Consultant In Public Health / Public Health Medicine

Job overview

The Trust is looking to recruit a full time Consultant In Public Health /  Consultant In Public Health Medicine to join our new Health Equity team.

This new and exciting Trust wide post is being recruited as part of our commitment to tacking the health inequalities experienced by the people who use our services. The post-holder working with colleagues across the Trust and system will lead on improving the health and wellbeing of the residents, particularly those living with a serious mental illness.

This is a full-time (10 session) / 1 WTE role, however applications for part time and job share are welcome.

AAC Reference number: AAC0002515: Consultant In Public Health

Main duties of the job

The post holder will be expected to have a senior clinical leadership role within the Health Equity Team, and critically, have an influential leadership role across the Trust, and with stakeholders across the system.  We have recently developed our first health equity strategy to address the health inequality challenges faced by the communities we serve. You will play a key leadership role in the ongoing development and delivery of the health equity priorities, using your specialist expertise to influence and work in partnership. We have developed strong and effective relationships with colleagues in the Public Health teams in both Norfolk and Suffolk County Councils and the Integrated Care Board and there are exciting opportunities to develop strong partnerships with colleagues within the provider Trusts and general practice across the two counties.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams.  We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience.

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

Some of the benefits you can expect:

• NHS pension
• a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
• career progression
• starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
• staff physio service
• NHS discounts and many more.

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Stakeholder Panel Date: Monday 8 June 2026 (Via Teams)

Interview Date: Tuesday 9 June 2026 (In Person)