Senior Health Protection Practitioner

Details
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Reference number

484057

Salary

£58,340 \- £68,574
Afc salary range £57,528 \- £64,750 per annum pro\-rata

Grade 7 salary range £58,340 £68,574 (National)
A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28\.97%
GBP

Job grade

Grade 7
AfC Band 8a OR Grade 7

Contract type

Permanent

Loan

Secondment

Length of employment

Permanent

Type of role

Science

Working pattern

Flexible working, Full\-time, Job share, Part\-time

Number of jobs available

1
Contents
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• Location


• About the job


• Benefits


• Things you need to know


• Apply and further information

Location
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This role is being offered as hybrid working based at our site in Horsham or Ashford, Kent.

We offer great flexible working opportunities at UKHSA and operate using a hybrid working model where business needs allow. This provides us with greater flexibility about how and where we work, to get the best from our workforce. As a hybrid worker, you will be expected to spend a minimum of 60% of your contractual working hours (approximately 3 days a week pro rata, averaged over a month) working at our office.
About the job
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Job summary

The Senior Health Protection Practitioner is a key member of a multi\-disciplinary team who will provide and at times lead, the day to day acute service response. They will play a lead role under supervision in the provision of a health protection service in relation to infectious and non\-infectious environmental hazards.

The post holder will require demonstrable generic public health skills and will have specific lead areas of work involving partnership working with external organisations, and assisting in the development of joint plans and system wide priorities for public health action or improvement. The post holder will contribute to the strategic work of the locality/patch\-based health protection team and deputise where appropriate.

The post holder may be expected to work across regional sites, providing leadership and development to the service.

We are currently seeking a NMC registered Senior Health Protection Practitioner (AfC Band 8a) or a Senior Health Protection Practitioner (Grade 7\).

AfC Band 8a: £57,528 \- £64,750 per annum pro rata

Grade 7 (Outer): £58,340 \-£68,574 per annum pro\-rata

Candidates holding NMC registration will be appointed on NHS Terms \& Conditions at NHS AfC Band 8a. Candidates without NMC registration will be appointed on Civil Service Terms and Conditions at Grade 7 grade.

Working for your organisation

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.

Job description

Main duties of the job

1\. Management and supervision of the day to day acute response service to ensure high quality safe and effective delivery.

2\. Use expertise and knowledge to support and where required lead under supervision the management of routine and complex incidents and outbreaks of infectious diseases and non\-infectious environmental hazards.

3\. Manage and carry out continuing responsibility for a caseload ensuring accurate, up to date records of contacts/action by completion of relevant records and compliance with team handover procedures, in line with UKHSA’s standards for record keeping.

4\. To utilise an evidence\-based approach to manage clinical/professional advice and discussions within the team and support and participate in the team’s formal case review process.

5\. To monitor standards, ensuring quality and consistency and to escalate to senior manager and/or take action where any shortfall occurs as appropriate to role.

6\. Contribute to and where required lead under supervision of the Principal/Advanced Practitioner/Consultant in HP the ongoing longer\-term management of issues relevant to a defined geographical area within their region.

7\. Contribute to the UKHSA response during incidents in line with UKHSAss Emergency Planning and Resilience Response (EPRR) arrangements as part of the region’s responsibilities under the Civil Contingencies Act.

Person specification

Essential criteria

• Master's degree in Public Health or a related discipline, or equivalent postgraduate\-level knowledge and experience in health protection


• Registration with an appropriate health or science related professional body (For CS Ts \& Cs) OR current professional NMC registration. (For AfC Ts \& Cs)


• Significant experience in a senior health protection role, including the management of communicable disease incidents, outbreaks and environmental hazards.


• Specialist knowledge of health protection principles, public health practice, epidemiology and surveillance.


• Experience of providing expert advice and risk assessment to healthcare professionals, partner organisations and the public.


• Proven experience of leadership, line management, supervision, performance management and staff development.


• Experience of leading quality improvement, audit, governance and service development activities.

Desirable Criteria

• Professional Public Health registration e.g. Specialist Community Public Health (SCPHN) part of the NMC Register or UK PH Register for practitioners


• Applied experience or CPD in Infection Prevention and Control


• Experience of teaching, mentoring, coaching or supervising healthcare or public health professionals and trainees.


• Knowledge of health inequalities and approaches to reducing their impact on population health.


• Experience of media handling, stakeholder engagement or public communications relating to health protection incidents.

Benefits
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Alongside your salary of £58,340, UK Health Security Agency contributes £16,901 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides .

• Learning and development tailored to your role


• An environment with flexible working options


• A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity


• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28\.97%

Things you need to know
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Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection process details

This vacancy will be assessed using a competency\-based framework which will assess your qualifications, knowledge and experience and / or skills and abilities outlined in the essential criteria.

Stage 1: Application \& Sift

Competency Based

You will be required to complete an application form. You will be assessed on the listed (7\) essential criteria, and this will be in the form of a:

• Application form (Employer/ Activity history’ section on the application)


• 1,500 word supporting statement.

This should outline how you consider your skills, experience and knowledge provide evidence of your suitability for the role, with reference to the essential criteria.

You will receive a joint score for your application form and statement. (The application form is the kind of information you would put into your C.V –please be advised you will not be able to upload your CV. Please complete the application form in as much detail as possible). Please do not email us your CV.

Longlisting:

In the event of a large number of applications, we will longlist into 3 piles of:

• Meets all essential criteria


• Meets some essential criteria


• Meets no essential criteria

If used, the pile(s) ‘Meets all essential criteria’ will proceed to shortlisting.

Shortlisting:

In the event of a large number of applications we will conduct an initial sift, on the lead criteria of:

• Current professional NMC registration. OR Registration with an appropriate health or science related professional body.

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Master’s in Public Health, or higher degree in a related subject, or evidence of CPD in health protection and documented experience at master’s level practice.
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Substantial experience in a health protection role at a senior level with specialist knowledge and expertise in Health Protection.

Desirable criteria may be used in the event of a large number of applications/large amount of successful candidates.

If you are successful at this stage, you will progress to interview \& assessment.

Feedback will not be provided at this stage.

Stage 2: Interview

You will be invited to a single face to face at Horsham OR Ashford, Kent. *(I**n exceptional circumstances, we may be able to offer a remote interview)*

Knowledge, experience, skills \& abilities will be tested at interview.

There will be a a Presentation which will be assess the following:

• Substantial experience in a health protection role at a senior level with specialist knowledge and expertise in Health Protection.

The full topic will be share at the

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