Director of Operations / Consultant in Public Health (Medicine)

Overview

In this role you will combine strategic public health leadership with operational delivery to improve population health across Essex and surrounding regions. You will steer a diverse portfolio of public health services, shape health inequalities initiatives, and drive sustainable service improvements within an employee-owned organisation. You’ll partner with system leaders to advance prevention, resilience, and high-quality care while expanding public health training in the East of England. This is a unique leadership opportunity with a strong impact remit.

Pay / Benefits

• hybrid working
• competitive salary
• employee-owned organisation
• reinvestment of profits into services
• support for continuing professional development and revalidation
• opportunity to shape next generation of public health professionals

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of a diverse public health services portfolio with a focus on quality, safety, and outcomes
• Drive health improvements and reduce inequalities across the organisation and communities
• Act as subject matter expert on health inequalities and population health
• Lead business development including service redesign, tenders, retention bids and acquisitions
• Develop strategic partnerships across Integrated Care Systems, local authorities, NHS bodies and wider stakeholders
• Support resilience, emergency preparedness and health protection arrangements
• Develop Provide Community as a recognised Public Health training location for the East of England
• Provide senior operational leadership across a large portfolio and budget
• Deputise for the Chief Operating Officer when needed
• (for medically qualified candidates) act as Responsible Officer for the medical workforce

Key requirements

• Registration on GMC Specialist Register, GDC Specialist List or UK Public Health Register
• Significant senior leadership and operational management experience
• Expertise in population health, prevention and tackling health inequalities
• Experience leading change and transformation across organisational boundaries
• Strong commercial and business development skills
• Experience managing large budgets and delivering against quality and performance targets
• Outstanding influencing and partnership skills across health, care and local government systems
• Commitment to innovation, evidence-based practice and improving community outcomes

• Influencing and partnership building
• Strategic thinking and collaboration
• Change management and adaptability
• Population health
• Health inequalities
• Service redesign

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