Recruitment – Job Summary



|Post Title |Public Health Practitioner (Advanced) |

|Job Family |Customer and Community Engagement |

|Line Manager |Public Health Principal |

|Location |G11, Public Health Team, Bucks County Council, County Hall , Walton Street, Aylesbury HP20 1UA |

|Job Purpose |

|To develop and deliver an effective public health prevention work programme for the specified lead areas which currently are substance misuse (alcohol |

|and drugs) and adult mental health/well-being including suicide prevention. This work involves multi-agency working engaging with internal and external |

|stakeholders and customers to deliver against specified prevention priorities and where appropriate instigate behavioural change in these partners. |

|Job Context (key outputs of team / role to provide some specific examples of role profile accountabilities) |

|Surveillance and assessment of the population’s health and well-being |

|To inform public health interventions and identify and analyse national and local information sources related to specified lead areas, contribute to |

|monitoring of targets and support the development of key reports eg Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA), Director of Public Health (DPH) annual |

|report and support the identification of health needs and public health areas for action. |

|Assessing the evidence of effectiveness of health and healthcare interventions, programmes and services |

|Develop high quality, evidence based public health programmes and services and reducing |

|inequalities which are expertly project managed in terms of performance, risk management, |

|monitoring and evaluation. |

|Leadership and collaborative working for health |

|To develop collaborative working and provide leadership and specialist advice concerning public health initiatives and key topic areas to partner |

|organisations and influence their contribution to the public health agenda. eg Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) and District Councils. |

|Health Protection |

|To promote and protect the populations health and wellbeing by contributing to the organisational response to public health emergencies including |

|communicable disease outbreaks and major incidents involving chemical, biological or radiological hazards |

|Policy and strategy development and implementation |

|To be responsible for interpreting and implementing national public health policy at a local level and support the development and evaluation of long |

|term multi-agency plans and strategies, impacting on a range of community agencies and strategic partnerships. Facilitate public involvement and |

|consultation exercises on designated issues promoting a dialogue with community groups and working in partnership with other public involvement leads. To|

|contribute to the public health work programme and produce business cases for investment in prevention programmes |

|Research and development |

|To maintain an up to date specialist knowledge of public health research activity and key findings to inform service developments in all areas, |

|evaluation and audit and work with others on health needs assessment and health impact assessment |

|Health Improvement |

|To provide specialist advice to local communities to support the development of action to tackle longstanding and widening health inequality issues, |

|using community development approaches or social marketing as appropriate eg Healthy Living Centres, Local Area Forums (LAFs) |

|Ethically managing self, people, and resources |

|To ethically manage self and resources and maintain a personal development plan in order to maintain knowledge and skills and work flexibly in order to |

|manage workload to meet the needs of the public health service area. |

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|Contribution to commissioning effective public health services |

|To support the Public Health Principal with planning, development and delivery of services. |

|Knowledge, Skills and Experience |

|Role Profile requirements. |Job specific examples. |Essential |Desirable |

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|Substantial experience in public health related posts (not|Evidence of specialist public heath knowledge/experience and |x | |

|necessarily NHS) |work responsibilities relevant to the role | | |

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| |Substantial relevant experience of drugs/alcohol, OR mental | | |

| |health/wellbeing OR suicide prevention | |x |

|Demonstration of the ability to work in partnership in the|Knowledge and experience of community development |x | |

|fields of health inequalities and communities and a track | | | |

|record of working with successful programmes projects or |Knowledge of outcomes based commissioning for public health | | |

|outcomes | | | |

|Demonstration of the ability to deliver effective |Negotiation and influencing skills |x | |

|multi-agency work including experience of responding | | | |

|successfully to the challenges of joint working, |Able to work credibly with colleagues from other commissioned| | |

|representing a public health or organisational view and |or provider organisation and partners in other sectors | | |

|experience of leading or chairing a multi-agency group | | | |

|Experience of applying project management principles |PRINCE 2 project management training or equivalent |x | |

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| |Project management skills and experience in delivering a | | |

| |health improvement project | | |

|Ability to analyse data, public health reports and |Ability to produce accurate and concise reports |x | |

|evidence reviews | | | |

| |Ability to analyse public health information from multiple | | |

| |sources | | |

|Good planning and organisational skills |Projects delivered using PRINCE or other relevant principles |x | |

| |and demonstrating ability to adhere to deadlines. | | |

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| |Ability to evaluate projects | | |

|Excellent oral and written communication skills to small |Report writing skills |x | |

|and large groups with | | | |

|effective interpersonal and influencing skills and good |Experience of presenting to different audiences using a | | |

|presentation skills |variety of mediums eg general public or professionals | | |

|Good understanding of methods of developing evidence based|Proven research skills demonstrating evidence of the ability |x | |

|practice |to gather and interpret public health information effectively| | |

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|Experience of commissioning public health or related | | |x |

|services | | | |

|Sensible negotiator with experience of multi-agency |Knowledge and experience of working with a wide range of |x | |

|working and a practical expectation of what can be |partners across the NHS, Local Authorities and the voluntary | | |

|achieved with the ability to respond effectively to |and community sector | | |

|challenges in partnership working | | | |

|Experience of working with the media in both reactive and |Production of press releases, campaign management and/or | |x |

|proactive situations. |development of messaging for different audiences on public | | |

| |health priorities | | |

|Able to work well against a background of change and | |x | |

|uncertainty and is | | | |

|adaptable to situations, and can work with people of all | | | |

|capabilities and attitudes | | | |

|Demonstration of the ability to develop health strategy |Experience of developing health improvement strategies and/or|x | |

|and policy, including longer term planning |action plans. | | |

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| |Contribution to long term planning in a NHS or local | | |

| |authority setting | | |

|Computer literacy skills eg working knowledge of Microsoft|Competent in the use of excel, word and powerpoint | |x |

|Office | | | |

|Qualifications |

|Role Profile requirements. |Job specific examples. |Essential |Desirable |

| |(if left blank refer to left hand column) | | |

|Good First Degree |First degree OR equivalent professional qualification |x | |

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| |Postgraduate degree (masters level) in an area related to | | |

|Postgraduate qualification relevant to Public Health e.g. |public health |x | |

|Masters degree in public health related subject such as |OR | | |

|Masters in Public Health (MPH) and/or MSc in Health |3 years’ experience in a post related post to public health | | |

|Promotion and Public Health or evidence of equivalent |eg health improvement in either a local authority, NHS or | | |

|qualifications |the voluntary and community sector | | |

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| |Demonstrable evidence of continuing professional development | | |

| |and working towards registration as a Public Health | |x |

| |Practitioner on the UK Public Health Register (PHR). | | |

|Other Requirements |

|The job involves travel for business purposes: |

|DBS check is required |

|Access to vehicle, UK driving licence and ability to travel across county regularly |

|May be required to lift and move display boards and resource materials to public venues |

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|Organisation Structure (optional) |

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|Available on request |

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