Job vacancy: Consultant in Public Health/Consultant in Public Health Medicine, University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, London

Job summary

Main area: Healthcare Science
Grade: NHS AfC: Band 8d
Contract: Fixed term: 24 months (due to limited funding)
Hours: Part time - 30 hours per week
Job ref: 309-UCLH-6689-A

Employer: University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: UCLH
Town: London
Salary: £99,808 - £113,803 per annum inclusive of HCAS pro rata
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 18/08/2025 23:59

Consultant in Public Health/Consultant in Public Health Medicine

NHS AfC: Band 8d

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Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For the full Person Specification and more information regarding the main responsibilities of this role, please refer to the attached Job Description.

A brief description is provided below but please refer to the full job description attached.

Please note, due to anticipated high volumes of applications, this vacancy may close earlier than the listed closing date. You are advised not to delay submitting your completed application.

This role is a 24-month fixed term, 0.8WTE consultant role. The role is primarily based at the Find&Treat office at UCLH, 250 Euston Road, London, with opportunity for some remote working.

The post holder, working with the Find&Treat Clinical Director, will lead on improving the health and wellbeing of inclusion health groups with a focus on delivery of infectious disease services situated in a holistic model of care provision. The post holder is expected to have a solid understanding of inclusion health principles and practice alongside broad public health skills and expertise.

Working with the Find&Treat Clinical Director, the post holder will lead on delivering core strategic objectives of the National Institute for Health and Care Research Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) Inclusion Health Theme. The PH consultant lead role extends across a number of priority areas, including leading on Patient Public Involvement in collaboration with the UCL Collaborative Centre for Inclusion Health and UKHSA; supporting expansion of outreach inclusion health screening to vulnerable migrant populations and sex workers (including evaluation of these programmes) and expanding video supported care programmes to include HIV care for inclusion health groups, and to support care transition from child to adult HIV services and others with a diagnosis of HIV and detectable viral load.

The post holder is expected to identify and act on opportunities to influence policy and strategy locally, regionally and nationally related to healthcare provision for inclusion health groups. Broad areas of work will include design and implementation of surveillance programmes, national guidance and academic publications to increase the profile of health issues affecting inclusion health groups and formulating evidence-based solutions to improving health outcomes. The post holder may hold direct managerial responsibility for services and budgets which directly contribute to strategic objectives of Find&Treat.

The post holder will work directly on a day-to-day basis with a range of clinical and non-clinical team members working to deliver healthcare to inclusion health populations. The post holder will also work with a wide variety of key multiagency stakeholders to increase the profile of the service and of inclusion health issues more broadly. Key partners include the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID), the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, NHS England and stakeholders including the Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH), Association of Directors of Adult Social Services (ADASS), the Local Government Association, service providers & service users and their representatives/advocates, to prevent, contain and control infectious diseases and other hazards impacting these populations and their communities.

The post holder should be confident to act independently, to identify pragmatic solutions to problems, and to respond to needs within a fast-paced environment

Come and be a part of the best NHS trust in England to work for, according to our staff*

* UCLH top trust to work at in England - In the most recent NHS staff survey UCLH had the highest percentage of staff who said they would recommend us as a place to work, out of all general acute or acute/community NHS trusts in England – for the third year in a row.

UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff – To find out more, visit: Flexible working. 

To discover more about what makes UCLH a great place to work, visit: Why Choose UCLH?

Person specification

Knowledge and Qualifications

Essential criteria

Inclusion in the GMC Full and Specialist Register with a license to practice/GDC Specialist List --OR-- inclusion in the UK Public Health Register (UKPHR) for Public Health Specialists at the time of appointment. ---If included in the GMC Specialist Register/GDC Specialist List in a specialty other than public health medicine/dental public health, candidates must have equivalent training and/or appropriate experience of public health practice. --- Public health specialty registrar applicants who are not yet on the GMC Specialist Register, UKPHR register or GDC Specialist List in dental public health must provide verifiable signed documentary evidence that they are within 6 months of gaining entry to a register at the date of interview.--- If an applicant is UK trained in Public Health, they must ALSO be a holder of a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT) or be within six months of award of CCT by date of interview. If an applicant is non-UK trained, they will be required to show evidence of equivalence to the UK CCT.
Applicants must meet minimum CPD requirements (i.e. be up to date) in accordance with Faculty of Public Health requirements or other recognised body
MFPH by examination, by exemption or by assessment, or equivalent
Masters in Public Health or equivalent
In depth understanding of the health and care system and the relationships with both local national government
In depth knowledge of methods of developing clinical quality assurance, quality improvement, evaluations and evidence based public health practice
Strong and demonstrable understanding of interfaces between health, social care and key partners (dealing with wider determinants of health)
Understanding of the public sector duty and the inequality duty and their application to public health practice

Experience

Essential criteria

Experience of using complex information to explain public health issues to a range of audiences
Ability to design, develop, interpret and implement strategies and policies

Desirable criteria

Delivery of successful change management programmes across organizational boundaries
Media experience demonstrating delivery of effective health behaviour or health promotion messages

At UCLH, we have a real ‘One Team’ ethos, and our values – safety, kindness, teamwork and improving, are central to the way we work. This is supported by our staff, who voted us as the #1 NHS Acute Trust to work for in the whole of England.

At UCLH we take equality of opportunity seriously and are committed to being a diverse and inclusive employer, with a culture that creates a real sense of belonging and trust. It is our fundamental aim, to recruit, retain and promote a diverse mix of people who are representative of our local communities. Applications are encouraged from candidates of all backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives to support our world class research, innovation and creativity.

UCLH recognises the benefits of flexible working for staff and has a dedicated policy which allows staff to apply for flexible working right from the beginning of employment. For more information please go to: https://www.uclh.nhs.uk/work-with-us/why-choose-uclh/flexible-working.

We offer our permanent staff an interest free season ticket loan for travel, all our staff have access to free independent and confidential support, large retail discounts, a staff discount platform, cycle to work scheme and on-site accommodation to name a few.

Additionally, UCLH Arts and Heritage’s staff wellbeing programme, Creative Comfort, offers a variety of ways to engage with the arts as a member of UCLH staff. You can try out the weekly choir, weekly art club and join the Culture Club for exclusive access to free and discounted tickets for opera, exhibitions, theatre and more.

We recognise, reward and thank colleagues by nominating them for our annual Celebrating Excellence Awards, which are funded by UCLH Charity.

We are also members of www.mytrustbenefits.co.uk/ which offers discounts on high street retail stores, offers on travel deals, and also to take advantage of cash back schemes.

This vacancy may close before the current listed closing date. You are advised not to delay submitting your completed application.

Please note that all correspondence regarding your application will be via email. The emails will be sent to you via TRAC.jobs and not via NHS Jobs, we encourage you to check your inbox regularly.

Please note that if you are at present in a training position on the 2016 new junior doctor’s contract and are applying for a Trust doctor role your salary will not be pay protected.

You will be placed on the appropriate point of the Trust Doctor pay scale based on your previous experience.

Please note that if you have not heard from us within 3 weeks of the closing date of the advert to assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion.

The Trust uses electronic new starter forms on Trac to collect personal details. Information collected is securely stored and used to set up the employee record on the ESR HR system.

For further support on submitting an application please refer to the NLPSS Applicant Toolkit: https://royalfree.pagetiger.com/cuuomnr/1

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Applicant requirements

You must have appropriate UK professional registration.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Documents to download

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name: Prof Al Story
Job title: Clinical Lead
Email address: [email protected]

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NHS AfC: Band 8d

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