Assistant Director for Public Health

Assistant Director / Consultant in Public Health

This is a senior leadership position within Bolton Council, forming part of the Wider Leadership Team and reporting directly to the Director of Public Health (DPH). The postholder will have significant strategic responsibility for shaping and improving population health outcomes and reducing health inequalities across Bolton.

Main duties of the job

• Leading healthcare public health work area, including public health advice into the development of Bolton's neighbourhood models and the implementation of GMs Live Well Programme.
• Strategic leadership of health intelligence, including the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) and Bolton's Research and Intelligence Network (BRAIN).
• Providing public health leadership to support the Health and Wellbeing Board, working closely with the DPH; supporting health protection arrangements, including incident and outbreak response.
• Championing Bolton's Prevention Framework and coproduction approach across the system.
• Influencing and advising senior leaders and elected members with confidence, political awareness, and sound professional judgement.
• Participating as an active member of the Council's Wider Leadership Team.
• Supervising specialty registrars in public health on placement within the team.
• Contributing to health protection system resilience and participation in the Council's strategic on‑call rota for civil contingencies.

Professional requirements

Applicants must be included on the GMC, GDC, or UKPHR Public Health Specialist Register, or, if on a UK training scheme, within six months of CCT at the point of application, in line with the Faculty of Public Health consultant appointment requirements.

Qualifications

• GMC registration

About us

Bolton Council offers flexible and hybrid working, a strong commitment to staff development, and an excellent environment for public health practice. The Council is also an approved training location for Public Health Specialty Registrars.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

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