Public Health and Health Manager (Ref: 24217)

This position is based nationally and sits within the Public Health team, but will be expected to work across into the Health & Social Care Team (HSCT) as part of the role.

The public health and HSCT lead the interface between public health, health & social care partner agencies including DHSC, NHS England, Local Authorities, UKHSA and Public Health Wales to:

• Improve the detection and response to infectious disease and reduce the impact of non-communicable disease in prisons and probation
• Improve the health and social care outcomes for those under our care and supervision and those working in and across HMPPS

The successful post holder will have a lead in the delivery of one or more priority areas relating to public health, health and social care, support commitments to deliver relevant recommendations from national, regional or other cross-departmental reviews.

The duties include:

• Work collaboratively with health partners to support and lead effective processes, projects and pathways
• Work collaboratively across the agency to facilitate and lead the development of processes to assure equity of access to treatment and care provision in custody and community
• Support the alignment and system integration through the development of operational policy, guidance and learning bulletins/briefings relating to thematic areas in relation to health and social care
• Contribute to and support the work of other thematic leads via a “matrix management” approach

Alongside your salary of £57,398, HM Prison & Probation Service contributes £16,628 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme.

Benefits include:

• Access to learning and development
• A working environment that supports a range of flexible working options to enhance your work-life balance
• A working culture which encourages inclusion and diversity
• A Civil Service pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
• Annual Leave
• Public Holidays
• Season Ticket Advance