TRAFFORD PUBLIC HEALTH TRAINING PROSPECTUS

INTRODUCTION

The training location is based at Trafford Council and Trafford Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG). Trafford is made up of five town centres; Altrincham, Partington, Sale, Stretford and Urmston.

The health of people in Trafford is generally better than the England average. Deprivation is lower thanaverage, however about 15% (6,500) children live inpoverty, and there are wide health inequalities with life expectancy being 10.1 years lower for men and 6.3years lower for women in the most deprived areas ofTrafford than in the least deprived areas.

Trafford is a diverse borough with a black and minority ethnicity (BME) rate of 13%. The main BME groups in Trafford are Asian/Asian British (8%) and Black/Black British (3%), with a further 3% coming from mixed ethnic backgrounds. Clifford ward in the north east of the borough has the highest BME rate at ward level with over 70% of residents not White British.

STRUCTURE OF THE TRAINING LOCATION

The Public Health team are part of theChildren, Families and Wellbeing (CFW) directorate within the Council. The core Public Health team of DPH and three less-than-full-time Consultants in Public Health work across the Council in a matrix approach to deliver public health priorities.There is also a Public Health Analyst who supports the public health agenda.

As our team is so small the location offers an opportunity to get a wealth of different experiences and responsibilities.

LOCATION

The Public health team is based at Trafford Town Hall, Talbot Road, Stretford, in close proximity to the Metrolink stop at Old Trafford. Car parking is available at the Town Hall.

Trafford is on the Manchester to Altrincham tram line so getting to and around the borough is easy. Three motorways, the M60, M56 and M6, pass through Trafford making it easily accessible.

SUPERVISORS

There are currently two trained supervisors in Trafford; Eleanor Roaf (Consultant in Public Health and Training Programme Director for Greater Manchester) and Paula Whittaker (Consultant in Public Health).

ACADEMIC LINKS

There arelinks with ManchesterUniversity; Paula Whittaker is an Honorary Clinical Lecturer and can arrange teaching opportunities if desired.

PARTICULAR INTERESTS AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES

There aregood opportunities to gain experience in partnership working, children’s services, community engagement and commissioning or health improvement. Registrars are able to undertake work with the CCG and hotdesking at the CCG offices can be arranged. More senior registrars are able to take on leadership roles in particular areas.

ORGANISATION OF TRAINING

The registrar is assigned an educational supervisor with whom he or she agrees a work plan based on the learning outcomes that need to be achieved. There are weekly meetings between the supervisor and the registrar plus informal contact in-between as needed. Regular informal reviews of the training and progress against the Public Health learning outcomes are undertaken with support to achieve Part A and Part B of the membership exams.

EXAMPLES OF RECENT REGISTRARS’ PROJECTS

  • Work with CCG and primary care to increase bowel cancer screening rates in low uptake practices
  • Community engagement to increase cervical screening uptake in BME women
  • Development of a multi-agency Falls Strategy

FACILITIES

All registrars will be agile workers and have access to a desk (bookable in advance), laptop and phone with access to secretarial support when necessary and are treated as a member of the public health team. Working from home via VPN is permitted in agreement with the educational supervisor.

CLINICAL GOVERNANCE/CPD

The public health team will strive to provideopportunities for continuous professional development and learning. There are regular team meetings. Registrars can be given the opportunity to organise learning events for the team and others within the council.

CONTACTS

Dr Paula Whittaker, Consultant in Public Health

0161 912 1936