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NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.
Are you looking for a varied intelligence role that will help make a difference to the health and wellbeing of people in our communities?
We have an incredible opportunity for dynamic Public Health Intelligence Analysts to join our new Public Health Intelligence Team within the NHS Lothian Department of Public Health and Health Policy. Public Health Intelligence Analysts are key members of our Public Health Intelligence Team. You will work closely with colleagues and partners across the three domains of public health to produce high quality public health intelligence. This intelligence helps paint a picture of our communities and is central to informing planning, policy and services as NHS Lothian and its partners work to improve people’s lives by reducing health inequalities and improving health.
These are permanent full time AfC Band 6 positions. The main Departmental office is at Waverley Gate in central Edinburgh, although remote working is the norm during the pandemic. The Public Health and Health Policy team also regularly work at the Astley Ainslie Hospital site. We are looking for people who are confident prioritising and leading programmes of work, taking responsibility for the planning, analysis, interpretation and communication of evidence-informed public health intelligence.
These are ideal opportunities for candidates who want to work as part of a highly skilled team and who wish to apply and develop their specialist public health intelligence skills to contribute to the priorities of a large Public Health department. Candidates will have a degree plus additional specialist knowledge to SCQF Level 10 in relevant field e.g. epidemiology, research methods, information analysis, statistics.
We cannot accept CVs as a form of application and only a completed online application form will be accepted. Personal information will not be sent with the application for short listing. The application form will be identified by the candidate number only to ensure that all applicants are treated equally.
This post requires the post holder to have a PVG Scheme membership/ record. If the post holder is not a current PVG member for the required regulatory group (i.e. child and/or adult) then an application will need to be made to Disclosure Scotland and deemed satisfactory before they can begin in post.
If you are interested and would like an informal discussion or to request any further details, please contact Ross Whitehead, Interim Head of Public Health Intelligence, NHS Lothian on at: Ross.Whitehead1@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk