relevant research networks so that the research needs of Wigan are considered.
Work with UKHSA and other partners to ensure local communities are protected from infectious disease threats (including food and water borne disease, pandemics, etc) and environmental hazards and that health protecting activity (immunisation and screening, sexual health) is effective.
Support the Councils statutory duties and response to external health threats and the Emergency Response Plan under the Civil Contingencies Act 2004 and the Social Care Act 2012, and any amendments.
Provide strategic support to the Director of Public Health and Assistant Director of Public Health, to discharge the Council’s statutory public health responsibilities, and deputise when required.
Any other responsibilities and requirements that may arise according to the business requirements of WWL and the Council, as determined by the DPH and Medical Director through an agreed work plan.
Be an effective, courageous, and responsible advocate for improving health and advise Wigan on its statutory public health obligations providing clear and evidence-based recommendations and advice.
Work across the Council and WWL, and with a wide range of partners agencies and voluntary organisations, taking a lead role for strategic public health input into the development, implementation, and delivery of local strategies, developing inter-agency and interdisciplinary strategic plans and programmes as well as influencing partnership boards to deliver key outcomes for Wigan.
Support the Health and Wellbeing Board, and associated fora, to drive action and effectively engage partners, to achieve greatest population impact whilst delivering its statutory duty to promote integration for the benefit of local communities.
Be responsible for change and improvement, including the resolution of relevant operational issues, ensuring that quality improvement (and clinical governance) programmes are an integral component of the public health approach in Wigan.
Develop strong relationships with a wide range of partners to influence policy and service delivery that has greatest impact on population health.
Operate within a framework of partnerships, including Cabinet/Portfolio holders, Senior Management Team, Local NHS bodies, the VCFSE, UKHSA, OHID, Health and Wellbeing Board, Local Resilience Forum, NHS England, the public and the media, providing specialist public health expertise and supporting strategy delivery.
Provide public health advice to relevant boards and committees including the Healthier Wigan Partnership and associated forums, influencing the development and delivery of equitable, citizen focussed and effective health and care services.
This advert closes on Thursday 9 Jan 2025