Consultant in Public Health | NHS England
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 11 Chwefror 2026 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | Heb ei nodi |
| Gwybodaeth ychwanegol am y cyflog: | per annum (exclusive of London Weighting) |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 13 Mawrth 2026 |
| Lleoliad: | Leeds or London, LS1 4AP |
| Cwmni: | NHS England |
| Math o swydd: | Cytundeb |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 7801186/990-MD-19727-E-C |
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A position has arisen for a Public Health Consultant based within the National Public Health Team, in the Medical Directorate of NHSE to provide public health leadership into national priority programmes.
This one year Fixed Term rolling contract is full time, 10 Programmed Activities per week/40 hours per week appointment to the terms and conditions of service for doctors in public health medicine and community health service and hospital medical and dental staff England and Wales or full time 37.5 hours per week, on NHS Agenda for Change terms and conditions of service if from a non-medical background (band 8D).
The postholder will be a credible leader adept at working with colleagues in different parts of the health system and beyond. Whilst this is a national role it will involve close working with regional colleagues as required, to ensure an integrated and coordinated approach. A key priority is to address inequalities in access to services and outcomes. Additionally, supporting the wider system in development of approaches to commissioning and delivery of whole pathways of care including prevention opportunities.
The post holder will develop working relationships and communicate regularly with a wide range of individuals and stakeholders, clinical and non-clinical, internal and external to NHSE.
• Provide support to the Director for Public Health in delivering the public healthcare agenda across NHSE; key NHS public health and population priorities, including supporting ICBs.
• Play a key role in supporting the prevention agenda particularly the shift to prevention in the 10 Year Health Plan.
• Support the wider system in development of approaches to commissioning and delivery of whole pathways of care including prevention opportunities.
• Providing technical public health specialist advice, overseeing clinical reviews and evaluations into key Public Health programmes; variation and inequality for the MSF for CVD and Healthy Hospitals as part of the New Hospital programme.
• Providing technical public health specialist advice to the healthcare inequalities team. Address inequalities in access to services and outcomes.
• Working with others to develop national strategy and frameworks, and ensuring programmes are designed with a population health foundation.
• The development and delivery of public health intelligence support in liaison with the Transformation Directorate teams and the Global and Public Health team in DHSC.
• Educational supervision to our Public Health registrars, GP Trainees and Clinical Fellow.
• Act as or be willing to train as a Public Health appraiser.
• Management of a Public Health Policy Manager within the team
Our staff bring expertise across clinical, operational, commissioning, technology, data science, cyber security, software engineering, education, and commercial specialisms — enabling us to design and deliver high-quality NHS services.
We lead the NHS in England by:
• Enabling local systems and providers to improve the health of their people and patients and reduce health inequalities
• Making the NHS a great place to work, where people can develop and make a difference
• Working collaboratively to ensure our healthcare workforce has the right knowledge, skills, values and behaviours to deliver accessible, compassionate care
• Optimising the use of digital technology, research, and innovation
• Delivering value for money
Earlier this year, the Government announced that NHS England will gradually merge with the Department of Health and Social Care, to create a smaller, more strategic centre that reduces duplication and waste.
If successful at interview, we will initiate an Inter Authority Transfer (IAT) via the Electronic Staff Record (ESR). This retrieves key data from your current or previous NHS employer to support onboarding, including competency status, Continuous Service Dates (CSD), and annual leave entitlement. You may opt out at any stage of the process.
Colleagues with a contractual office base are expected to spend, on average, at least 40% of their time working in-person.
Staff recruited from outside the NHS will usually be appointed at the bottom of the pay band.
You can find further details about the role, including key responsibilities and accountabilities, alongside the organisational structure and person specification in the attached Job Description and other supporting documents.
This role is available as either a band 8D or on our Medical and Dental salaries which is why there are two adverts for the same position, the appropriate grade depends on the route the successful candidate qualified.
Secondments
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 Tuesday 24 Feb 2026