8 PAs / 32 hrs per week    (30 hrs per week for Agenda for Change)

6 PAs / 24 hrs per week   (22.5hrs per week for Agenda for Change)

We have an exciting opportunity available in one of the UK’s most up and coming and rapidly developing Cities.

NHS Tayside seeks to appoint a Consultant in Public Health Medicine / Public Health with an interest in Health Protection.

You would be joining a well established and supportive team within the Public Health Directorate of NHS Tayside.

The Directorate comprises a multi-disciplinary Public Health workforce, spanning all the domains of Health Protection, Health Improvement, Health Intelligence and Healthcare Public Health, led by a close working strategic leadership team of Consultants and senior management support.

The Directorate provides an integral function of NHS Tayside work, promoting and protecting health across Tayside, and works closely and collaboratively with colleagues across NHS Tayside and partner agencies and services, including the three Health and Social Care Partnerships and Local Authorities in Tayside, primary care, Police Scotland and third sector.  The Directorate also has very strong links with the University of Dundee.

The on-call rota is a 1 in 8 frequency.

Applications are welcomed from public health doctors who hold full GMC registration and who are included in the GMC Specialist Register (Public Health Medicine) or are eligible for such inclusion within six months of the interview date and from public health specialists who hold a CCT in public health and are registered specialists with the UKPHR.

A successful candidate who is appropriately qualified on the GMC register will be offered a post under the terms of the new Consultant Contract, or if an appropriately qualified public health specialist, the post will be offered under the terms of Agenda for Change.

 Informal enquiries can be made to Dr Emma Fletcher, Director of Public Health on 01382 425654 or e-mail emma.fletcher@nhs.scot

or Dr Simon Hilton, Associate Director of Public Health on 01382 660111 (ext. 35681) or e-mail simon.hilton@nhs.scot

Applications are welcomed from public health doctors/dentists who hold full GMC/GDC registration and who are included in the GMC Specialist Register (Public Health Medicine)/GDC Specialist List in Dental Public Health, and from public health specialists who are registered specialists with the UKPHR.

Public health specialty registrar applicants who are not yet on the GMC Specialist Register, GDC Specialist List in dental public health or UKPHR must provide verifiable signed documentary evidence that they are within 6 months of gaining entry to a register at the date of interview.

A successful candidate who is appropriately qualified on the GMC register will be offered a post under the terms of the new Consultant Contract, or if an appropriately qualified public health specialist, the post will be offered under the terms of Agenda for Change.

 Informal enquiries can be made to Dr Emma Fletcher, Director of Public Health on 01382 425654 or e-mail emma.fletcher@nhs.scot