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Public Health Scotland is a new organisation between the Scottish Government and Local Government, working in partnership, to provide leadership to improve and protect the health and wellbeing of the people of Scotland.
Public Health Scotland launched 1st April 2020 with the formal status of a National Special Health Board employing around 1100 people, and with an annual budget of around £60 million, Public Health Scotland will provide authoritative information and services to support people and communities across Scotland. It will lead the national response to unforeseen health emergencies and will contribute to national and local government policy through its provision of robust data and intelligence.
Public Health Scotland is leading the national response the COVID pandemic to support Scotland’s ability to successfully respond to this emergency. Public Health Scotland has experience and expertise in delivering contact tracing for a range of infectious diseases, including coronavirus (COVID-19). We are currently building the national Contact Tracing capacity across Scotland and have appointments for 7 Health Protection Advanced Practitioners on fixed term post (including secondment) until the 31st March 2021, with the possibility of an extension. These posts are based in the new Protecting Health Directorate to specifically support our Test and Protect response. Hours for these posts are variable and can be discussed.
The post will be responsible for providing health protection support to the National Contact Tracing Centre (NCTC) including advising on NCTC service development, updating protocols, workforce education and advising on enhancements to the Case Management System. This post is the key point of liaison between Contact Tracing Teams deployed across Scotland and local Health Protection Teams provided by the NHS Boards, receiving referrals relating to complex health protection issues from the Contact Tracing Teams and liaising with local Health Protection Teams to advise and agree on appropriate measures to address these.
The post will be home based and Public Health Scotland will provide the equipment, training and support required to ensure you are able to do the job from home. This is a great opportunity to support the NHS through the next stage of the COVID-19 response and we need people to start as soon as possible
The successful candidate will be required to undergo a PVG Scheme 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.
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.
For an informal discussion on the post, please contact Dr.Jackie Hyland Tel: 07530562297, Jackie.hyland2@nhs.net or Dr.Kirsty Roy Tel: 0790 016 4912 email: Kirsty.Roy@nhs.net
Further information on NSS is available from: www.nhsnss.org
Closing date for completed applications is 18th September 2020.
Please note that the majority of correspondence is sent by e-mail only, so please check your e-mail regularly (including junk folders).
Public Heath Scotland is 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