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The UKHSA North West is team of Consultants in Health Protection, Health Protection Practitioners, Surveillance Scientists, Emergency Preparedness and Business Operations.
Our Health Protection team is recruiting to a permanent Advanced Health Protection Practitioner (AHPP) post who will have overall strategic leadership and operational management of the Health Protection Practitioner workforce in Cumbria and Lancashire.
The AHPP will actively lead and support strategic design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of sub-regional, regional and national priority workstreams in agreement with the Principal Health Protection Practitioner (PHPP), Head of Health Protection and Deputy Director. They will work collaboratively with other AHPPs across the region, to provide resilience and ensure consistent standards of quality and governance for regional operational delivery.
Job description
The AHPP has a significant leadership role within the team and will have day to day operational leadership responsibility to ensure the team work collaboratively and effectively, managing incidents and outbreaks of infectious and non-infectious environmental hazards.
The AHPP may be requested to deputise for the Principal Health Protection Practitioner (PHPP) or other senior leaders in the region.
The post holder will work both collaboratively and autonomously with authority, using advanced knowledge and skills to help develop and deliver services across professional, functional and geographical boundaries through a networked approach.
They will be a catalyst for change, appropriately challenging boundaries, strengthening clinical governance, leading quality improvement innovations and, developing workforce to meet service, staff and stakeholder needs.
The post holder will actively lead and support strategic design, implementation, monitoring & evaluation of sub-regional, regional and national priority workstreams in agreement with the PHPP, Head of Health Protection and Deputy Director for Health Protection.
Person specification
Please note there are two job descriptions attached, one clinical and one non-clinical. Refer to the Job description and person specification for competencies.
The North West Health Protection team operates Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm and provides an out-of-hours on-call duty service at all other times. The post holder will participate, following appropriate training, in the on-call rota, for which financial remuneration is provided as per terms and conditions of contract. The frequency of on call the post holder will undertake is based on service needs, expected to be >1:6 and <1:3.
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Your contractual and operational base will be at County Hall, Preston. The role will include hybrid working which allows for staff who can operate remotely at home and in the office, to fulfil their role and responsibilities in line with the team and UKHSA’s policies and guidance. The successful candidate will be expected to attend site 60% of their working time. On non-office days, the individual may work from home. Other travel from time to time may be required.
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- 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 average employer contribution of 27%
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Selection process details
To apply for the role you are required to complete an online application form. Unfortunately, late applications will not be considered.
Stage 1 - Application & Sift:
This vacancy will use competency based questions to assess the behaviours, experience, ability, technical skills/qualifications, strengths and commitment to equality and diversity detailed in the essential person specification.
As part of the application process you will be asked to provide a detailed Personal Statement / Statement of Suitability of up to 1500 words which will be assessed in line with the criteria listed in the person specification.
Applicants are strongly advised to use the criteria in the job description/person specification (available online) as sub-headings in their application to make it clear how they meet each of the selection criteria.
You will also be asked to provide information within the ‘Employer/ Activity history’ section of the application form. This is equivalent to the information you would provide on a CV, setting out your career history.
In the event a high volume of applications is received, an initial sift will be based on the essential criteria: ‘Extensive experience in a Health Protection role at a senior level with specialist knowledge and expertise in Health Protection’ and ‘Proven experience of managing others in a managerial or supervisory role including performance management and appraisal and development.’ Candidates who pass the initial sift will be progressed to a full sift.
Stage 2 – Interview
All candidates who are successful at the sift stage will progress to a single face to face interview and will be assessed on the essential criteria as advertised.
Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed for this role is BPSS
Interviews are expected to be held in late April 2024. Please note, dates are subject to change should there be high volume of applications.
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
- Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
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