Annex 3
PRIMARY CARE TRUST: (DRAFT) MODEL JOB DESCRIPTION
POST: PCT Public Health Lead
GRADE: To be determined
ACCOUNTABLE TO: PCT Chief Executive
RESPONSIBLE TO: PCT Board.
JOB SUMMARY
To co-ordinate and lead the PCTs public health
programme, including the development and implementation of health
improvement programmes, health needs assessment, support to PCT
decision making and co-ordinating the work programme of the PCTs
multi-disciplinary public health team.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
1. To provide appropriate and strategic
public health advice to the PCT Board.
2. To co-ordinate and lead the PCTs public
health programme.
3. To co-ordinate the work of the PCTs multi-disciplinary
public health team, including the work of outposted public health,
health promotion and information specialists.
4. To co-ordinate and monitor the delivery
of national, regional and Avon-wide public health strategies and
programmes in the PCT area, including support to the Health Improvement
Programme.
5. To contribute to joint public health
partnership building with communities, local authorities and voluntary
sector partners.
6. To work as part of the wider network
of public health specialists and practitioners in Avon.
7. To co-ordinate the assessment of health
and health care needs for defined communities, localities and
patient groups within the population.
8. To lead the development of appropriate
strategies for meeting the population's health needs.
9. To lead the development of a Public Health
Development Plan for the PCT, including public health education
and training/continuing professional development strategies for
practitioners in the PCT area.
10. To contribute to the training of public
health specialists in the PCT and Avon areas.
QUALIFICATIONS[3]
Public health professionals who are medically
qualified will hold MFPHM and be on the GMC specialist register.
Non-medical professionals should hold a postgraduate public health
qualification and have appropriate public health/senior management
expertise.
COMPETENCIES
Ensuring provision of appropriate and strategic
public health advice to the PCT Board.
Knowledge of factors affecting health and disease.
Health needs and inequalities assessment with
a range of methodologies.
Availability, use and interpretation of clinical
and health information.
Critical appraisal and use of the evidence base
to secure effective health care and public health programmes.
Assessment of quality and effectiveness of health
care services.
Understanding of primary and secondary health
care services.
Health promotion and community involvement approaches.
Lead the development of public health capacity
and skills within the PCT.
Ensure access to public health knowledge and
skills outside the PCT to support its work.
Ability to work across boundaries, to work at
a strategic level, to support the involvement of hospital clinicians,
to contribute to prioritisation and management experience.
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