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This is a permanent, joint post between Public Health Scotland and NHS Grampian. Public Health Scotland is the substantive employer with an SLA with NHS Grampian for 0.4 WTE of the total 1.0 WTE.
Salary will be dependent on registration/qualifications:
NHS Consultant (GMC Registered) pay scale £111,430 – £148,064 or
Agenda for Change Band 8d (UKPHR registered) pay scale £107,810 - £112,426
About the Organisation:
Public Health Scotland launched on 1 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.
NHS Grampian serves a population of over 600,000 people in the North East of Scotland. The postholder will work as part of the Public Health Directorate, which is based at Summerfield House in Aberdeen.
The Post:
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Consultant in Public Health to provide leadership and specialist public health input across a portfolio of national child health priorities.
The postholder will provide strategic, clinical and professional leadership across a range of national child health intelligence, surveillance and programme areas during a period of transition and system change. Key priorities include supporting implementation and governance of Scotland’s new national child health system, oversight of child health surveillance and data quality, and leadership for priority analytical and surveillance outputs.
The role will involve close working with Scottish Government, NHS Boards, Public Services Delivery Scotland (PSDS), academic partners and multidisciplinary analytical teams. The successful candidate will provide expert advice, support programme governance, quality assure national outputs and contribute to communication and stakeholder engagement activities.
Priority areas include:
- Oversight and governance relating to the implementation of the new national child health IT system and associated child health information and intelligence platform (CHIIP)
- Supporting assurance and quality oversight of child health surveillance data during transition to new data systems
- Leadership and support for national child health intelligence outputs, including child health review coverage publications and child health surveillance work
- Oversight and supervision relating to work on the health of looked after children and Children’s Health and Monitoring the Promise (CHaMP)
- Supporting work relating to mortality surveillance, including perinatal mortality and ill-defined causes of death monitoring
- Providing strategic public health input on emerging child health data developments, including disability and financial wellbeing data collection
- working within NHS Grampian to deliver against the Board’s Child Health Strategy
The Candidate:
The successful candidate will be an experienced public health professional with strong strategic leadership, analytical interpretation and stakeholder engagement skills.
You should be able to demonstrate:
- Substantial experience of public health practice within the UK NHS or equivalent settings
- Experience of leading complex public health programmes and working across organisational boundaries
- Experience of surveillance, epidemiology, data interpretation and quality assurance
- Experience of chairing and contributing to multidisciplinary and multi-agency groups
- Ability to provide clear strategic advice and communicate complex information to a wide range of audiences
- Understanding of child health systems, population health intelligence and public health governance
- Experience of working collaboratively with analysts, clinicians, policy colleagues and external stakeholders
Candidates must be registered on the GMC Specialist Register in Public Health, or equivalent UK Public Health Register, or be within six months of CCT at the time of interview.
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Location and Working Pattern:
The post is based in either Gyle Square, Edinburgh or Bothwell Street, Glasgow. We are currently hybrid working; therefore, you will be expected to spend time in both PHS offices as well as the option to work at home.
NHS Grampian is based at Summerfield House in Aberdeen. Hybrid working is established across NHS Grampian, allowing remote working alongside occasional requirements to work in-person.
The work pattern is Monday to Friday, 40 hours per week (M&D) 36 hours per week (AfC). PHS is a flexible employer, and we are happy to discuss requests for alternative working patterns.
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.
Inclusion:
Public Health Scotland (PHS) is a national NHS board committed to being a diverse, inclusive and welcoming employer. We support a range of flexible working options to help colleagues balance work and personal responsibilities. As an Established Carer Positive employer, we are committed to supporting staff with caring responsibilities and fostering a flexible, understanding workplace culture.
We offer a wide range of learning and development opportunities to support colleagues to grow and thrive. Staff are also welcome to join our active equality networks.
As an equal opportunities and Disability Confident Employer, we guarantee an interview to disabled applicants who meet the minimum shortlisting criteria, and we are committed to providing an accessible and inclusive recruitment experience.
PHS is working towards becoming a trauma informed organisation and recognises that trauma may affect people in different ways, including during the recruitment process.
If you need reasonable adjustments or support, please contact the Recruitment Team on nss.wfrs@nhs.scot
Further Information:
For an informal discussion on the post, please contact Rishma Maini, Interim co-lead Clinical Health Intelligence and Research Division, at rishma.maini2@phs.scot
For an informal discussion on the NHS Grampian element of the post, please contact Chris Littlejohn, Deputy Director of Public Health at gram.directorofpublichealth@nhs.scot
Closing date for completed applications is 1st December 2026
It is anticipated that in person interviews will take place on Friday 18th December at Gyle Square, Edinburgh.
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).
We are an equal opportunities employer and as committed participant in the disability confident scheme, guarantees to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for our vacancies however, where exceptionally high application volumes make this impracticable, a fair and proportionate shortlisting approach will be applied in line with Disability Confident guidance