Deputy Head of Health Improvement JD
EAST SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL
Job Description
DEPARTMENT: / Public HealthLOCATION: / Lewes
JOB TITLE: / Deputy Head of Health Improvement
GRADE: / LMG 4
RESPONSIBLE TO: / Head of Specialist Health Improvement
MAIN PURPOSE OF THE ROLE:
The post-holder will provide highly specialised health improvement expertise and leadership to improve health outcomes in East Sussex. This includes providing strategic leadership for the specialist health improvement team, ensuring that the team is effectively managed, utilises its skills and resource to best effect and is supported to plan, commission and/ or deliver evidence based health improvement interventions. The post-holder will provide direct line-management to Health Improvement Principal staff within the team, supporting them to manage and lead their teams of Health Improvement Specialist staff.
The post-holder will work with, and deputise for, the Head of Specialist Health Improvement. S/he will lead on implementing transformational change programmes in response to the requirements of East Sussex Better Together, the development of the Accountable Care model for East Sussex and to support Connecting4You.
The post-holder will play a key role in ensuring that the aspirations of the East Sussex Personal and Community Resilience programme are developed and delivered. This includes working with the Head of Specialist Health Improvement to lead on, and supporting Health Improvement Principals and their teams to develop, deliver or commission, evidence based health improvement interventions and services. This includes interventions in key settings such as communities, schools, workplaces and healthcare settings, and services to support people to achieve a healthy lifestyle, ensuring these meet the needs of the population across the life-course and address health inequalities.
East Sussex County Council is continually reviewing its structures and ways of working in order to provide the best services possible for residents, in the most efficient way. As a result the key tasks in any job may be varied and the post holder will be expected to take on such variations consistent with the level of responsibility of the post.
Key Tasks
1.To be responsible for the operational planning and delivery of the specialist health improvement function in East Sussex acting in line with local policies, procedures and quality standards.
2.To provide management of the Specialist Health Improvement Team, taking account of developing national and local requirements and priorities and supporting and shaping the health improvement team to meet these, as required.
3. To provide line management for Health Improvement Principals, supporting them to lead their specialist teams.
4.To be responsible for the operational planning and commissioning of specialist health improvement services to meet the needs of people in East Sussex, ensuring the desired quality standards are achieved and value for money delivered.
5. To be responsible for developing long-term operational delivery plans for a range of health improvement areas to improve Personal and Community Resilience, including the development and delivery of business plans to support new proposals.
7. To ensure the work of the specialist health improvement team is underpinned by insight, theory and evidence applying extensive knowledge of specialist health improvement practice to ensure that these are utilised appropriately
8. To provide highly specialist expert technical health improvement knowledge and advice for the team, other departments and partner organisations
9 . To manage delegated budgets for specific public health programmes
10. To ensure that health improvement services are monitored and evaluated and findings are used/made available to inform future service planning, delivery and commissioning.
11 To provide, and support the team to provide specialist health improvement support to support multi-agency partnerships
12. To support the team to develop health improvement capacity and capability across the wider public health workforce
13 To develop and present performance reports on programmes and outcomes as required
14. To act as, and/or support others to act as media spokesperson for agreed areas of health improvement
15. To work with the Head of Specialist Health Improvement to lead the team through any change processes, ensuring staff are appropriately supported
16.To undertake any other duties at the request of the line manager, which are commensurate with the role including project work, internal job rotation and absence cover.
17.To undertake training as necessary in line with development of the post.
18.To participate fully in the development review (appraisal) process and undertake Continuing Professional Development as required.
19.To achieve and demonstrate agreed standards of personal and professional development within agreed timescales.
This job description sets out the duties of the post at the time when it was drawn up. Such duties may vary from time to time without changing the general character of the duties or the level of responsibility entailed. Such variations are a common occurrence and cannot of themselves justify a reconsideration of the grading of the post of Deputy Head of Health Improvement
EAST SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL
Person Specification
Post Title: Deputy Head of Health Improvement
Location: Lewes
Grade: LMG 4
Essential Criteria / Desirable Criteria / Method of Assessment/Source of Information
Key Skills & Abilities / Well organised critical thinker who is able to organise, direct and motivate others
Able to lead, and support managers within the team to lead, and develop a team of highly skilled health improvement professionals providing professional advice, leadership and guidance on all aspects of their work
Able undertake, lead and provide expert advice and support to others to undertake all aspects of specialist health improvement practice, including:
- developing health improvement interventions which deliver agreed outcomes across all settings and life stages
- designing health improvement interventions in response to the evidence
- service and programme evaluation using recognised methods
- developing, implementing and interpreting service policy and strategy
- translating national and local health improvement policy into practice
- undertaking literature reviews and critically appraising literature
- undertaking or commissioning research to inform practice
- undertaking and/or applying learning from needs assessments
- triangulating information from a range of sources to inform interventions
- Generating and/or interpret qualitative and quantitative data to inform health improvement practice
- Apply community development and asset based techniques and approaches
- Apply behaviour change science to service design
- Utilise specialised communication tools and techniques and approaches to support behaviour change
- Conveying to other health improvement approaches and techniques
- Commissioning health improvement services and support
Able to construct clear service level objectives and plans, short and long term to deliver agreed outcomes across the specialist area often in a climate of uncertainty and communicate them convincingly to a wide range of audiences
Excellent Leadership, interpersonal, negotiating, motivating and influencing skills.
Effective budget management skills, able to use financial information to plan investments and disinvestments as needed.
Able to manage hostile or conflict situation and to bring about resolution to disputes.
Demonstrable negotiation skills and the ability to persuade a range of audiences including very senior managers
The ability to lead others to build effective partnerships, networks and alliances internally and with external organisations.
Organisational development
Effective problem solving skills.
Ability to manage within a context of continual change
Analytical, numerical and financial management skills and the ability to exercise judgement in assessing complicated events and conflicting information. Will require analysis, interpretation and comparison of a range of options.
Ability to work to deadlines and manage a diverse workload.
Commitment to continuing professional development
Able to work with a high degree of autonomy
Proficient in Microsoft office and experience of using Excel, Power Point and Word / Application form, Interview
Education &
Qualifications / Bachelors degree (or equivalent experience)
MSc in a public health discipline (public health, health improvement) or equivalent
Evidence of continuing professional development / Management qualification
Commissioning qualification at post graduate level
Registered/working towards inclusion on the UKPHR at an appropriate level / Application form, Interview
Knowledge / Highly developed in depth Specialist health improvement/health promotion knowledge (practice, critical appraisal, community development, health promotion, epidemiology, research methods, evaluation, behaviour change etc) to NQF level 7
In-depth knowledge of operational commissioning of health improvement services and support. This includes commissioning processes, the use of needs assessment to inform commissioning, budgeting, procurement, service design, monitoring and evaluation
In depth knowledge of the personal and community resilience agenda in East Sussex
In depth knowledge of current national and local NHS, Local Government and public health related policies and strategies and the functioning of the NHS and local authorities
Highly developed knowledge of the role and potential contribution of different sectors and organisations to improving population health outcomes
Extensive knowledge of the application of the evidence base for public health and health promotion practice and how to support others in this.
In depth knowledge of change management across complex environments / Application form, Interview
Experience / Substantial and sustained experience of leading strategic development of health improvement services and support
Substantial and sustained experience of undertaking and supporting others to undertake, implementation and evaluation of health improvement programmes
Substantial and sustained experience of leading and developing health improvement teams
Substantial and sustained experience of leading others to develop and implement public health strategies
Substantial and sustained experience of working at a senior level across organisations to embed health improvement in to organisational approaches across sectors
Substantial and sustained experience of supporting and leading others to commission health improvement services
Substantial evidence of leadership experience in development of strategic partnership working and engagement across organisations and sectors.
Extensive experience of leading others in working in a multidisciplinary/multi agency environment
Substantial experience of managing budgets
Signficant management experience including experience of managing change staff across multiple areas of health improvement practice / Application form, Interview
Personal Attributes / Resilient – able to deal effectively with contentious situations
Innovative leader able to inspire and motivate teams and individuals to the benefit of organisation, staff and families.
Well organised critical thinker who is able to organise and direct others
Ability to stay calm under pressure, self awareness
Ability to work to tight deadlines
Commitment to Equal Opportunities and addressing health inequalities / Application form, Interview
Other / Ability to meet the travel requirements of the role
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Date (drawn up): December 2016
Reference of Officer(s) drawing up person specifications :
JE8708
EAST SUSSEX COUNTY COUNCIL
Occupational Health
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