Calderdale and Huddersfield NHS Foundation Trust (CHFT) is excited to invite applications for a Consultant in Public Health. Salary range: £94,356 - £108,814 per annum (pro rata). Application deadline 10/06/2026; interview date 19/06/2026.
Equal opportunities – CHFT welcomes applications from all sections of the community, regardless of protected characteristics.
Our values – We commit to a culture of compassionate care, working together to deliver better outcomes for the populations we serve.
Flexible working – Opportunities include part‑time, job‑share, flexible hours, and working from home where appropriate.
Job overview
An exciting opportunity exists for a senior, system‑facing consultant to provide specialist public health leadership and advice to acute trusts across the Calderdale, Kirklees and Wakefield (CKW) health and care system.
The role supports prevention, population health improvement and the reduction of health inequalities within secondary care services.
Main duties of the job
* Provide specialist public health advice to CHFT and MYTT, supporting 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.
Working relationships
* Managerial accountability: Deputy Chief Executive, CHFT.
* Professional accountability: Director of Public Health, Kirklees Council.
* Collaboration with senior leaders at CHFT, MYTT, local authorities and system partners across the CKW footprint.
Working for our organisation
CHFT is an integrated acute and community Trust serving diverse communities across Calderdale and Kirklees. We value collaborative leadership, openness and continuous improvement. We are digitally enabled and committed to using data, innovation and system collaboration to improve quality, safety and outcomes.
Person specification
Education / Qualifications
* Inclusion in the GMC Full and Specialist Register with a license to practice, GDC Specialist List or UK Public Health Register (UKPHR) for Public Health Specialists; or eligible for registration within six months of interview.
* Equivalent training or experience if registered in a specialty other than public health medicine or dental public health.
* For non‑UK trained applicants, evidence of equivalence to the UK CCT.
* Up‑to‑date CPD in accordance with Faculty of Public Health responsibilities.
* Master’s in Public Health or equivalent.
* Demonstrated ability to influence senior members, lead teams, and contribute effectively in teams led by junior colleagues.
* Commitment to work within a political system irrespective of personal political affiliations.
Experience
* Delivery of successful change management programmes across organisational boundaries.
* Experience using complex information to explain public health issues to a range of audiences.
* Media experience demonstrating delivery of effective health behaviour or health promotion messages.
Skills
* Strategic thinker with proven leadership skills and operational nous.
* Ability to motivate organisations to improve public health and wellbeing through mainstream activities.
* Leadership and management of responses in unplanned and unforeseen circumstances.
* Analytical skills, utilising both qualitative and quantitative information.
* Design, develop, interpret and implement strategies and policies.
Knowledge
* In‑depth understanding of the health and care system and the relationships with local and national government.
* Knowledge of methods for clinical quality assurance, quality improvement, evaluations and evidence‑based public health practice.
* Understanding of interfaces between health, social care and key partners (including wider determinants of health).
* Knowledge of the public sector duty and the inequality duty and their application to public health practice.
We are proud of our One Culture of Care and encourage applications from all backgrounds. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants.
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