This is a secondment opportunity until 31/12/2024Passionate and excited by the potential to improve population health outcomes an.....
This is a secondment opportunity until 31/12/2024
Passionate and excited by the potential to improve population health outcomes and reduce health inequalities?
Experience working as a professional public health leader and helping to translate knowledge into population health impact?
Committed to collaborative working to drive forward collective action to improve public health outcomes?
We are seeking to appoint a self-motivated and innovative individual to the role of Deputy Director, Healthcare Public Health (DD HCPH) in the new NHS PH Directorate in the East of England.
The PH Directorate aims to provide strategic leadership, oversight, coherent support, and delivery across a broad range of PH functions across multiple teams – Screening & Immunization, Health & Justice, Health Equity, Specialised commissioning, dental public health and population health evidence and intelligence.
The DD-HCPH will be expected to provide strong professional leadership across the broad range of the directorate’s functions, have an operational responsibility for the provision of safe and effective healthcare public health advice and support, and line management of the healthcare public health team.
As a Deputy Director in Healthcare Public Health the post holder will lead and work as part of a dynamic team in delivering an effective service supporting staff across the Public Directorate in the East of England to manage the performance of the Healthcare Public Health team and practitioners.
The Deputy Director for Healthcare Public Health provides local leadership of the NHS healthcare public health system, on behalf of the Regional Director. The post holder has day-to-day operational responsibility for the provision of an effective healthcare public health system which delivers to high quality standards and is responsive to the needs of the local community and partners in the local public health systems.
The Deputy Director will support the Regional Director of Public Health in the strategic oversight of NHS’s contribution to improving and protecting the public’s health and reducing health inequalities in the locality. The Deputy Director will support the Regional Director in working with partners to build and develop the local public health system through the provision of expert advice and insight and their operational responsibility for the delivery of the healthcare public health service.
On 1 April 2023 Health Education England became part of the new NHS England. Our people are our most important asset; recruiting and retaining the best talent remains crucial to our success. We continue to recruit externally where we cannot fill vacancies internally. We hope you choose to join us but please be aware that some roles may be subject to change in the future. We want to attract and retain highly skilled people to enable us to work with our partners to plan, recruit, educate and train the health workforce. Please note, some supporting documentation attached to this vacancy refers to the legacy organisation, previously known as Health Education England, now NHS England. Work is continuing to harmonise the new NHS England recruitment service and any reference to Health Education England will be updated in due course. More information about the transition to the new NHS Englandis available here.
All Deputy Directors will work in a networked way across regions to support the regional role of adviser to NHS England and contribute to national work on developing a comprehensive healthcare public health system with NHSE sub regional teams.
The post holder will oversee, coordinate and deliver high quality professional PH input, support and advice to the NHS England at Regional level to drive improvements in outcomes and reduction in health inequalities across the population in a way that is cost effective to support NHS England’s sub regional team including public health advice to support:
• Overall strategy for improving population health at a local level
• The strategy for implementing the 5 year forward view (5YFV)
• Direct commissioning responsibilities for primary care (including medical services; Ophthalmic services; community pharmaceutical services etc.)
• Public health service commitments defined through the Section 7a agreement;
• Quality and efficiency programme QIPP, and its ‘Commissioning and Pathways’; ‘Provider Efficiency’; and ‘System Enablers’ national work streams to ensure cost effectiveness across primary, secondary and tertiary health services and care
• You will identify future challenges to the public’s health and wellbeing and act as a professional advisor for NHSE and local CCGs (in support of Directors of Public Health) on all matters related to healthcare public health.
• You will work effectively and promote good relationships between NHSE, local authorities, ICB’s, OHID and UKHSA.
• Represent the Public Health Directorate at meetings relating to the performance of HCPH practitioners
• Input into the development and monitoring of performance improvement action plans for practitioners
• Attend and provide expert clinical advice to the regulatory Panel Meetings
• Ensure that any new legislation, NICE requirements and NHS regulations and guidance are implemented appropriately.
• Participate in peer review of individual performance at least once per year.
• Coordinate needs assessment and defining of priorities to ensure population health improvement is achieved within available resources
• Implementation of the 5YFV
• Support commissioning and commissioning decisions in providing an evidence-based rationale in order to secure delivery
• Support commissioning approaches for the whole pathway throughout the life cycle, with an emphasis on prevention (including self care)
• Optimising value for the NHS to provide cost effective, evidence based solutions through health economics advice
• Maintaining and enhancing quality, improving outcomes and equity of access throughout the domains of the outcomes framework
• Supporting patient and public engagement through insight and community approaches.
It’s an exciting time to join the NHS PH Directorate and the wider regional public health unit (Office of the RDPH) as we build momentum and drive collective action on improving equitable population health outcomes and reduce health inequalities in the region.
This is indeed an opportunity to shape and inform the transformation of public health functions and developments in the region.
Are you the right candidate?
Reach out to find more.
Contact Dr Aliko Ahmed, Regional Director of Public Health East of England; Aliko.Ahmed@dhsc.gov.uk; aliko.ahmed2@nhs.net
In addition to in-depth understanding of public health, the DD-HCPH will be expected to have a highly demonstrable skills in building and enhancing effective collaboration, integration, and partnership – within and across teams, partners, and stakeholders.
The post holder will work directly with the Regional Director Public Health and partners to develop a cohesive, integrated, responsive multi-disciplinary regional public health team that informs, influences, facilitates and support collective actions to improve population health outcomes in East of England.
You can find further details about the job, organisational structure, recruitment profile, expected outcomes and benefits information in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.
Salary Progression
Applicants will commence at the bottom of Band 9 with a full-time starting salary of £99,891, with a pay step increase after 5 years’ service.
These salaries are offered in accordance with NHS Terms and Conditions and the HEE Pay Progression Policy and are subject to annual cost of living review.
Secondment
Applicants from within the NHS will be offered on a secondment basis only,
agreement should be obtained from their employer prior to submitting the application
This advert closes on Wednesday 10 Jan 2024
