Consultant in Public Health /Public Health Medicine

Sefton Council, Magdalen House, Bootle, Merseyside L20 3NJ

Salary: Hay 4 (£80,125 to £85,125) 
*A market supplement is payable (where applicable)

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Consultant in public Health in Sefton Council.  We are looking for an enthusiastic and dynamic Consultant to join our friendly, creative and forward-thinking team.  You will be leading across health protection, health care and prevention interventions.

You will be joining our public health team as we continue to work across Sefton to deliver our ambitious health and wellbeing outcomes.  

We are committed to improving and protecting the health of people in Sefton and reducing preventable differences in health outcomes.  Your role will be to lead our health protection planning and response, working with partners to prevent and reduce levels of communicable disease, environmental hazards, and ensure that screening and immunisation programmes have a comprehensive coverage within the local population.

In Sefton, we can see that lifestyle ‘choices’ are largely constrained by the social, economic, and environmental conditions in which we live. We aim to improve health through addressing these social determinants, and through using our influence with local communities and anchor institutions, recent examples of this include our work around health advertising and the Sefton Child Poverty Strategy.  As a champion of prevention, you will have a pivotal role in this work, leading in the design and commissioning of key interventions such NHS Health Checks, oral health and tobacco control strategies.

This role will be one of a systems leader and strategist, leading a small team including an advanced practitioner in public health and public health lead. The successful post holder will provide specialist public health advice on priority population needs and proven interventions to improve health, working with elected members, senior officers and partners together with internal and external commissioners and providers, including the ICB and the Chesire and Mersey Public Health Network. 

The post holder will be locally based to build broad local partnerships.  The Public Health Team have a hybrid working approach to support this. 

You will deputise for the Director of Public Health and support the team in specialist public health training and be able to provide expert advice on all health matters.

Sefton is a great place to come to work.  It is most northern borough of Liverpool City Region with more than 275,000 residents. Boasting 22 miles of stunning coastline, Sefton is a leading coastal tourist destination with a flourishing visitor economy. Spanning the busy Port of Liverpool, the famous Antony Gormley’s ‘Another Place’ installation, attractive beaches and dunes, to the resort town of Southport, the diversity of the Borough provides a unique mix of urban and natural setting.

If you have any questions about this specific job role or what it is like to work in Sefton, please contact: Helen O’Reilly, Public Health Business Coordinator to arrange a time to speak to Margaret Jones Director of Public Health. Email: helen.oreilly@sefton.gov.uk or click the Apply button to apply.

Interview date:  21st  October 2024.