Working Hours: 35 hours per week
Contract Type: Permanent
Additional Payments: N/A
Closing Date:
This role is subject to -
The Department of Public Health are at the forefront of delivering the Manchester Population Health Plan which sets out the vision that by 2027 we will be living longer, healthier lives; and the Making Manchester Fairer Plan which is a city-wide action plan to address health inequalities across Manchester over the next 5 years to tackle social determinants of health (i.e. housing, employment, poverty, debt.)
We are looking for a candidate to lead and manage the Primary Care work programme and associated commissioning for the Department of Public Health. The programmes and services are delivered by GP practices and community pharmacies across the city and include - NHS Health Checks, Healthy Start Vitamins, Naloxone Distribution, Needle & Syringe Programmes, Observed Supervised Administration (OSA), Emergency Hormonal Contraception (EHC), LARC (long acting reversible contraception), Domestic Sharps Waste, and STI (sexually transmitted infection) screening and treatment for priority groups, and Drug Misuse.
Public health is about working together with a range of partners through the development of strategies, policies, work programmes and commissioning of services to improve the health of the population of Manchester, protect them from threats to their health; prevent and mitigate risks to support better health outcomes; and create the conditions in society and the environment that lead to better health. This work is done using the best available evidence, data, and insight.
The department works closely with the NHS as part of Manchester Integrated Care Partnership.
The work of the Public Health Department is organised under three thematic areas, with core functions that support all themes:
- Health Improvement and Wellbeing: this includes work to improve the health and wellbeing of individuals of all ages, create the conditions in communities that support good health and wellbeing, and to improve health equity.
- Health Protection and Healthy Environments: this includes work to prevent and control infectious diseases, sexual health, emergency preparedness and response planning, addressing inequalities in health protection, environmental hazards, regulatory work.
- Healthcare Public Health and Partnerships: this includes work to address broader determinants and complex barriers to health, population health strategic partnerships, health and care service inequalities, screening, and early detection.
- Core functions: this includes knowledge and intelligence, contracting, project management and business support.
The role holder is based in the Healthcare Public Health and Partnerships Team and line managed by the Strategic Commissioning Manager.
Interviews will take place on Friday 26 April 2024.