Assistant Director - Public Health Matlock, England
Job description
Derbyshire County Council is looking to recruit an enthusiastic and dynamic registered Public Health Specialist to the position of Assistant Director of Public Health. This role will be a key member of the Public Health Senior Leadership Team, the successful candidate will need to be a forward thinking and adaptive system leader able to work across the health and care system.
The successful post-holder will lead a challenging and complex transformational agenda across the local population health and wellbeing system. Colleagues in the Public Health Department in Derbyshire work flexibly to meet the needs of the population and portfolios may change in response emerging need. The current portfolio of this Assistant Director of Public Health includes mental health, substance misuse, sexual health, and the wider determinants of health
This is a senior leadership role, and the post-holder will lead specific functions within the Department, the final remit of this will be negotiated with the successful candidate and the Public Health senior leadership team upon appointment.
The successful candidate will have strong skills across the domains of public health and high-level understanding of epidemiology, statistics, public health practice, health economics and healthcare evaluation. The successful candidate will need specialist registration with the General Medical Council (GMC) General Dental Council (GDC) or United Kingdom Public Health Register (UKPHR) or be a Public Health Specialty Registrar applicants who are not yet on the GMC Specialist Register, UKPHR register or GDC Specialist List in dental public health. Individuals in this latter category must provide verifiable signed documentary evidence that they are within six months of gaining entry to a register at the date of interview.
This role is an excellent opportunity to lead and develop a large public health team with both commissioned and directly delivered services to create lasting change for the communities of Derbyshire. The role has ample opportunities to develop your leadership, management, and specialist consultant skills in a supportive team and demonstrate impact.
Derbyshire is a wonderful place to live, visit and work. It is a largely rural county with many sparsely populated areas, 28 market towns and around 9 million people living within easy reach of the county in surrounding cities. We work in a hybrid way with an average one day per week in County Hall at Matlock.
What we offer you:
- 34 days of annual leave, plus bank holidays
- Flexible working arrangements
- Training and development opportunities
- Generous local government pension scheme
- Access to a comprehensive wellbeing package
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounts at selected county leisure centres
- and much more!
The Council is currently undergoing a period of positive transformation and growth, focusing on developing its people and services to be the very best they can be. There has never been a better time to join.
Interviews will be held in person at County Hall, Matlock on Friday 29th September.
For a confidential and informal discussion about the role please contact: Ellie Houlston (Director of Public Health) at [email protected] or Thom Dunn (Assistant Director of Public Health) at [email protected]
- The salary given does not include the 23/24 pay uplift. A market supplement is currently attached to this post. This is a separate payment made in addition to the normal salary. All market supplement payments are reviewed 6 months prior to their proposed end date to determine whether the supplement should continue.
This post is designated in accordance with the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 as a Politically Restricted Post. The successful candidate will therefore be disqualified from: (a) Becoming or remaining a Member of a local authority (excluding town or parish councils); or (b) Standing as a candidate for election as a Member of the House of Commons or the European Parliament (c) Acting as an election agent (d) Acting as an official of a political party, (e) Canvassing on behalf of a political party or individual (f) Publishing material or addressing the public in support of a political party.
