NHS Scotland
Public Health Specialist - Senior Health Improvement Manager
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About The Organisation
Here at NHS Lanarkshire, we put the patient at the heart of everything we do. Each colleague within the organisation plays a key role in how we deliver our healthcare services.
We proudly serve a population of 655,000 across rural and urban communities in both North and South Lanarkshire. NHS Lanarkshire is comprised of Acute Services (which currently provide hospital based services over 3 main sites), Corporate & Property & Support Services, North and South Lanarkshire Health and Social Care Partnerships which provide integrated primary healthcare and social care services to local communities and surrounding areas.
The Role
Provides health improvement leadership and management in the development and delivery of the work of locality and topic health improvement teams in North and South HSCPs in line with Scotland's Population Health Framework. Leads the development of evidence-based proposals, briefings, and reports to senior managers/committees to inform and strengthen the case for specific programmes of work in a portfolio to be determined depending on skills and experience and that of the rest of the Senior Management Team. Has delegated responsibility for managing finances and ensuring resources are effectively managed and within budget. Collaborates with a range of partners and staff in health improvement/public health, Health & Social Care and Community Planning Partnerships to develop and deliver initiatives to improve the health and wellbeing of the population.
Please note this is a fixed term post until August 31st 2027. Where a post only has temporary funding and an existing member of NHS Lanarkshire staff wishes to apply, this will be treated as a secondment. The employee MUST already have written agreement from their line manager to be released on a secondment before applying for the post.
In This Key Role, You Will
Strategy and Policy Development
Analyse and interpret public health information of particular relevance to public health and improving health in Lanarkshire throughout its varied communities conveying appropriate information on complex issues to a range of local partners thereby influencing major stakeholders to act to improve health.
Service Delivery
Adapt national policy for local plans in relation to public health to ensure that appropriate recommendations are included in the Local Delivery Plan and Joint Health Improvement Plans and that they are implemented accordingly.
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Professional Leadership
Provide highly specialist advice on public health to senior personnel across NHS Lanarkshire and develop high level networks and partnerships to ensure joint strategies to improve health, particularly of priority groups such as children and low income communities.
Education & Training
Contribute to learning within health and social care and through networks to build capacity for public health enabling staff to respond to nationally driven service changes and ensure consistent evidence based practice.
Management
Manage delegated budgets associated with Health Improvement programmes and services as required.
Additional Information Specific To The Role
Health Improvement (HI) is an area-wide service hosted within University Health and Social Carer Partnership North Lanarkshire (UHSCPNL) but working across both partnerships. One of three strands of public health practice, our dedicated health improvement staff are an important workforce in leading and delivering programmes which assist NHSL and the Health and Social Care Partnerships to deliver the ambitions within Scotland’s Population Health Framework. Taking action to reduce health inequality and increase a prevention focus is a national and local priority. Working to reduce the determinants of poor health and health inequality is fundamental to this approach. As a member of the Health Improvement Senior Management Team, the post-holder will support the existing Health Improvement Lead (0.6 WTE) and work alongside senior management colleagues to provide strategic direction, operational leadership, system development and partnership management for health improvement activity across NHS Lanarkshire. While this post is aligned to the South Lanarkshire University Health and Social Care Partnership (SL UHSCP) for local delivery, the post holder will also oversee the development and delivery of health topic programmes across the whole of Lanarkshire. The post holder will have responsibility for a portfolio of locality teams operating across South Lanarkshire (Hamilton/Blantyre, Rutherglen/Cambuslang, East Kilbride and Clydesdale), and topic teams operating across both North and South Lanarkshire. They will lead and manage a portfolio of programmes and services, which may include Keep Well Anticipatory Care, Tackling Poverty, Oral Health Improvement, and Blood Borne Viruses & Sexual Health. The role also contributes to a wide range of cross-cutting population health agendas, such as mental health and wellbeing, community planning, community wealth building and children’s services planning.
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What You'll Bring
- A degree in health or science related subject.
- Experience at a senior level.
- A Master of Public Health or relevant post-graduate qualification or an advanced level of knowledge and experience of health improvement or public health which would equate to Masters level
- Highly developed specialist knowledge on public health.
- A driving licence is required; this must be a full UK/EU/EEA licence.
What We Offer
As a valued employee of NHS Lanarkshire, you can enjoy an extensive range of benefits including:
- Annual Leave - 35 days including public holidays
- Generous NHS pension scheme
- Annual incremental salary progression
- Paid sick leave increasing with length of service
- NHS discounts and more.
NHS Lanarkshire is dedicated to building a diverse workforce where everyone can thrive, develop, and succeed based on their skills, knowledge, and talent - regardless of race, disability, gender, sexual orientation, or care experience* or any other dimension that can be used to differentiate people from one another.
Care experienced applicants include those who have lived with foster parents, kinship carers, or in residential/secure children’s settings.
For informal discussion, please contact Gillian Lindsay, Health Improvement Lead HSCP on Gillian.Lindsay@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
If you have any questions about the recruitment process or require support with your application, contact Jessica Murphy, Recruitment Administrator on Jessica.Murphy@lanarkshire.scot.nhs.uk
Interested?
Full details about the role are provided in the attached Job Description and Person Specification.
Please review our Application Guidance which explain key information including closing dates, amendments, right-to-work requirements, sponsorship eligibility and important points to be aware of before submitting your application
You can also learn more about working with NHS Lanarkshire by viewing our Information Pack
Unless otherwise stated, the deadline for applications is 23:59 hours on the closing date. Please note, CVs will not be accepted.
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