Consultant in Public Health

Dyddiad hysbysebu:	17 Rhagfyr 2025
Cyflog:	£91,342.00 i £145,478.00 bob blwyddyn
Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog:	£91342.00 - £145478.00 a year
Oriau:	Llawn Amser
Dyddiad cau:	23 Ionawr 2026
Lleoliad:	Leeds, LS2 7UE
Cwmni:	NHS Jobs
Math o swydd:	Cytundeb
Cyfeirnod swydd:	K9919-25-0495

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The post holder will develop working relationships and communicate regularly with a wide range of individuals, clinical and non-clinical, internal and external to UKHSA. This will include: Internal UKHSA Regional teams Other UKHSA divisions/directorates External Lower & Upper Tier Local Authorities Directors of Public Health & teams Education Social Services Environmental Health Health Protection Boards NHS England Clinical Commissioning Groups NHS Acute Trusts & provider organisations Infection Prevention & Control teams Hospital staff including clinicians, microbiologists and infection control Local Resilience Fora and Local Health Resilience Partnerships Environment Agency Animal Health Water / Utilities Companies Care Homes Universities / Colleges/ Schools General Practitioners and other staff in Primary Care Health & Wellbeing Boards Care Quality Commission Local Prisons Emergency Services Emergency Planning Resilience and Response (EPRR) team ExternalOpen to all external applicants (anyone) from outside the Civil Service (including by definition internal applicants). Stage 1: Application & Sift This vacancy is using Competency . At sift stage you will be assessed against the essential criteria listed in the Job Description & Person Specification attached to this vacancy advert. You will be required to complete an: Application form (Employer/ Activity history section on the application) 1200 word Statement of Suitability/ behaviour statements / technical statements Healthjobs UK has a word limit of 1500, but your supporting statement must be no more than 1200 This should outline how your skills, experience, and knowledge, provide evidence of your suitability for the role. You will receive a joint score for your application form and statement. (The application form is the kind of information you would put into your C.V please be advised you will not be able to upload your CV. Please complete the application form in as much detail as possible) If we receive a large number of applications, an initial sift against the lead criteria will be conducted: Inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register or UK Public Health (Special Inclusion in the GMC full and specialist register with a license to practice (or be eligible for registration within six months of interview); UK Public Health Register (UKPHR) for Public Health Specialists or be eligible within 6 months Minimum 6 months experience in Health Protection practice Experience of communicable disease control in a wide variety of settings including out of hours on call We will only take through applications that meet all essential criteria. Desirable criteria may be used if we receive a large number of applications. Please note feedback will not be provided at this stage. Stage 2: Interview stage (competency based): You will be invited to a face to face interview.If face to face interviewsare planned, in exceptional circumstances, we may be able to offer a remoteinterview. Interviews will be held at Quarry House, Quarry Hill, Leeds, LS2 7UE Interviews will be held WC 09 February 2026. Please note these dates are subject to change. This vacancy is being assessed using a competency based method. During the interview we will assess against the below: KnowledgeExperienceSkills and Abilities You will be asked to prepare and present a 5 minute presentation on the following: How would you manage major change whilst still supporting the public health agenda Once this job has closed, the job advert will no longer be available. You may want to save a copy for your records. The successful candidate will be appointed to the point of the Consultant salary scale appropriate to their years of seniority or if from a background other than medicine to NHS Agenda for Change Band 8d. Security Clearance All successful candidates must meet the basic security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is: Basic Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) Hybrid This role is being offered as hybrid working based at our Core HQ in Quarry House, Leeds. We offer great flexible working opportunities at UKHSA and operate using a hybrid working model where business needs allow. This provides us with greater flexibility about how and where we work, to get the best from our workforce. As a hybrid worker, you will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of your contractual working hours (approximately 3 days a week pro rata, (averaged over a month). Our core HQ offices are modern and newly refurbished with excellent city centre transport link and benefit from benefit from co-location with other government departments such as the Department for Health and Social Care (DHSC). Salary Information If you are successful at interview, and are moving from another government department, NHS, or Local Authority, the relevant starting salary principles for level transfers or promotions will apply. Otherwise, roles are offered at the pay scale minimum for the grade, but in exceptional circumstances there may be flexibility if you are able to demonstrate you are already in receipt of an existing, higher salary. Pay increases are through the relevant annual pay award for the role and terms. Consultant £109,725 - £145,478 (National) Agenda for Change (AfC) £91,342 - £105,337 (National) UK Health Security Agency promoted diversity in the workplace and is an Equal Opportunities employer