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Interim Public Health Intelligence Team Lead
Reference no: Cambridgeshire RQ1451533
Pay Rate: £23.00 per hour PAYE
37 Monday - Friday, 09:00 - 17:30
This opening assignment is for 1-2 months
City: HUNTINGDON
Enhanced DBS disclosure required
You will work collaboratively across the whole of the County Council to support the delivery of a broad range of strategic objectives/outcomes including the whole Council contribution to improving health and reducing health inequalities. You will manage the public health analyst team and work closely with the Director of Public Health, the Consultant in Public Health Intelligence, and the Public Health Team.
Key Responsibilities:
Lead and manage a coordinated multi skilled corporate service to deliver the agreed outcomes for the public health intelligence team.
Drive innovation, creative thinking, and alternative ways of delivering outcomes in line with cross-Council and partnership objectives.
Work collaboratively with regional and national public health organisations to horizon scan, share good practice and benchmark local outcomes.
Be accountable for ensuring high quality and timely regulatory reporting, delivery of the Annual Public Health Report, delivery of the mandated healthcare public health advice service and delivery of joint strategic needs assessments and other statutory needs assessments. Provide and ensure strategic high quality management information, performance information and public health intelligence for the County Council officers and councillors, and partners.
Deliver and ensure qualitative and quantitative interpretation of a wide range of data relevant to health and wellbeing, deploying expert epidemiological, public health and analytical skills to enable informed decision making.
Key requirements:
First degree in Information Science or Public Health or equivalent appropriate relevant demonstrable experience.
Master’s degree in Public health or Epidemiology or other relevant subject or appropriate relevant demonstrable experience.
Expert knowledge of information sources relevant to public health, including NHS information sources
Up to date knowledge of governance, policies and quality assurance mechanisms relating to national and local public health and NHS data.
Awareness of current national and regional public health policy, organisations, and strategies
Extensive working at a senior level in public health information.
Significant practical experience of applying statistical, analytical, and epidemiological skills, preferably in public health or a public health relevant setting.
Experience of effectively handling and assimilating large volumes of data from a wide range of sources and applying these to public health and population-based problems.
Strong management skills and expertise in the use of Management Information systems to specify and monitor performance.
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Job Ref: Cambridgeshire RQ1451533
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