What's involved with this role: Job Title: Health Protection and Resilience Public Health Consultant Ref: Dudley 122065 Pay rate: £573.46 per day PAYE Role length: Anticipated 6 months The role: We are seeking an experienced Public Health Consultant to support the Director of Public Health to take all steps necessary to protect the health of the population including supporting action to protect residents from immediate and future threats to their health and seeking assurances that all relevant organisations in the area have appropriate plans in place to protect the health of the population and that all necessary action is being taken. Areas of health protection will include immunisation, infection prevention and control advice to a range of settings, planning surveillance and response to incidents and outbreaks, and inclusion health. Environmental hazards will include action to protect residents from the impacts of poor air quality and climate change and poor homes. Key responsibilities: Ensure development and maintenance of systems and processes to enable the local authority to work with partners to respond to major incidents including health protection threats On behalf of the Director of Public Health, to lead on those aspects that the Secretary of State delegates to the authority. Ensure that partner organisations (UKHSA, ICB and NHS) have appropriate mechanisms, to enable surge capacity to be delivered as and when required Lead the delivery of the health protection programmes, including for example, responsibilities relating to COVID-19, Tuberculosis, HIV, offender health, adverse weather planning and pandemic disease planning Provide oversight of national immunisation programmes Provide the main public health lead into the Resilience arrangements, and collaborative working with the regulatory services such as Environmental Health, Public Protection Provide public health expertise in health and housing reflecting the health enabling settings approach Assess the impact on inequalities and take steps to mitigate/ reduce inequalities Manage the health protection team What the client is looking for: Strong background in public health Experience in managing health protection functions or programmes Excellent leadership and partnership-working skills Clear understanding of public health protection principles, emergency planning, and infection prevention and control Clear understanding of health protection programmes and immunisation programmes Ability to work collaboratively across organisations and influence at all levels How to Apply: Quote the Job Title and Reference Number in your application. Submit your CV in Word format. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis—early submission is recommended. We will also add your details to our mail out lists. Please note you may receive details of roles outside of your immediate vicinity, as many candidates are able to relocate temporarily for work. Please disregard any such emails that are not of interest and let us know if you would rather not receive such mailouts and/or if you wish us to delete your details and prefer to apply direct to our advertised roles. If you do not hear from us within three working days, unfortunately your application has not been shortlisted on this occasion. Thank you for your interest in working with us. Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for. JE Please note that clients invariably ask us to strip out contact details from CVs before we submit them for consideration. This is always quicker and easier to do if you send your CV to us in Word format, rather than as a PDF please.