Public Health Consultant Health Protection Resilience

CRA GROUP RECRUITMENT AND PAYROLL LTD

Job Location:

Dudley - UK

Daily Salary: £ 750 - 750

Experience Required: 4-5years

Posted on: 17 days ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

6 months contract with a Local Authority

Job Summary:

Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council is seeking an Interim Public Health Consultant Health Protection & Resilience to provide strategic leadership and expert advice on all aspects of health protection environmental hazards and population resilience.

The post holder will support the Director of Public Health (DPH) to ensure systems and processes are in place to protect the population from infectious diseases environmental risks and other health protection threats.

This is a 6-month interim assignment starting 10 November 2025 working within the Health & Wellbeing Directorate at Dudley Council.

Key Duties/Accountabilities (Sample):

Lead and coordinate local authority responsibilities for health protection ensuring readiness and response to major incidents outbreaks and environmental hazards.

Support the DPH in delivering statutory functions and ensuring partner organisations (UKHSA ICB NHS) have robust systems and surge capacity in place.

Oversee local delivery of immunisation and infection prevention and control programmes including surveillance and incident response.

Provide strategic public health input into resilience planning including emergency preparedness adverse weather response and pandemic planning.

Lead and manage the Health Protection Team ensuring effective cross-agency collaboration and governance.

Provide expert advice on environmental and housing-related health issues including air quality climate change impacts and the health-enabling settings approach.

Drive actions to reduce health inequalities and promote inclusion health ensuring equitable access to protection and prevention programmes.

Represent the local authority in multi-agency partnerships resilience forums and strategic planning groups.

Skills/Experience:

Significant experience leading health protection programmes including infectious disease management outbreak control and environmental health resilience.

In-depth knowledge of UKHSA frameworks Public Health England/UKHSA guidance and Civil Contingencies Act requirements.

Proven ability to lead multi-agency emergency response and resilience planning across local government NHS and voluntary sectors.

Strong background in immunisation infection control and surveillance systems.

Experience working with local authorities ICBs and NHS partners on population-level health protection strategies.

Excellent communication leadership and stakeholder-engagement skills.

Commitment to tackling health inequalities and promoting inclusion health.

Additional Information:

The closing date: 09/11/2025.

Qualified Public Health Consultant (GMC UKPHR or GDC registration or eligible for inclusion on the Public Health Specialist Register).

Location: Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council Health & Wellbeing Directorate.

Compliance: Enhanced compliance required.

Required Skills:

Significant experience leading health protection programmes including infectious disease management outbreak control and environmental health -depth knowledge of UKHSA frameworks Public Health England/UKHSA guidance and Civil Contingencies Act requirements. Proven ability to lead multi-agency emergency response and resilience planning across local government NHS and voluntary sectors. Strong background in immunisation infection control and surveillance systems. Experience working with local authorities ICBs and NHS partners on population-level health protection strategies. Excellent communication leadership and stakeholder-engagement skills. Commitment to tackling health inequalities and promoting inclusion health.

Required Education:

Qualified Public Health Consultant (GMC UKPHR or GDC registration or eligible for inclusion on the Public Health Specialist Register).

6 months contract with a Local Authority Job Summary: Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council is seeking an Interim Public Health Consultant Health Protection & Resilience to provide strategic leadership and expert advice on all aspects of health protection environmental hazards and population resilien...