Public Health Consultant

The post holder will work on behalf of Sunderland City Council and Sunderland Place of NENC ICB to take a Public Health lead for a variety of programmes working with the DPH and other consultant colleagues. They will make a strategic contribution to improving health and wellbeing and reducing inequalities for Sunderland supporting the Healthy City Plan where: Everyone in Sunderland will have healthy, happy lives, with no one left behind The post holder will lead on improving the health and wellbeing of Sunderlands residents, which is underpinned by the statutory duty placed on local government to take such steps as it considers appropriate to improve health of its residents. They will be responsible for healthcare Public Health, health protection, health improvement and health inequalities programmes as agreed in their portfolio and will have a specific focus on ageing well. The post-holder will be expected to work across organisations, be able to influence budgets held by those organisations as well as advocate for change effectively, to improve population health. They will hold direct managerial responsibility for services and budgets which directly contribute to these objectives but they will also have substantially greater strategic responsibilities across the Council and other agencies.