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Public Health Principal (Health Protection)
| Posting date: | 22 May 2024 |
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| Salary: | £49,498.00 to £53,578.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £49498.00 - £53578.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 06 June 2024 |
| Location: | Bedford, MK42 9AP |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | F0073-24-0007 |
Summary
In order to contribute to efforts to protect the publics health, improve health and wellbeing and reduce health inequalities, the post holder will: Provide highly specialist advice and leadership in health protection, including the prevention, investigation and control of communicable diseases; Provide local leadership as a part of a senior multi-agency response to health protection incidents and public health emergencies when required; Develop and maintain effective working relationships at a senior level with partnership organisations, including Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes ICB, NHS England and UK Health Security Agency, to ensure cohesive and effective commissioning and provision of services pertaining to health protection; Monitor the local epidemiology of communicable diseases and uptake of screening and immunisation programmes and provide local oversight of screening and immunisation programmes; Lead public health input to emergency preparedness, resilience and response planning and scrutinise local health protection plans; Support the commissioning of evidence based services for communicable diseases, including HIV, TB and Hepatitis; Provide leadership on health inequalities related to health protection issues experienced by disadvantaged groups, identify priorities for public health action and work strategically with stakeholders to identify and implement appropriate actions; Manage the health protection budget for Bedford Borough, Central Bedfordshire and Milton Keynes; Deputise for the Chief Officer for Public Health (Health Protection) where appropriate; Line manage the Public Health Practitioner (Health Protection), providing work allocation, regular supervision, annual Personal Development Reviews and meeting disciplinary and grievance responsibilities; Manage a complex and demanding work programme, prioritising their workload and that of their direct report; meeting tight deadlines.