Public Health Officer Full Time Temporary

Public Health Officer needed in Bedford £19.64ph PAYE – Reference: 5178164

This role involves: 

• • Provide specialist advice and leadership in health protection, including the prevention, investigation and control of communicable diseases
  • Measure, monitor and report population health and wellbeing; health needs, risks and inequalities
  • Maintain effective working relationships at a senior level with partnership organisations
  • Proactively work with the deprived communities and other statutory and voluntary agencies empowering, enabling, encouraging and supporting individuals and groups to address issues which affect their health and social wellbeing, particularly relating to COVID-19.
  • The post holder will be expected to undertake health needs assessments, evidence reviews, health impact assessments and health equity audits with minimal supervision.
  • Access and appraise evidence gained through systematic methods and through engagement with the wider research community; critique published and unpublished research, synthesise the evidence and draw appropriate conclusions

Ideally candidates will have: 

• Degree-level education and/or relevant professional qualification
• Knowledge and experience of working in a health protection or related context
• Experience in research techniques

This is working full time hours on a temporary contract basis 

If you are interested in the role please apply on our website with your CV, alternatively you can email your CV to katie@essentialemploy.co.uk quoting the reference number.

Essential Employment is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy. Essential Employment is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

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