Public Health Consultant in Cambridge

We are Central East ICB, the new organisation entrusted with serving more than 3.5 million people across Bedfordshire, Luton, Milton Keynes, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough and Hertfordshire. We are responsible for making sure that the NHS can continue to support our community – now, and in the future. Everything we do will be guided by our core purpose: to do what best serves the population of this area.

We promise to focus on what makes the biggest difference to people’s lives – acting earlier to help prevent illness and detect disease and making it easier for our community to get the health care they need, closer to home, whenever that’s possible.

NHS Central East ICB is looking to recruit two public health consultants. One will work in the Clinical Advisory and Population Risk Improvement Directorate and one in the Strategy, Planning and Evaluation Directorate. These are full time substantive roles but can also be done part-time or as a job share. This is an exciting opportunity to provide public health leadership into a new organisation committed to best serving our population and continuous quality improvement through excellence in commissioning.

• Public Health Consultant for Utilisation Management
• Lead the development and implementation of the public health aspects of the ICB’s utilisation management strategy.
• Apply public health intelligence to identify variation, inefficiencies, and opportunities for service redesign.
• Oversee programmes that improve clinical effectiveness, reduce low-value interventions, and optimise care pathways.
• Support value-based commissioning through evidence-informed prioritisation and resource allocation.
• Lead system-wide reviews of service utilisation, demand management, and capacity planning.
• Embed TQM principles to drive continuous improvement in service delivery and patient outcomes.
• Public Health Consultant - Strategy, Planning and Evaluation
• Lead, with the Deputy Director, the development and delivery of the ICB’s Population Health Management operating model, strategy and Improvement Plan, embedding the development and utilisation of a Population Health Management approach.
• Provide public health leadership and expertise to the Population Health Unit, working with other senior members of the team to prioritise the Unit’s workplan and support staff to deliver high quality outputs.
• Provide Public Health leadership into the development of PHM infrastructure, tools and capabilities to underpin decision making, including the training, coaching and development of support tools for commissioners, managers and clinicians.

We are committed to promoting equal opportunities to achieve equity of access, experience and outcomes and to recognising and valuing people’s differences. We are passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity; we see this as a strength and part of our founding mission, values and behaviours. We know through experience that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers patient outcomes.

We are committed to creating the best place to work, where your contribution is valued, your wellbeing is supported and all our colleagues can reach their full potential. We welcome and encourage applications from all areas of the community, who meet the criteria for the role, regardless of their protected characteristic. We work to ensure that our recruitment processes are as inclusive as possible to everyone, including making adjustments for people who have a disability or long-term condition and support with the recruitment process for people with lived experience. We are happy to discuss flexible working options for all roles. We operate a Carer friendly working environment that is supportive and inclusive. We actively encourage Carers to self-identify themselves. We are a Disability Confident Employer and commit to shortlisting suitable applicants who meet the essential criteria for an interview. Please inform us of any adjustments you may require.

For further information on this role please see the job description and person specification attached.

Please Note: This vacancy may close before the advertised closing date if a sufficient number of suitable applications are received. We recommend submitting your application early to avoid disappointment. Successfully shortlisted applicants will be contacted by email with an invitation to interview. Please note that we do not pay interview expenses, all costs are incurred by the candidate.

All reference requests will be made to your employer/previous employers' HR Department, covering the previous 3 years of activity. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and expect all staff to undertake this commitment. Applicants will be subject to robust safer recruitment processes. All eligible staff will need to have gained clearance through a standard/enhanced DBS check prior to working. All posts are subject to a probationary period.