Health Protection and Screening Clinical Specialist

Health Protection and Screening Clinical Specialist

Band 7 ‑ £52,845 to £61,466 per annum

Plus Distant Islands Allowance of £1,461 per annum

36 hours per week

Permanent post

An exciting opportunity with NHS Western Isles to join the Public Health Team. You may be a nurse or an allied health professional and will work from the Health Board Office in Stornoway, Scotland.

Responsibilities

• Handle health protection enquiries and situations during working hours and out‑of‑hours by supporting the on‑call rotation (typically undertaken from home).
• Manage respiratory illnesses, food‑borne infections, outbreaks on cruise ships visiting the Western Isles, and environmental hazards such as water contamination.
• Support the management of environmental hazards, including outbreaks of water contamination.
• Work with clinical and non‑clinical colleagues internally and in partner organisations such as environmental health officers, laboratory and pharmacy staff, infection prevention and control team members, and other healthcare professionals.
• Contribute to the development and oversight of screening and immunisation programmes in the Western Isles, and work with a range of stakeholders to maximise uptake of screening and immunisations.
• Line‑manage two staff within the smoking cessation service, which sits within the Public Health Team.
• Receive full training on the systems and processes required during induction.

Location

Health Board Office, Stornoway, Western Isles

Recruitment and Eligibility

This role does not meet the eligibility criteria for a Health and Care Worker visa and NHS Western Isles is unable to provide a Certificate of Sponsorship. It is not eligible for relocation expenses.

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