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This post is a 12 month fixed term contract/ secondment opportunity
Public Health Scotland (PHS) works in partnership to provide leadership to improve and protect the health and wellbeing of the people of Scotland. PHS launched 1st April 2020 with the formal status of a National Special Health Board and employs around 1100 people, and with an annual budget of around £60 million. Public Health Scotland provides authoritative information and services to support people and communities across Scotland and leads the national response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Clinical and Protecting Health Directorate of PHS are seeking to appoint a Healthcare Scientist Lead to work in two exciting areas of:
Research: SIREN is a UK wide research study investigating healthcare workers immunity to SARS-COV-2. The successful applicant will provide epidemiological expertise required for the analysis, interpretation, reporting and publication of data from the Scottish cohort.
Surveillance: to lead surveillance of patients with severe acute respiratory infections which will facilitate estimation of SARS-CoV2 and influenza vaccine effectiveness (VE) in terms of severe disease.
This fixed term post will be until 30th September 2022 in the first instance, with the possibility of an extension or becoming permanent. Salary placement will start at the bottom point of the scale unless individuals have previous NHS experience.
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
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 further information please contact: Debbie Sigerson, Service Manager, email: Debbie.sigerson@phs.scot.
Further information on PHS is available from: https://publichealthscotland.scot
Closing date for completed applications is the 30th July 2021
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 guarantees to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for our vacancies