Job summary
The postholder will be joining the Health Equity and Clinical Governance Directorate which is part of the Clinical Public Health Group.� The directorate collaborates across the public health systems to provide trusted health security, and clinical and public health professional leadership, through reliable advice, guidance, evidence, and assurance, which delivers measurable improvements in keeping people safe. The directorate also focusses on delivering patient and public safety and delivering the best possible health security outcomes.
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The Health Equity and Inclusion division is responsible for developing and implementing the organisation�s health equity strategy � working across the organisation and especially with strategy, policy, and programmes to embed health equity considerations across the organisation and ensure organisational compliance with the Public Sector Equality Duty.
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The post holder will provide expert public health advice on health security for health and justice, and inclusion health groups & vulnerable adults (including people who are homeless or sleeping rough, people with drug and alcohol dependence or other addictions (including gambling addiction), vulnerable migrants, Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT) communities, people involved in commercial sex work, victims of modern slavery or other socially excluded groups).�
The work will be with key partners (including the Department for Health & Social Care (DHSC) & the Office for Health�
Improvement and Disparities, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities (DLUHC) & NHS England) and stakeholders including the Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH), Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), the Local Government Association, service providers & service users and their representatives/advocates, to prevent, contain and control infectious diseases and other hazards impacting these populations and their communities.
Job description
The post-holder will be required to provide system leadership within UKHSA and with wider partners including across DHSC, NHS England and DfE, to address the health security needs of relevant populations in the community and specific settings (such as schools and early years settings). The post-holder will actively contribute to the work of specific networks within UKHSA and with partners, including the Health Equity Network and other working groups or project/programme boards relating to health protection issues which impact on relevant populations, including COVID-19 and other respiratory viruses, TB, blood-borne viruses, sexually transmitted infections, vaccine preventable diseases, and environmental, climate, radiation and chemical hazards.
The role includes the development and application of the evidence-base to inform policy makers and public health programmes, including active participation in research programmes in collaboration with academic partners and other stakeholders across government and outside of government locally, nationally, and internationally. The post-holder will be expected to actively contribute to research outputs including producing scientific papers for publication in peer-reviewed journals.
Working for your organisation
At the United Kingdom Health Security Agency (UKHSA) our mission is to provide health security for the nation by protecting from infectious disease and external hazards.� We are a trusted source of advice to government and to the public, focusing on reducing inequalities in the way different communities experience and are impacted by infectious disease, environmental hazards, and other threats to health.
Our mission is challenging, innovative and in the spotlight. We will work to ensure our people have the diverse skills, experiences and backgrounds we need to thrive, that our employees are representative of the communities we serve and feel valued and enabled to play their part in delivering our work.
Creating our working culture is an ongoing process which we are developing by listening and learning together, hearing and acting upon diverse voices and opinions to develop a common sense of identity and effective ways of working.
Person specification
The post-holder will report to the National Lead for Inclusion Health and work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide expert public health advice on health security for health and justice, and inclusion health groups & vulnerable adults (including people who are homeless or sleeping rough, people with drug and alcohol dependence or other addictions (including gambling addiction), vulnerable migrants, Gypsy, Roma and Traveller (GRT) communities, people involved in commercial sex work, victims of modern slavery or other socially excluded groups). �
The work will be with key partners (including the Department for Health & Social Care (DHSC) & the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities, the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities (DLUHC) & NHS England) and stakeholders including the Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH), Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), the Local Government Association, service providers & service users and their representatives/advocates, to prevent, contain and control infectious diseases and other hazards impacting these populations and their communities.
Benefits
