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Job Overview
This consultant post has 10 PAs (FTE on AfC). The appointee will work to the Group Chief Medical and Innovation Officer and will work closely with the Trust Medical Director teams in NBT and UHBW and play a fundamental role in providing public health leadership and advice, inputting into public health prevention and inequality priorities, research and audit, and data insights. The post holder will play a key role in liaising with local, regional and national stakeholders, including working closely with the BNSSG Directors of Public Health .
The appointee will be expected to take part in the development and improvement of clinical services in BNSSG and support delivery of the acute hospital’s Joint Clinical Strategy. The post-holder will also be expected to participate in the activities of appropriate Directorate or Trust Committees and Working Groups as required. The consultant will also support public health registrars and will be expected to be an accredited educational supervisor.
GMC Consultant applicants should have a CCT or be within six months of achieving this at the date of interview or be listed on the GMC’s specialist register to be eligible for application for a substantive post. CESR applicants are welcome and must have their CESR in place at the time of interview.
Main duties of the job
Strategic Public Health Leadership
Provide expert input to the transition to a hospital group.
Support prevention, early intervention, health equity, and wider determinants of health.
Contribute to ICS strategies like the Joint Forward Plan and Healthier Together 2040.
Health Inequalities & Prevention
Lead initiatives on Smokefree 2030, alcohol/drug harm, healthy weight, and cancer/CVD prevention.
Improve outcomes for Core20PLUS5 and Inclusion Health groups.
Promote equity in access, experience, and outcomes.
System Coordination
Advise equity steering groups and strengthen prevention impact across acute, community, and social care.
Influence whole-system approaches to population health.
Data & Intelligence
Use data and metrics to inform planning, design, and evaluation.
Align insights with service improvement.
Trust-Wide Public Health
Develop staff capacity, training, and integrate public health into clinical pathways.
Policy & Service Improvement
Lead evidence-based policy, planning, and service development through health needs assessments and collaboration.
Stakeholder Engagement
Advise Boards, Committees, ICS groups, and forums.
Influence practice and promote culture change.
Research & Innovation
Engage academic partners to drive applied research and innovation.
Training & Workforce Development
Supervise public health trainees and support CPD system-wide.
External Representation
Represent Trusts locally, regionally, nationally, and support international partnerships.
Working for our organisation
North Bristol NHS Trust employs over 12,000 staff providing healthcare to the residents of Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset from our award-winning hospital building at Southmead. We are the regional Major Trauma Centre, and an internationally recognised centre of excellence in a range of services and major specialities. Our vision is that by enabling our teams to be the best that they can be, we will provide exceptional healthcare, personally delivered.
North Bristol NHS Trust values all people as individuals. We aim to be an anti-discriminatory organisation and are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We welcome applicants from all underrepresented groups.
Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities
For a more detailed job description, main responsibilities, and Person Specification, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
Person specification
Education/Training/Qualifications
Essential criteria
* In line with legislation, inclusion in the GMC Full and Specialist Register with a license to practice/GDC Specialist List or inclusion in the UK Public Health Register (UKPHR) for Public Health Specialists at the point of application.
* If included in the GMC Specialist Register/GDC Specialist List in a specialty other than public health medicine/dental public health, candidates must have equivalent training and/or appropriate experience of public health practice
* Any public health speciality registrar applicants who are currently on the UK public health training programme and not yet on either the GMC, GDC or UKPHR specialist register must provide verifiable signed documentary evidence that they are within 6 months of gaining entry to a register at the date of interview
* If an applicant is UK trained in Public Health, they must ALSO be a holder of a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), or be within six months of award of CCT by date of interview. If an applicant is non-UK trained, they will be required to show evidence of equivalence to the UK CCT [see shortlisting notes below)
* Applicants must meet minimum CPD requirements (i.e. be up to date) in accordance with Faculty of Public Health requirements or other recognised body
* MFPH by examination, by exemption or by assessment, or equivalent
Desirable criteria
* Masters in Public Health or equivalent
Work Experience
Essential criteria
* Delivery of successful change management programmes across organizational boundaries
* Experience of using complex information to explain public health issues to a range of audiences
Desirable criteria
* Media experience demonstrating delivery of effective health behaviour or health promotion messages
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities
Essential criteria
* Strategic thinker with proven leadership skills and operational nous
* Able to demonstrate and motivate organisations to contribute to improving the public’s health and wellbeing through mainstream activities and within resources
* Ability to lead and manage the response successfully in unplanned and unforeseen circumstances
* Analytical skills able to utilize both qualitative (including health economics) and quantitative information
* Ability to design, develop, interpret and implement strategies and policies
* In-depth understanding of health and care system and relationships with both local & national government
* In depth knowledge of methods of developing clinical quality assurance, quality improvement, evaluations and evidence based public health practice
* Strong and demonstrable understanding of interfaces between health, social care and key partners (dealing with wider determinants of health)
* Understanding of the public sector duty and the inequality duty and their application to public health practice
Personal Qualities/Special Circumstances
Essential criteria
* Able to influence senior members including directors and CEOs
* Able to both lead teams and to able to contribute effectively in teams led by junior colleagues
* Commitment to work within a political system irrespective of personal political affiliations
If you apply for this vacancy and have not received a communication from North Bristol NHS Trust within three weeks of the closing date, please assume that on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful.
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North Bristol NHS Trust are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
The successful applicant(s) will normally commence at the minimum of the scale unless they have previous NHS service at the same band. Progression through the scale is by annual increments.
At North Bristol Trust (NBT), we know diverse and inclusive environments lead to happier and healthier teams and improved patient care and outcomes. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are currently underrepresented in NBT’s workforce at Band 8a and above. These include people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, disabled people and LGBTQIA+ people.
Please note that stringent pre-employment checks are undertaken on all successful applicants prior to commencement in post.