A Vacancy at Northumbria Healthcare - NHCT Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and innovative Consultant in Public Health to join a progressive and supportive public health department at Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust. You will work with the Lead Consultant in Public Health (Head of Service) and established core public health team to provide public health leadership, expertise and population insight into the planning and delivery of care across the organisation.
The post holder will lead a defined portfolio of work, which is to include programmed time supporting public health education within medical undergraduate education. You will develop and support strategic programmes to embed prevention and equity of access, experience and outcomes as part of the organisations core business ensuring effective collaboration with the wider system and ensuring close working relationships with the Local Authority Public Health Teams.
Please note this post is advertised using Agenda for Change standard, however may be suited to a qualified and experienced medical post holder.
The shortlisting process will include a faculty of Public Health assessor.
The post holder will help progress the Trust’s contribution to addressing health inequalities and health improvement for patients, their families, staff and the wider population, managing multiple and changing demands and pressured deadlines. We care for patients across Northumberland and North Tyneside in hospitals, the community and at home.
Our organisation has a reputation for the pursuit of excellence, as demonstrated by our recognition as one of the country’s top performing trusts, twice rated ‘Outstanding’ by the Care Quality Commission. We welcome applications from Public Health Consultants who will help to ensure improvement is not only about doing things better but also about doing better things, scaling up learning to support the shift from a reactive to a proactive model and engaging inclusively with patients and the public.
A high level of intellectual rigour, political awareness, negotiation and motivation skills and flexibility are required. The ability to establish and maintain effective relationships and advise, challenge and advocate to enable effective working across organisational boundaries are crucial. In particular, working with Local Authority Public Health teams, NHS bodies, voluntary and community organisations and the Integrated Care System to ensure a coherent and strategic approach to improving population health across our geography through evidence-based action.
The Public Health team has seen a lot of growth and this post will be key to increasing public health capacity. The Public Health team cover a wide and varied topic range, including, but not exclusive, personalised care, tobacco dependency, healthy weight, public health maternity, staff health and well-being and supporting the wider Trust to embed public health approaches in their clinical pathways and teams.
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust are seeking to increase their capacity to embed public health across the organisation through the recruitment of a second Consultant in Public Health, which is to include programmed time working with medical undergraduate education.
We are looking to appoint an innovative and enthusiastic Consultant in Public Health who will work with the existing Consultant in Public Health (Head of Public Health) and wider public health team to provide public health leadership, expertise and population insight into the planning and delivery of care across the organisation. The post holder will lead a defined portfolio of work, develop and support new ways of working to promote prevention and equity of access, experience and outcome as part of the organisations core business ensuring effective collaboration with the wider system.
The post holder will help progress the Trust’s contribution to health improvement and reducing health inequalities for patients, their families, staff and the wider population. The post holder will be expected to cope with multiple and changing demands and to meet tight deadlines.
A high level of intellectual rigour, political awareness, negotiation and motivation skills and flexibility are required. Working in partnership across multiple organisations including the NHS, Local Government and voluntary, community and social enterprise sector partners across the Integrated care system. The postholder will have the ability to maintain effective relationships and understand other cultures and advise, challenge and advocate to enable effective working across organisational boundaries.
The post holder will contribute to and influence system wide strategies, plans and programmes working closely with Local Authority Public Health teams to ensure a coherent and strategic approach to influencing the wider determinants of health and improving population health across the health economy.
To role model compassionate and inclusive leadership in order to shape the creation of a collective leadership culture within the trust. This means demonstrating a consistent leadership style which (a) engages, enables and empowers others (b) uses coaching to promote ownership of learning and quality improvement and (c) facilitates team working and collaboration within teams / departments and across organisational boundaries
This advert closes on Sunday 26 Jan 2025
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