Working in public health in mid and south Essex offer diverse opportunities to improve population health and wellbeing in our local communities. You’ll get to influence and improve the lives of thousands of people whilst keeping the individual at the very centre of everything you do.
Public health teams are involved in a range of different tasks and you could be working on health improvement initiatives, health protection measures or contribute to public health strategy for healthcare environments.
To be employed in any public health role you will need to demonstrate a good standard of literacy and numeracy and for some roles, employers will ask for degrees and previous management experience along with GCSE’s or equivalent in maths and English. Digital skills and qualifications are also highly sought after as many NHS and Social Care settings rely on IT based systems to manage their databases and patient information. You would also need to demonstrate positive communication skills, have good problem solving abilities and be interested in statistics and data.
Working for the NHS or for Social Care in mid and south Essex provides many opportunities to develop your skills further and there are a wide range of apprenticeship, in-house training and continuing professional development opportunities available that you can also use to build your career in public health.
There are also many opportunities to develop your career by taking on additional responsibilities and you could work in public health in a variety of settings.
Whichever area of public health you choose to work in, you’ll be able to make a difference to health and wellbeing on a larger scale.