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Consultant in Public Health

Please Note: The application deadline for this job has now passed.

About the role

Are you passionate about improving people’s health and wellbeing? Do you exhibit great leadership? Are you looking for a new challenge?

Do you want to live and / or work in one of England’s most charming, developing and stimulating counties?

Then we could have the perfect job for you!

We are looking for two full-time Consultants in North Northamptonshire Public Health to join our newly formed, friendly and forward-thinking team. Working with our dynamic, knowledgeable and diverse Public Health team, we have two exciting opportunities to lead on our public health portfolios.

We are looking to appoint Consultants in Public Health with broad expertise to provide system leadership and technical knowledge across a range of public health areas. Each Consultant will lead on a specific portfolio but will also work with the wider team to contribute to the broader public health agenda.

If you would like an informal discussion, please email lucy.frith@northnorthants.gov.uk, who will arrange contact with Jane Bethea, Director of Public Health, Communities & Leisure, NNC.

To apply for the Consultant in Public Health role please click the 'Apply for this job' button on this page.

The closing date for this opportunity is Wednesday 14th August 2024. Interviews are expected to be held on Monday 16th September.

Please note that one of the positions is a permanent role and the other will be a fixed term role for two years.

What will you be doing?

As a member of the Public Health Leadership team and working directly with the Director of Public Health, this post is responsible for: ·

Ensuring that the public health mandated services deliver the full range of benefits are delivered to residents.
To lead work across all Council directorates as well as influencing partnership boards to maximise health improvement opportunities and the reduction of inequalities in health outcomes amongst residents, both currently and for future generations. ·
To lead and co-ordinate the health protection assurance and work programmes for NNC.
To take a whole systems approach to improving health and social outcomes for a particular client group; early years, children, older adults, learning disabilities etc.
To manage budgets and staff and contribute to specialist and other training programmes
To support us in taking an asset-based approach to reducing health inequalities and improving health outcomes for all North Northamptonshire residents.

Our vision is to make a difference to our communities and our environment, and we would love you to join us in our mission!

North Northamptonshire Council is committed to flexible and hybrid working, and we welcome discussions with potential applicants on working arrangements including part time working and job shares. We welcome candidates at any stage of their consultant career – newly qualified or experienced.

About you

The post-holder will deal with complex public health and wellbeing challenges in a multi-organisational environment with widely differing governance and finance system and organizational cultures.

It is expected that the post-holder will be able to cope with such circumstances as well as multiple and changing demands, and to meet tight deadlines. A high level of intellectual rigour, political awareness and negotiation and motivation skills as well as flexibility and sensitivity are required.

The post holder will advise the health and wellbeing board and make recommendations regarding services, residents’ care and wider determinants of health and therefore a high level of tact, diplomacy and leadership is required including the ability work within the local political and at the same time maintain the ability to challenge and advocate for effective working and on specific issues in order to achieve public health outcomes.

The achievement of public health outcomes and the successful pursuit of change are the purpose of the job and the metric against which performance will be assessed.

Our benefits

We offer:

a competitive salary
a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
agile and flexible working arrangements to help you with a healthy work-life balance.

About us

We are a new unitary council, established in April 2021; we are one of the largest unitary councils in the country. Our vision for North Northants is to be 'A place where everyone has the best opportunities and quality of life'.

Our priorities are:

helping people live active fulfilled lives
caring for our young people, providing them with high quality education and opportunities
enabling a thriving and successful economy
leading on a green and sustainable environment
ensuring our communities are connected so they can shape their lives and where they live
providing modern public services

Our values, as chosen by our staff, are - Customer-focused, Respectful, Efficient, Supportive and Trustworthy.

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