Consultant in Public Health

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Full time
Location: Wigan
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Category:
Your role:

In this exciting new joint role you will provide public health leadership for improving health outcomes and reducing health inequalities through delivery of action, influence and advice to WWL, the Council, NHS Greater Manchester Wigan Locality and the wider Healthier Wigan Partnership.

About you:

You must be registered on the Specialist Register of the General Medical/Dental Council in Public Health, or on the UK Public Health (Specialist) Register and will be expected to demonstrate expertise in the full range of relevant competencies as set out by the Faculty of Public Health.

You should be able to demonstrate public health expertise across all domains of public health and the ability to take on a defined portfolio for healthcare public health and health protection.

About us:

To achieve our collective ambitions this post provides public health leadership and expertise to the Healthier Wigan Partnership through an integrated arrangement between Wigan Council and Wigan, Wrightington and Leigh (WWL) Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

Professionally accountable to the Director of Public health you will provide expert public health advice to WWL and other key partners, reporting to the Director of Strategy and Transformation, taking a lead on the boroughwide approach to health protection and healthcare public health.

In this role your leadership will inspire development of progressive system wide solutions and influence action that supports continuous improvement in health and wellbeing across the population, challenging existing practice and improving quality, providing WWL, the Council and NHS partners with specialist public health advice.

In delivering the key responsibilities described below you must be registered on the Specialist Register of the General Medical/Dental Council in Public Health, or on the UK Public Health (Specialist) Register and will be expected to demonstrate expertise in the full range of relevant competencies as set out by the Faculty of Public Health attached and the person specifications attached.

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement, and living our values ‘the WWL Way’.

WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind, we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.

At WWL we value the benefits a rich and diverse workforce brings to our community and therefore welcome applications from all sections of society.

For further details / informal visits contact:

Name: Laura Wharton Job title: AD Public Health Email address: india.mears@wigan.gov.uk Telephone number: 01942 489453

Richard Mundon, Director of Strategy and Planning at WWL T: 01942822163 E: kerlene.rossington@wwl.nhs.uk

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