Consultant in Public Health (East of England)

The East of England Regional Team in the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) is looking to appoint a full time Consultant in Public Health. It is an exciting time to be joining the region as we develop an integrated Public Health East of England team across DHSC and NHSE. This is a strong team full of expertise and experience with a passion to improve the population's health and reduce disparities. We have strong relationships with the 12 local authority teams across the East of England and make a significant contribution to NHS work with the 6 ICSs., The job purpose is to lead, oversee, co-ordinate and deliver high quality, specialist technical and professional public health leadership, advice and support to central and local government to drive improvements in health outcomes and reduction in health inequalities across the population based on evidence of effectiveness and cost-effectiveness. As a system leader you will work within the region with Directors of Public Health and their teams, and with NHS partners at system level. Additionally, you will work with regional public health organisations such as NHS England including Workforce, Training and Education, UKHSA, and academic partners. The role will require working with national policy makers as we support development and implementation of policy.

OHID is a distinct delivery organisation with operational autonomy to advise and support government, local authorities and the NHS in a professionally independent manner.

OHIDs ambition is to lead nationally, support regionally and enable locally, a transformation in the health expectations of all people in England, regardless of where they live and the circumstance of their birth. We will achieve this through the application of research, knowledge and skills