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Job reference: 072309
Salary: Band 6 (£33,072 - £40,736)
Job closing date: 22/10/2021
Job Type: Administrative Services
Location: Edinburgh/Glasgow
Employment type: Fixed-term or Secondment
Hours Per Week: 37.5
Job posted date: 07/10/2021
Employer (NHS Board): Public Health Scotland
Department: Drugs Team

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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.
The Place & Wellbeing Directorate of PHS are seeking to appoint a Senior Health Improvement Officer to support the work of the Drugs Team.  
The post-holder will work across teams in 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. The post-holder will lead projects to optimise the organisation’s contribute to drug policy and practice in Scotland.  
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 an informal discussion on the post, please contact Organisational Lead in the Drugs Team Elinor Dickie: elinor.dickie@phs.scot 07920 750781 
Further information on PHS is available from: https://publichealthscotland.scot
Closing date for completed applications is 22 October 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

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