Relief Porter(Expired)

The role of the Clinical and Protecting Health Directorate is to protect the people of Scotland from infectious and environmental hazards; enable high-quality clinical and public health knowledge, research and innovation; and change clinical and public health practice by using audits at a national and local level.

Our Health Protection function has a number of specialist teams including Surveillance, Respiratory (Viral and Bacterial), Gastrointestinal and Zoonosis, Zoonotic Emerging Infections and Borders, Field Epidemiology, Environmental Public Health, Blood Borne Virus and Sexually Transmitted Infections.

We are seeking an experienced individual for the development, maintenance and delivery of key national health protection (HP) surveillance systems. Working closely with a multi-disciplinary team, you will support the evolution of HP surveillance tools. You will collaborate with internal and external partners to ensure surveillance systems are designed to maximise public health benefit.

The Candidate

You will have a background in public health and knowledge of health protection surveillance.

You will have demonstrable leadership and management of staff. In this role you will analyse and interpret complex epidemiological data, produce regular surveillance reports, and provide expert advice to a wide range of stakeholders. Therefore, you should have excellent epidemiological and communication skills as you will be presenting highly specialised information at scientific and public forums.

Experience in evaluating the impact and performance of public health services/interventions and surveillance systems is essential, with knowledge of governance, ethical and legislative standards being advantageous.