NATIONAL TREASURE APPLICATION
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ORGANISATION PROVIDING PLACEMENT
Public Health England
Field Epidemiology Training Programme
PLACEMENT LOCATION AND ADDRESS
Field Epidemiology Service Liverpool5th Floor
Rail House
Lord Nelson Street
Liverpool
L1 1JF
Public Health England Health Protection Directorate: Colindale
61 Colindale Avenue
London
NW9 5EQ
Centre for Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards
Thames Valley Public Health England Centre
Public Health England
Chilton
Didcot
OX11 0RQ
Public Health England Health Protection Directorate: Field Epidemiology, South and London (Victoria Office)
151 Buckingham Palace Road
London
SW1W 9SZ
Public Health England West Midlands
5 St Philips Place
Birmingham
B3 2PW
Field Epidemiology Service North East Office
Public Health England
Floor 2, Citygate
Gallowgate
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 4WH
Field Epidemiology Services, Public Health England Bristol
2 Rivergate
Temple Quay
Bristol
BS1 6EH
Health Protection and Influenza Research Group and WHO Collaborating Centre for Pandemic Influenza and Research,
School of Medicine,
University of Nottingham
Clinical Sciences Building Phase 2,
City Hospital,
Nottingham
NG5 1PB
Anglia and Essex Centre (Operations) & Eastern Field Epidemiology Unit (Field Epidemiology Services)
Public Health England
Healthy Living Centre
Croxton Road
Thetford
Norfolk IP24 1JD
POST TITLE
FETP Fellow: Specialty Registrar in Public Health (StR)
PLACEMENT DURATION (please state whether fixed or open to negotiation. If the latter please provide a range)
Placements are for 2 years (WTE).
START DATE (complete if fixed)
Annually in September
IS THE PLACEMENT AVAILABLE EVERY YEAR? (please delete as appropriate)
Yes
PROPOSED SUPERVISOR (please provide name and contact details of the Supervisor responsible during the placement)
Dr Samantha BracebridgePublic Health England Health Protection Directorate: Colindale
61 Colindale Avenue
London
NW9 5EQ
Dr Paul Cleary
Field Epidemiology Services Liverpool
5th Floor
Rail House
Lord Nelson Street
Liverpool L1 1JF
Tel: 0844 2251295 (Option 3)
Email: /
Dr Ruth Ruggles
Dr Richard Pebody
Public Health England Health Protection Directorate: Colindale
61 Colindale Avenue
London
NW9 5EQ
Email:
Dr Trish Mannes/ Dr Giovanni Leonardi
Centre for Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards
Health Protection Agency
Chilton
Didcot
OX11 0RQ
Email: /
Dr Helen Maguire
Public Health England Health Protection Directorate: Field Epidemiology, South and London (Victoria Office)
151 Buckingham Palace Road
London SW1W 9SZ
0207 811 7205
Email:
Dr Obaghe Edeghere
Public Health England West Midlands
5 St Philips Place
Birmingham
B3 2PW
Email:
Dr Russell Gorton
Field Epidemiology Service North East Office
Public Health England
Floor 2, Citygate
Gallowgate
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 4WH
Email:
Dr Maya Gobin
Field Epidemiology Services, Public Health England Bristol
2 Rivergate
Temple Quay
Bristol
BS1 6EH
Tel: 0845 504 8668
Email: or
Professor Jonathan Van Tam
Health Protection and Influenza Research Group and WHO Collaborating Centre for Pandemic Influenza and Research,
School of Medicine,
University of Nottingham
Clinical Sciences Building Phase 2,
City Hospital,
Nottingham NG5 1PB
Tel: 0115 8230276
Email:
Dr Giri Shankar
Anglia and Essex Centre (Operations) & Eastern Field Epidemiology Unit (Field Epidemiology Services)
Public Health England
Healthy Living Centre
Croxton Road
Thetford
Norfolk IP24 1JD
Tel: 0844 225 3546
Email:
PROJECT (please provide a brief description of the project if pre-determined)
The Field Epidemiology Training Programme (FETP) is a competency based 2-year specialist postgraduate training programme. The programme is aimed at Specialty Registrars whose future career may involve working in a field epidemiology post involving field investigation, epidemiology and applied research, and who want to further enhance their specialist epidemiology skills.Training is provided on the job, but at least ten percent of time is dedicated to formal training courses based in the UK and Europe. Fellows will be based at an approved PHE FETP training location within England for the two year Fellowship. The locations may include a national Centre/Division, local HPU or sub-national epidemiology department. Fellows will not be required to take part in an out of hours rota.
The training programme provides training and experience in the following key areas, which have been agreed by The European Centre for Disease Control (ECDC) as the core competencies for field epidemiologists in the European Union (EU).:
Area / Domain
Public health / 1. Public health science
2. Public health policy
Applied Epidemiology / 3. Risk assessment
4. Public health surveillance
5. Outbreak investigation
6. Epidemiological studies
7. Infectious diseases
8. Laboratory issues
9. Public health guidance
Biostatistics / 10. Probability
11. Inferential statistics
12. Sampling
Applied Informatics / 13. Internet
14. Statistical and other data analysis
Communication / 15. Editing and presentations
16. Risk communication
17. Written communication
18. Oral communication
19. Use of new technologies
Management / 20. Planning and use of resources
21. Team building and negotiation
Capacity development / 22. Mentorship
23. Training
Ethics / 24. Protection of individuals
25. Confidentiality
26. Conflicts of interests
Project Costs
The costs incurred during the 2-year programme will be met by the PHE. This includes StR salary, travel, and subsistence.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
Phase 3 of the public health curriculum covers nine broad competency areas. These nine key areas relate to the three domains of public health practice (health protection, health improvement and service quality).
Key Area 1: Surveillance and assessment of the population's health and wellbeing
Key Area 2: Assessing the evidence of effectiveness of health and healthcare interventions, programmes and services
Key Area 3: Policy and strategy development and implementation
Key Area 4: Strategic leadership and collaborative working for health
Key Area 5: Health Improvement
Key Area 6: Health Protection
Key Area 7: Health and Social Service Quality
Key Area 8: Public Health Intelligence
Key Area 9: Academic Public Health
Each key area consists of a number of learning outcomes (please click here to view the full list Public Health Learning outcomes).
Please consider the Phase 3 Learning Outcomes in the curriculum, and list in the table below the main ones that may be addressed during the placement.
There is the potential to address learning outcomes across all key areas of the 2010 Public Health Specialty Training Curriculum, including Ethical Management of Self. These are set out below.
Number / Description6.1-6.6, 6.9-6.20, 6.24-6.28 / Health Protection
1.1, 1.3-1.6, / Use of routine information & surveillance sources
Use ad hoc or local survey data
2.1-2.12, 2.14, 2.16-2.20 / Assessing evidence of effectiveness of health and healthcare interventions
Finding, assessing & synthesising evidence
3.1 – 3.10 / Awareness of national public health policies, recognise need & identify key issues in policy development. Learning opportunities would be for health protection/communicable disease policies.
Longer attachments may offer opportunities to address learning outcomes 3.4- 3.8, strategy or policy and development.
4.1-4.9, 4.11-4.20 / Operational management of project, influencing change
5.4-5.6, 5.9, 5.11 / Evaluation health improvement intervention, contribute to policy formation, apply understanding of organisations. Learning opportunities limited mainly to health protection interventions and policies.
7.2 / Evaluate and audit services to improve quality. Longer attachments may offer opportunities to address learning outcome 7.2 (design and implement data collection for a defined service question).
8.3- 8.13 / Information provision, collection, interpretation and communication. Patient confidentiality. Learning opportunities mainly communicable disease information/intelligence.
9.1-9.27, 9.32-9.33 / Using research methods, facilitate learning, publication & presentation of research papers.
EMS / 1-18
PERSON SPECIFICATION (please state any essential or desirable attributes beyond those listed in the trainee Guidance e.g. academic record, specific experience or other requirement needed by applicant)
Person SpecificationPost / Field Epidemiology Training Programme Fellow
Centre/Division / Health Protection Services
Factors / Essential Criteria / How Evidenced* / Desirable Criteria / How Evidenced*
1 Qualifications / Masters degree in Epidemiology or Public Health (or equivalent)
Completion of exams required as part of specialist training e.g Parts A and B of the Faculty of Public Health examination / A, I
2 Experience / Demonstrable experience of working within Public Health, Health Protection or epidemiology.
Experience of Microsoft Office suite
Experience of using and developing databases, spreadsheets, and graphics packages
Experience of interpreting and evaluating epidemiological data
Experience of writing reports / A, I
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I / Experience of using epidemiology packages (eg EpiData)
Experience of statistical packages and analysis
Experience of outbreak investigations
Experience of research activities
Experience of presenting scientific papers at national and international conferences / I
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3 Knowledge / An understanding of Equality and Diversity
Knowledge and understanding of the PHE or NHS
Knowledge and understanding of health protection issues
Knowledge of epidemiological and statistical concepts / I
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A, I
4 Skills / Advanced IT skills, i.e., word processing, spreadsheet packages, and internet use
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Able to use and develop databases
Able to analyse datasets, and to present results appropriately
Able to interpret and evaluate basic epidemiological data
Work as an effective team member E
Liaise with a range of health professionals, scientific staff from other disciplines and industry specialists E
Communicate ideas and methods clearly and succinctly
Identify and solve day-to-day practical problems E
Maintain required levels of confidentiality E
Ability to work to deadlines / T
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II / Able to undertake statistical analysis of epidemiological datasets / I
5 Additional
Requirements / Completion of specialist training competencies, other than those to be gained through the FETP, would normally be expected to be completed before entry to the FETP e.g Faculty of Public Health training competencies. Alternatively, there should be sufficient time after the FETP to complete all specialist training competencies.
Letter of support from Training Programme Director sent to
Fellows will:
Be able to demonstrate a keen interest in applied epidemiology.
Require a Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) check.
Be willing to relocate for the period of training
Be willing and able to travel
Be willing and able to work flexibly / A
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APPLICATION DEADLINE (if start date is fixed)
Annually in March/April via NHS jobs. Interviews usually held in May.
SELECTION PROCEDURE (please provide details of the application process for trainees interested in the slot)
Written application
Shortlisting
Interview including written and oral assessment
EQUAL ACCESS ARRANGEMENT (please explain how you would ensure this placement is potentially available to all suitable trainees)
Notice of placement opportunities would be emailed to all Training Programme Directors.
FETP fellowships are available full-time to eligible trainees from all regions, with the agreement of their training programme directors. In practice, uptake of placements is determined by the trainees’ ability and willingness to travel, and to relocate if this is in the interests of their learning requirements.
LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH TRAINING ADVISOR(S) (please provide names and contact details of at least one Public Health Training Programme Director, Head of School, or Postgraduate Dean with whom you have discussed the placement and who has agreed it is suitable for public health trainees)
Name(s) and email address(es):
Dr Brendan Mason, (Wales, and chair national TPD committee)
Dr Yvonne Young, (London/KSS)
CONTACT FOR POTENTIAL APPLICANTS (please provide contact details and relevant links for trainees to enquire about this placement)
Name and address:
Links:
General information about the PHE is available on the PHE website www.phe.gov.uk (infections)
Email address of person submitting this application (please note that this field is mandatory)
Has this post/placement received prospective GMC approval? (please delete as appropriate)
PART B- Contractual Matters
Please complete the below. Please note this information will now be made available via the Faculty of Public Health’s website.
Costs / Who is responsible for costs (please ‘X’ the appropriate section)Placement provider / Deanery / employer / Trainee
Basic salary costs / X
On Call Costs / NA
Out of hours salary cost (if appropriate) / NA
On costs of employment / X
Subsistence (travel and accommodation) to attend placement / As per PHE policy
Subsistence (travel and accommodation) related to work undertaken on the placement / X
Who indemnifies for 3rd party claims / X
Who will be responsible for Health & Safety at work? / X
Who authorises study leave? How much time is allowed? / NA
Who funds study leave expenses limit? / NA
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