Opportunity to lead public health initiatives and drive improvements in health outcomes across the Wigan area.
Collaboration with a range of partners, including Wigan Council and NHS Greater Manchester, providing a platform for impactful change.
Role in reducing health inequalities, contributing to a more equitable healthcare system in the community.
Possibility to inspire and implement innovative solutions within the healthcare system, enhancing public health practices.
Supportive organizational culture at Wrightington, Wigan, and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust, focusing on staff engagement and well-being.
Access to professional development opportunities through a role that requires expertise and offers strategic responsibilities.
The Consultant in Public Health role at Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust involves providing leadership aimed at improving health outcomes and addressing health inequalities in collaboration with various health and community organisations. The successful candidate will offer expert advice and develop initiatives for public health protection and healthcare strategies, reporting directly to the Director of Public Health while influencing policies across the Healthier Wigan Partnership.
Candidates must be registered on the Specialist Register of the General Medical/Dental Council in Public Health or the UK Public Health (Specialist) Register, demonstrating expertise across all public health domains. The position emphasises innovation and collaboration, inspiring system-wide improvements to health and wellbeing in the Wigan area, and values diversity in its workforce, encouraging applications from all segments of society.
Candidates must be registered on the Specialist Register of the General Medical/Dental Council in Public Health or the UK Public Health (Specialist) Register, demonstrating expertise across all public health domains. The position emphasises innovation and collaboration, inspiring system-wide improvements to health and wellbeing in the Wigan area, and values diversity in its workforce, encouraging applications from all segments of society.
Your role: In this exciting new joint role you will provide public health leadership for improving health outcomes and reducing health inequalities through delivery of action, influence and advice to WWL, the Council, NHS Greater Manchester Wigan Locality and the wider Healthier Wigan Partnership.
About you: You must be registered on the Specialist Register of the General Medical/Dental Council in Public Health, or on the UK Public Health (Specialist) Register and will be expected to demonstrate expertise in the full range of relevant competencies as set out by the Faculty of Public Health.
You should be able to demonstrate public health expertise across all domains of public health and the ability to take on a defined portfolio for healthcare public health and health protection.
About us: To achieve our collective ambitions this post provides public health leadership and expertise to the Healthier Wigan Partnership through an integrated arrangement between Wigan Council and Wigan, Wrightington and Leigh (WWL) Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Please refer to the attached Job Description, Person Specification and Candidate Brochure for further information.
You will provide public health leadership for improving health outcomes and reducing health inequalities through delivery of action, influence and advice to WWL, the Council, NHS Greater Manchester Wigan Locality and the wider Healthier Wigan Partnership.
Professionally accountable to the Director of Public health you will provide expert public health advice to WWL and other key partners, reporting to the Director of Strategy and Transformation, taking a lead on the boroughwide approach to health protection and healthcare public health.
In this role your leadership will inspire development of progressive system wide solutions and influence action that supports continuous improvement in health and wellbeing across the population, challenging existing practice and improving quality, providing WWL, the Council and NHS partners with specialist public health advice.
In delivering the key responsibilities described below you must be registered on the Specialist Register of the General Medical/Dental Council in Public Health, or on the UK Public Health (Specialist) Register and will be expected to demonstrate expertise in the full range of relevant competencies as set out by the Faculty of Public Health attached) and the person specifications (attached).
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement, and living our values ‘the WWL Way’.
WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.
At WWL we value the benefits a rich and diverse workforce brings to our community and therefore welcome applications from all sections of society.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Laura Wharton Job title: AD Public Health Email address: Telephone number:
Richard Mundon, Director of Strategy and Planning at WWL
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About you: You must be registered on the Specialist Register of the General Medical/Dental Council in Public Health, or on the UK Public Health (Specialist) Register and will be expected to demonstrate expertise in the full range of relevant competencies as set out by the Faculty of Public Health.
You should be able to demonstrate public health expertise across all domains of public health and the ability to take on a defined portfolio for healthcare public health and health protection.
About us: To achieve our collective ambitions this post provides public health leadership and expertise to the Healthier Wigan Partnership through an integrated arrangement between Wigan Council and Wigan, Wrightington and Leigh (WWL) Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Please refer to the attached Job Description, Person Specification and Candidate Brochure for further information.
You will provide public health leadership for improving health outcomes and reducing health inequalities through delivery of action, influence and advice to WWL, the Council, NHS Greater Manchester Wigan Locality and the wider Healthier Wigan Partnership.
Professionally accountable to the Director of Public health you will provide expert public health advice to WWL and other key partners, reporting to the Director of Strategy and Transformation, taking a lead on the boroughwide approach to health protection and healthcare public health.
In this role your leadership will inspire development of progressive system wide solutions and influence action that supports continuous improvement in health and wellbeing across the population, challenging existing practice and improving quality, providing WWL, the Council and NHS partners with specialist public health advice.
In delivering the key responsibilities described below you must be registered on the Specialist Register of the General Medical/Dental Council in Public Health, or on the UK Public Health (Specialist) Register and will be expected to demonstrate expertise in the full range of relevant competencies as set out by the Faculty of Public Health attached) and the person specifications (attached).
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement, and living our values ‘the WWL Way’.
WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.
At WWL we value the benefits a rich and diverse workforce brings to our community and therefore welcome applications from all sections of society.
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Laura Wharton Job title: AD Public Health Email address: Telephone number:
Richard Mundon, Director of Strategy and Planning at WWL
T:
E:
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