About the Organisation:
Public Health Scotland launched 1st April 2020 as a national health board, employing around 1200 people, and with an annual budget of around £101 million. Public Health Scotland wants to see a Scotland where everybody thrives, a Scotland where life expectancy improves and the difference in life expectancy between our poorest and wealthiest areas gets smaller.
The Post:
This is an exciting role to improve the health of people in Scotland by developing and enhancing local and national expertise in the area of dental public health. You will be working across primary care and will be concerned with prevention, maximising population benefits and reducing health inequalities, while meeting the needs of individuals and groups. You will do this by prioritising available resources, by preventing diseases and by improving population oral health through design, access, utilisation and effectiveness.
PHS is an organisation between the Scottish Government and Local Government, working in partnership, to provide leadership to improve and protect the health and wellbeing of the people of Scotland.
We are looking for a 0.6 WTE Consultant in Dental Public Health to provide clinical and public health leadership to improve population oral health and the quality of dental services across Scotland. The post holder will enable policy and strategy creation for the delivery of key public health goals across all domains of public health (health protection, health improvement and healthcare public health). The post will report directly to the PHS Head of Clinical and Public Health Intelligence & Research in the Clinical and Protecting Health Directorate but working across the organisation.
You will be focussed on transforming Scotland’s public health system, through effective working relationships with stakeholders such as NHS Scotland, Scottish Government and partner organisations.
The Candidate:
The post holder must be registered on the Specialist Register of the Dental Council in Public Health.