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About the Organisation:
Public Health Scotland launched 1st April 2020 as a national health board, employing around 1200 people, and with an annual budget of around £101 million. Public Health Scotland wants to see a Scotland where everybody thrives, a Scotland where life expectancy improves and the difference in life expectancy between our poorest and wealthiest areas gets smaller.
The Post:
We are seeking to recruit a Healthcare Scientist (Health Protection) to work in the Environmental Public Health (EPH) Team. The EPH Team supports efforts to minimise adverse health impacts caused by exposure to environmental hazards including climate change, air quality, and other environmental hazards through the provision of specialist advice, operational support, guidance and training.
The post holder will support consultants, programme leads or senior scientific staff in the provision of specialised information, advice and support to stakeholders. The specific requirements of the post will also include contributing to environmental hazard, exposure and risk assessment, critical analysis of published scientific literature and other published evidence and data in relation to specific environmental hazards, and supporting acute environmental incident response. The post holder may also provide support to teams across PHS.
The Candidate:
You will have a primary degree in chemistry, environmental science, or a related field with a post graduate qualification in a scientific or health-related discipline (or equivalent experience), ideally with experience in environmental exposure and risk assessment or epidemiology relating to non-infectious hazards in the physical environment. You should also have a qualification or demonstrable training/experience in Public Health, Toxicology or a related subject.
You will have a proven track record as a team player, excellent planning and organisational skills and well developed analytical skills, including a familiarity with the review and critical appraisal of scientific evidence.
The successful candidate will be required to undergo a Disclosure Scotland check. Any candidate who has lived/worked overseas for more than 12 months in the preceding 5 years will also be required to provide a criminal record check from the appropriate overseas agency.
Location and Working Pattern:
The work base for this post would be either Gyle Square, Edinburgh or Central Quay, Glasgow.
Please note that PHS is currently in the process of relocating from Central Quay, Glasgow to Bothwell Street, Glasgow from early 2024.
PHS operate a hybrid working model with a mixture of working at home and days in the office each week.
The post is full time, 37.5 hours per week, Monday to Friday and we operate flexi time.
During times of public health emergency, or other urgent business need, you may be required on a temporary basis to work your normal contracted working hours over 7 days including weekends, in order to meet the needs of the service.
It is a condition of this employment that you must live and remain a resident within the UK for the post in which you will be employed with PHS.
Benefits:
Our benefits package includes pension scheme, comprehensive range of work life balance policies, occupational health services, learning resource centres and discounted leisure, financial and shopping benefits. Click here to view the full range of the PHS Employee Benefits.
Further Information:
For an informal discussion on the post, please contact Debbie Sigerson, Service Manager on debbie.sigerson@phs.scot or 07917 814537.
Closing date for completed applications is 26th March 2024.
Further information on PHS is available from: www.publichealthscotland.scot
Please note that the majority of correspondence is sent by e-mail only, so please check your e-mail regularly (including junk folders).
Public Health Scotland is an equal opportunities employer and as such guarantees to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for our vacancies.