Head of Community-Led Health

Job Description

Reed Talent Solutions are currently working with a major Scottish NHS organisation to recruit a Head of Community-Led Health on a Permanent basis. The post holder will provide leadership for the Population Health agenda, providing a comprehensivepublic health function encompassing: community-led health, health intelligence, health protection, proactive and preventative healthcare, and strategy, governance and performanceRole Information

• Remote based, with occasional mandatory visits to the Aberdeen area
• Salary - £78,182 - £90,387
• Permanent

Key Responsibilities

• Prepare detailed reports based upon conclusions drawn from analysis of population, health and epidemiological that may be complex, conflicting and incomplete.
• Have a high level of judgement in interpreting national guidance, anticipating financial and clinical risks, co-ordinating the strategic agenda and communicating with Board Members, clinicians, the media, local and national elected members, the generalpublic, community representatives, patients, third sector organisations and colleagues from partner agencies.
• Make decisions on a variety of public health issues based on interpretation of statistics, highly complex and contentious information or evidence which may be incomplete or lacking, with no obvious solutions and where no consensus exists locally. This willrequire the post holder use their own experience in order to make clear recommendations to the organisation regarding the way forward.
• Work at a self directed level within parameters of local /national priorities and policies. This includes all legal and professional frameworks and statutory requirements; at an operational level, be expected to work autonomously, devising procedures andmethods to achieve the successful outcome of Local, Regional and National strategies.
• Make judgements involve complex facts or sensitive and contentious situations which require the analysis, interpretation and comparison of a range of options.Develop information and intelligence systems to underpin public health improvement and actionsacross disciplines and organisations; be innovative in the methods employed to achieve objectives.Receive, interpret, provide and advise on highly complex, epidemiological, statistical, quantitative and qualitative data and research evidence from varioussources to make recommendations and inform decision making which has short, medium and long-term impacts to a range of partners and the public.Provide highly specialised/expert public health advice and leadership to support and inform an evidence-basedapproach within ethical frameworks for commissioning and development of high quality equitable services across primary, secondary and social care, and local authorities, voluntary and community organisations in potentially contentious and hostile environmentswhere barriers to acceptance may exist.
• Be an active member of the Public Health Directorate and the Public Health Senior Leadership Group and will proactively advise when Public Health input is required, and will initiate actions to resolve anticipated needs and problems where necessary.

Essential Criteria

• Inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register or UK Public Health (Specialist) Register
• Public health specialist registrar and specialist trainee applicants who are not yet on the GMC Register/UKPHR must provide verifiable signed documentary evidence that they are within 6 months of gaining entry at the date of interview ; all other applicantsmust provide verifiable signed documentary evidence that they have applied for inclusion in the GMC/UKPHR
• Minimum 6 months training in health protection
• Applicants must meet minimum CPD requirements in accordance with the requirements of the Faculty of Public Health/Royal College of Pathologists/Royal College of Physicians or other recognised body
• MFPH, or MRCPath, or MRCP
• Eligible to be designated as a competent person under the Public Health etc. (Scotland) Act, 2008