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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 provides authoritative information and services to support people and communities across Scotland. It leads the national response to unforeseen health emergencies and contributes to national and local government policy through its provision of robust data and intelligence.
The Place & Wellbeing Directorate of PHS is seeking to appoint a Senior Health Improvement Officer (permanent) to work within its Public Mental Health Programme
The post holder will support the development and coordination of a range of projects and contribute to the planning, implementation and evaluation of Public Mental health improvement activities with a wide range of both internal and external stakeholders, in order to contribute to the reduction of health inequalities and improve population health and health equity through a Fairer Healthier Scotland,
The post-holder will be based in the Public Mental Health programme with possible tasking across other areas of Public Health Scotland as well as a range of policy makers and public health/health protection service providers and stakeholders across all sectors in Scotland and beyond. Salary placement will start at the bottom point of the scale unless individuals have previous NHS experience
Due to our national response to the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic there will be an expectation for weekend and/or out of hours working
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.
Further information on PHS is available from: https://publichealthscotland.scot
For an informal discussion on the post, please contact Shirley Windsor Organisational Lead – Public Mental Health Shirley.windsor@phs.scot
Closing date for completed applications is 10th August 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 Heath Scotland is an equal opportunities employer who guarantees to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for our vacancies