Clinical Fellow in Public Health - 96973

Clinical Fellow in Public Health

Fixed Term Contract / Secondment for 12 months

About the Organisation:

Public Health Scotland is a new organisation, set up to improve the lives of people in Scotland, to reduce health inequalities that persist in many of our communities. It’s an exciting time to join the organisation, with PHS at the forefront of Scotland’s efforts to tackle Coronavirus and its implications across society.

The post:

The Clinical and Protecting Health Directorate is seeking to appoint a Clinical Fellow in Public Health on a fixed-term basis for 1 year.

This post is for a junior doctor, who have recently completed or about to finish Core Medical Training or equivalent, to gain experience within health protection. Health Protection is one of the three 'domains' of public health (health protection, health improvement and healthcare public health) and is responsible for the investigation and management of communicable diseases and environmental hazards in order to protect population health.

The candidate:

The post holder will work with colleagues across Scotland to safeguard the population’s health through the development of Public Health strategies and policies for communicable disease, reduction of vaccine preventable disease, infection control and environmental health and will be responsible for agreed areas of work within the Health Protection agenda, including the response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

This will be an opportunity for the post holder to gain insights into how health protection activities and public health operates at a national level. They will have the opportunity to gain career development experience in research or leadership projects in line with the Directorate objectives.

The successful candidate will be required to undergo a PVG Scheme/Disclosure Scotland check. Any candidate who have lived/worked overseas for more than 12 months in the preceding 5 years will also be required to provide a criminal record check from the appropriate overseas agency.

Candidates must have current GMC registration at the time of applying.

Location and working pattern:

Edinburgh / Glasgow.

Due to our national response to the ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic there will be an expectation for weekend and/or out of hours working.

Benefits:

Our benefits package includes pension scheme, comprehensive range of work life balance policies, occupational health services, learning resource centres and discounted leisure, financial and shopping benefits

Further information:

For an informal discussion on the post with Dr Nick Phin, Director of Public Health Science and Medical Director, please contact Elizabeth Kilpatrick on elizabeth.kilpatrick2@phs.scot

Further information on PHS is available from: https://publichealthscotland.scot

Closing date for completed applications is 4 July 2022.

Please note that the majority of correspondence is sent by e-mail only, so please check your e-mail regularly (including junk folders).

Public Health Scotland is an equal opportunities employer and as such guarantees to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for our vacancies