Consultant in Public Health

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Consultant in Public Health to join the employing organisation Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT), also working across the Mid Yorkshire Teaching Hospitals Trust  to support development  across the Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield (CKW) health and care system. CHFT and MYTT work in partnership on identified priorities, recognising the overlap in the geography of the populations we serve.

This is a senior, system facing role providing specialist public health leadership and advice to acute trusts, with a particular focus on prevention, population health improvement and reducing health inequalities within secondary care services.

Main duties of the job

The postholder will be employed by CHFT and will provide public health consultant input to Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust and Mid Yorkshire Teaching NHS Trust (MYTT), working closely with local authorities, the Integrated Care Board and wider partners across the CKW footprint.

This role offers the opportunity to work with a high degree of autonomy, influencing strategy and service design across complex organisational boundaries, and making a tangible impact on population health outcomes.

This is a rare opportunity to shape how public health expertise is embedded within acute hospital leadership, influencing strategy, service design and partnership working at place and system level. The successful postholder will work closely with senior clinical and executive leaders, local authorities and Integrated Care System partners, with the space and autonomy to make a real difference to how health inequalities and population health improvement are addressed within secondary care.

You will be joining a Trust that values collaborative leadership, openness and continuous improvement, and which supports senior leaders to work across organisational boundaries to deliver better outcomes for the populations we serve. For a Consultant in Public Health who wants to combine system influence with practical impact inside acute trusts, CHFT offers both the platform and the support to do so.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Provide specialist healthcare public health advice to CHFT and MYTT, supporting delivery of high quality, equitable acute services •    Lead and coordinate public health input to programmes that strengthen prevention and action on health inequalities in secondary care •    Act as a key link between acute trusts, local authorities and system partners across Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield •    Use population health intelligence, epidemiology and health economics to inform service planning, prioritisation and improvement •    Lead or contribute to health needs assessments, health impact assessments and health equity audits •    Support the development of neighbourhood and community approaches that integrate with Trust services and reduce avoidable admissions •    Influence and support implementation of national, regional and local public health policy within acute trust settings •    Advise on monitoring, evaluation and outcome frameworks to support quality improvement and equity of access •    Provide leadership within Trust and partnership governance forums as required •    Act as educational supervisor and project supervisor to public health specialty registrars •    Line manage the Project Manager for Health Inequalities (CHFT) and manage delegated budgets as required ________________________________________ Working relationships •    Managerial accountability: Deputy Chief Executive, CHFT •    Professional accountability: Director of Public Health, Kirklees Council •    The postholder will work closely with senior leaders at CHFT, MYTT, local authorities, and system partners across the CKW footprint.