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Reference: 249096
Location: 102 West Port, Edinburgh EH3 9DN
Closing Date: 04/06/2026
Overview
We are looking for an enthusiastic and self‑motivated Consultant to join the Public Health and Health Policy Directorate for a one‑year fixed‑term post. The post will provide strategic population health insight, inform service redesign, and improve delivery in priority areas as set out in the Operational Performance Improvement Plan. The role supports a collaboration between Public Health Scotland, the Directors of Public Health, Healthcare Improvement Scotland, the Centre for Sustainable Delivery and Public Services Delivery Scotland, promoting a population healthcare approach to planning, service redesign, and delivery of health and care in Scotland.
Responsibilities
- Ensure provision of strategic population health insight with a focus on informing service redesign and improving delivery in priority areas.
- Support collaboration between Public Health Scotland and NHS Scotland partners to promote a population healthcare approach.
- Champion whole‑system collaboration, prevention, and decision‑making focused on population health outcomes and value.
- Provide strategic leadership and expert specialist advice on healthcare public health issues, helping partners translate insight into practical action.
- Integrate population evidence, population healthcare and improvement expertise, and clinical leadership to strengthen planning consistency, equity, and sustainability.
Qualifications and Requirements
- Full GMC registration with a licence to practise and eligible for inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register.
- For UK‑trained doctors: evidence of higher specialist training leading to CCT or within 6 months of confirmed entry from the date of interview.
- Portfolio Pathway (formerly CESR) doctors eligible only after the award of a substantive consultant post.
- For non‑UK applicants: demonstration of equivalent training.
- For public health specialty registrars not yet on the GMC Specialist Register or UK Public Health Register: verifiable signed documentary evidence confirming they are within six months of gaining entry by the date of interview.
- Experience in strategic population health leadership and collaboration across organisations.
- Demonstrated ability to apply population health insight to real‑world service challenges and redesign.
- One‑year fixed‑term contract (secondments may be considered).
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