Regional Deputy Director of Health Protection - North West

Performance, Governance, and Risk

• Establish and oversee the implementation of appropriate clinical and non-clinical governance and quality improvement processes within the relevant region aligned with national systems to ensure high standards are upheld within all aspects of the health protection service regionally.
• Implement and maintain appropriate systems to monitor and report against key outcomes and metrics relevant to the service.
• Establish and maintain robust regional processes for developing, implementing, and monitoring delivery of performance management systems, including reporting within the directorate group and agency.
• Use data and evidence to make decisions and influence outcomes demonstrating analysis of complex problems and interpreting complex data to create and present evidence-based insight and recommendations. Use data to effectively drive recommendations, consider the impact on a wide range of stakeholders to understand and highlight risks. Encourage others to do the same.
• Demonstrate effective leadership skills across the region/organisation; build capability by developing, designing, and embedding capability and performance approaches. Lead and coach others to build diverse and capable teams.

Leadership of Staff

Working closely with the Director of Health Protection in Regions and other RDDHPs, take responsibility for:

• Developing a strong and effective team by inspiring others with his/her vision, providing motivational leadership, and a clear strategic vision and direction for staff working across the regional health protection community.
• Establish clear lines of accountability and ensure that all relevant staff are managed, supervised, and trained appropriately, managing through a strong governance framework and in accordance with the regulatory requirements.
• Lead and manage change positively, championing and promoting a culture of imaginative thinking, learning from experience, and expanding mindsets and genuinely listen to and encourage ideas from colleagues.

Key stakeholders and debriefs/evaluation

• Manage regional budgets to meet strategic and operational business plans and ensure financial compliance.
• Lead the region in the development of a culture of continuous improvement and professional excellence with a focus on shared learning and best practice.
• Actively promote the reputation of UKHSA externally and internally – build a sense of pride and commitment for emergency preparedness and response.
• Actively promote diversity and equality of opportunity both within the UKHSA and with external stakeholders, valuing difference and external experience.

Please refer to the attached Job Description & Person Specification for full details.

Person Specification

Essential Criteria:

• Inclusion in the GMC Full and Specialist Register with a license to practice/GDC Specialist List (or be eligible for registration within six months of interview), or Inclusion in the UK Public Health Register (UKPHR) for Public Health Specialists (or be eligible for registration within six months of interview).
• 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.
• Public health specialty registrar applicants who are not yet on the GMC Specialist Register/GDC Specialist List in dental public health/UKPHR must provide verifiable signed documentary evidence that they are within 6 months of gaining entry at the date of interview; all other applicants must provide verifiable signed documentary evidence that they have applied for inclusion in the GMC/GDC/UKPHR specialist registers.
• 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.
• 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.

Please refer to the attached Job Description & Person Specification for full details.

Compensation:

The successful candidate will be appointed to the point of the Consultant salary scale appropriate to their years of seniority or, if from a background other than medicine, to NHS Agenda for Change Band 8d.

Benefits:

• Learning and development tailored to your role.
• An environment with flexible working options.
• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity.

Reasonable Adjustments

The Civil Service is committed to making sure that our selection methods are fair to everyone. To help you during the recruitment process, we will consider any reasonable adjustments that could help you. An adjustment is a change to the recruitment process or an adjustment at work. This is separate to the Disability Confident Scheme. If you need an adjustment to be made at any point during the recruitment process, you should contact the recruitment team in confidence as soon as possible to discuss your needs.

You can find out more information about reasonable adjustments across the Civil Service here: https://www.civil-service-careers.gov.uk/reasonable-adjustments/

Benefits

We pride ourselves as being an employer of choice, where Everyone Matters promoting equality of opportunity to actively encourage applications from everyone, including groups currently underrepresented in our workforce. UKHSA ethos is to be an inclusive organisation for all our staff and stakeholders. To create, nurture, and sustain an inclusive culture, where differences drive innovative solutions to meet the needs of our workforce and wider communities. We do this through celebrating and protecting differences by removing barriers and promoting equity and equality of opportunity for all.

Please visit our careers site for more information https://gov.uk/ukhsa/careers

NHS Pension

This role is offered under Agenda for Change (AFC) Terms and Conditions:

• If you are already on AFC T&Cs or accept the role on a fixed-term contract, you will be enrolled in the NHS Pension Scheme or keep your current AFC Pension.
• If you take the role on a loan or temporary promotion, you will retain your existing substantive T&Cs.
• If the role is available under either AFC or Civil Service T&Cs depending on your registration, your pension scheme will align accordingly.

Salary Information

If you are successful at interview, and are moving from another government department, NHS, or Local Authority, the relevant starting salary principles for level transfers or promotions will apply. Otherwise, roles are offered at the pay scale minimum for the grade, but in exceptional circumstances, there may be flexibility if you are able to demonstrate you are already in receipt of an existing, higher salary. Pay increases are through the relevant annual pay award for the role and terms.

Future Location

UKHSA