Consultant in Public Health

Appointment; The Consultant in Public Health works collaboratively with the Director for Public Health (DPH), the Public Health Senior Leadership Team, councillors, colleagues and partners to deliver the statutory duty placed on local government to improve health, protect health and reduce inequality. The post holder will act in an expert advisory capacity on public health knowledge, standards and practice, across the spectrum of public health and lead on the development, implementation and evaluation of significant public health programmes. The Consultant in Public health will ensure the high quality, cost-effective delivery and safe delivery of public health services and will lead work across all Council directorates and system wide partnership to maximise opportunities to create the conditions for health and reduce inequalities. This is a full time post of Consultant in Public Health (CPH) for Herefordshire Council. The post holder will be based within the Public Health team at Herefordshire Council.

Responsible to

Managerially and professionally accountable to Herefordshire Council through the Director of Public Health.

Dimensions

The post holder will hold corporate and managerial responsibilities commensurate with the role. The post holders specific portfolio of responsibilities will be determined upon appointment in line with the requirements of the service at that point and may change over time in line with the needs of the service.

The postholder

a. will manage staff (including trainees) and will be accountable for recruitment, appraisals, disciplinary and grievance procedures for directly line managed staff. The precise number of staff will be dependent on the responsibilities agreed in the job plan. b. will manage budgets for lead areas outlined in the job plan and be an authorised signatory as outlined in the council scheme of delegation. c. will be expected to deputise for the Director of Public Health as required.

The employing organisation

As one of the most rural counties in England, Herefordshire has a dispersed population with over half of people living outside of Hereford City or a market town. Herefordshire Council is a unitary authority providing a wide range of services to 192,000 people living in the county. People who come here consistently comment on the warm welcome they receive and theres a real appetite and commitment to improving our practice and supporting each other in doing so. Our staff tell us how they value the teams they work in and the knowledge and experience of our team managers and heads of service. As a large rural authority, we are conscious that access to services can have a huge impact upon health inequalities, and we are determined to work more closely with health partners and community and voluntary groups to ensure a more joined up approach. Our Herefordshire Council Plan 2024-28 sets out how the council will make its contribution to the ongoing success of Herefordshire. With the overarching vision, 'Delivering the best for Herefordshire in everything we do'. The plan set out how we will enable residents to realise their potential, to be healthy and benefit from communities that help people to feel safe and supported. Herefordshire Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2023 2033 sets out the vision for good health and wellbeing for everyone supported by our four ambitions that describe the type of place we aspire Herefordshire, recognising the wide range of factors that shape our health and wellbeing

Public Health team arrangements

The Public Health Team is led by the Director of Public Health. We are a small core public health team who work closely with colleagues across the Council and through our external partners to improve the health and wellbeing of Herefordshire residents. The team also incorporates our asset based community development approach (Talk Community), emergency planning, community safety and work with adults with complex needs. We are an approved training location providing quality training opportunities for Public Health Specialty Registrars, the Foundation Programme and Local Government Graduate trainees. Consultants in Public Health are encouraged and supported to become Educational Supervisors The Council operate an innovative flexible futures policy that enables and supports staff with flexible working choices. Job summary The post offers an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic Consultant in Public Health who enjoys working in partnership with colleagues across the Council, health and social care system to improve the health and wellbeing of our population. The Consultant in Public Health is a member of the senior leadership team of the Public Health team in Herefordshire. The role offers a great opportunity to work on public health in its widest remit, tackling health inequalities and health improvement. The post holder will be able to work independently without the need for substantial supervision. The post-holder, working with the DPH and other consultant colleagues, will lead on improving the health and wellbeing of the residents which is underpinned by the statutory duty placed on local government to take such steps as it considers appropriate to improve health of its residents. The post holder will be expected: To have responsibility for development and delivery on key areas of public health, as agreed, working with actively at system level including with partners from the NHS, social care, local authorities, police, voluntary organisations, etc. To utilise information and evidence to underpin public health action across disciplines and organisations. As agreed within work-plans, to be responsible for leading programmes of work to address health improvement, strengthening the preventive approach and tacking health inequalities. As agreed within work-plans to be responsible for commissioning relevant services to achieve this, including physical activity, smoking cessation, and weight management. As agreed within work-plans to be responsible for leading partnership work across a wide portfolio particularly covering health improvement and Public Health intelligence. To be responsible for the day-to-day management of staff, and or be responsible as a line manager for a single function. To provide professional leadership to staff working in other parts of the Council whose posts are funded through the Public Health Ring-fenced Grant. To be an authorised signatory, budget or delegated budget holder (budget or department or service), and or monitor or contribute to the formulation of department and service budgets and financial initiatives and/or be a budget holder for a department service. To undertake research or audit and translate research findings into public health practice. To play a key role in ensuring that health and social care services commissioned for Herefordshire residents by the ICB and Council are of high quality, clinically safe, cost-effective, improve health and well-being and reduce inequalities. To be responsible for supervising and delivering public health training in line with national and regional requirements.

Key relationships/Functional links with

Health and Wellbeing Board Integrated Care Board Neighbourhood Health Delivery Board All Directorates across Herefordshire Council Primary Care Networks/Integrated Care Teams Wye Valley NHS Trust, Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust and Taurus Healthcare Limited, Senior Management Teams and Lead Clinicians West Midlands Public Health Network OHID UK Health Security Agency NHS England Voluntary Community Sector Private Sector Organisations Informal Community

Groups and Operators Professional obligations

These include

a. Participate in the organisations staff appraisal scheme and quality improvement programme, and ensure appraisal and development of any staff for which s/he is responsible b. Contribute actively to the training programme for Foundation Year Doctors/ Specialty Registrars in Public Health and LAs management trainees as appropriate, and to the training of practitioners and primary care professionals within the locality c. Undertake an annual professional appraisal including completion of a programme of CPD, in accordance with Faculty of Public Health requirements, or other recognised body, and undertake revalidation, audit or other measures required to remain on the GMC/GDC Specialist Register or the UK Public Health (Specialist) Register or other specialist register as appropriate. In agreement with the DPH, contribute to the wider the public health professional system by becoming an appraiser for a specified period of time. d. In agreement with the DPH may contribute as an appraiser to the professional appraisal system e. Practise in accordance with all relevant sections of the General Medical Councils Good Medical Practice (if medically qualified) and the Faculty of Public Healths Good Public Health Practice and UKPHR requirements f. Contribute to professional leadership within the health system g. It is a duty of a health professional to foster scientific integrity, freedom of scientific publications, and freedom of debate on health matters, and public health professionals have a further responsibility to promote good governance and open government. h. Public health practice must be carried out within the ethical framework of the health professions. i. The postholder will be expected to maintain effective, courageous, and responsible public health 4 v 2 advocacy These professional obligations should be reflected in the job plan.