Deputy Director: Local Knowledge and Intelligence Service
Department of Health and Social Care
Apply before 11:55 pm on Wednesday 30th October 2024
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Job summary
The Deputy Director Local Knowledge and Intelligence Service (LKIS) will lead local knowledge and intelligence teams which provide regional population health intelligence and surveillance support to local health and care systems
This is a post for a CPH/CPHM post employed by the DHSC based at various locations across the English regions The post-holder is a health professional treating a population/community. The populations served are the regions of England.
Job description
The postholder will oversee arrangements to provide effective local-national engagement on population health. They will have a key role in working with national and regional stakeholders including Regional Directors of Public Health to provide system leadership in population health intelligence as a key component of population health management (PHM) and Integrated Care System and Boards.
They will support an integrated and user centred approach to developing and brokering access to national population health analytics tools and support offers. This will require working with key local partners from public, private and academic sectors to build capacity and expertise in population health intelligence and analytics.
They will manage cross-cutting regional capacity and resources in analytics, knowledge mobilisation and analytical workforce development, identifying at-scale opportunities and sharing good practice to support local government and wider integrated health and care systems. This will include leadership of training and workforce development activities, including apprenticeships.
Job responsibilities
The role will include working across DHSC, NHSE and UKHSA in support of local health and care systems working with Local Government and ICBs to deliver the DHSC goal for improving health and reducing health inequalities.
As Deputy Director Local Knowledge and Intelligence Service, your responsibilities will be:
- Management and Leadership: Be a positive role model and an effective member of the DHSC Places & Regions Senior Leadership team.
- Lead the function to deliver defined outputs to the required quality, within budget and on-time.
- Take measures to continually develop and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the function.
- Develop staff members to be the best they can be through robust internal communications appropriate delegation, effective appraisal and mentoring, and visible leadership.
- Ensure that staff engagement, as measured by the annual staff survey, in the function is high and improvements are made, year on year.
- Develop innovative practice and service delivery models, both within the DHSC Places & Regions, OHID and beyond, involving other staff groups as appropriate.
- Work with colleagues across DHSC and ALBs to identify and ensure the maintenance of business-critical activities.
- Ensure the business and budgetary planning processes are fully in place and functioning effectively, reporting to agreed standards and timescales.
- Ensure succession planning within the function, responsible for the retention, recruitment, interviewing, selection, and induction of new staff in the function.
- Ensure effective governance of the function through a process of management team meetings and review of relevant governance issues including health and safety and risk. Resolve complaints, grievances, capability, and disciplinary issues at the appropriate level. Providing leadership in a changing environment. Act on behalf of the Regional Director with responsibility for Public Health Intelligence as required.
- In delivering the strategic objectives the post-holder will be expected to demonstrate expertise in the full range of relevant competencies as set out by the Faculty of Public Health. This includes evaluation techniques, policy analysis and translation and ability to communicate effectively with a range of stakeholders including politicians. In addition to any direct responsibility for managing staff or budgets, he/she will be responsible for change and improvement in the agreed areas of work and for supporting the delivery of DHSC responsibilities.
Person specification
Please read the attached job description for the full person specification for this role.
To apply for the role it is essential that you meet the qualification requirements:
- In line with legislation, 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 point of application.
- 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
- Any public health speciality registrar applicants who are currently on the UK public health training programme and not yet on either the GMC, GDC or UKPHR specialist register 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 [see shortlisting notes below)
- 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
Benefits
- Learning and development tailored to your role
- An environment with flexible working options
- A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity
- A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
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Selection process details
Applications for this role are via NHS Jobs
To apply for this role please submit the following:
- A CV setting out your career history, with key responsibilities and achievements. Please ensure you have provided reasons for any gaps within the last three years.
- A Statement of Suitability (no longer than 1000 words) explaining how you consider your personal skills, qualities and experience provide evidence of your suitability for the role, with particular reference to the essential criteria in the person specification.
*Please copy your CV, followed by Statement of Suitability into the text box available on NHS Jobs. There is no option to upload separate documents* Please ensure that both documents contain your full name.
Shortlist
The panel will select a shortlist of candidates whose applications best demonstrate suitability for the role, by considering the evidence provided against the criteria set out in the person specification.
Candidates applying under the Disability Confident Scheme who meet the minimum selection criteria in the job specification are guaranteed an interview.
Interview
If you are shortlisted, you will be invited to interview held by the Advisory Appointment Committee (AAC) panel to have a more in-depth discussion of your previous experience and professional competence in relation to the criteria set out in the person specification.
There will be a stakeholder engagement panel as part of the assessment process
The AAC panel is expected to take place in person at 39 Victoria Street and will be chaired by the vacancy holder
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
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Contact point for applicants
Job contact :
- Name : DHSC Clinical Recruitment Team
- Email : dhsc-clinicalrecruitment@dhsc.gov.uk
Recruitment team
- Email : dhsc-clinicalrecruitment@dhsc.gov.uk
