Job Description - South West Peninsula Deanery

The post-holder will join the South West Public Health Specialty training scheme: Programme
Director Dr. Chris Hine. The scheme has regular “training the trainer” events for new and
existing educational and academic supervisors. Trainees have monthly study days. Trainees
undergo regular appraisal with their supervisors (see above) and have an annual review of
training through an ARCP by internal and external panel members. Progress to the next year
of training is dependent on the outcome of this review. If there are concerns about aspects of
training the fellow will be reviewed earlier. Fellows wishing to return to mainstream NHS
training will have alternative recognised training locations identified in the locality. The training
programme in the region is overseen by a Regional Training Committee, which includes an
academic representative and meets four times per year. The training departments, including
the academic centre, are part of the Faculty of Public Health (FPH) quality assurance
programme of annual visits by external representatives of the FPH. Public Health trainees in
the South West have a well-developed buddy system where a more experienced trainee on
the regional training programme is paired with the new trainee.
In the academic department the fellow will be provided with office accommodation, a
computer and software, filing space, adequate privacy, proximity to key members of staff, a
telephone and access to suitable accommodation to conduct interviews and meetings.
Training subsequent to completion of fellowship
To obtain a CCT in Public Health the post-holder will need to complete up to 2 years further
training after completion of the fellowship, so that CCT requirements are met. Post-holders
will be able to obtain this further training either by successfully competing for one of the
Lecturer posts in the Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry, or other academic
institutions in the UK or by returning to an NHS service public health post in the South West
region (or in another region by inter-deanery transfer). This latter route back into NHS training
will be available as a matter of course assuming they have previously made satisfactory
progress as judged by ARCP assessments.
Induction Programme
During the first four weeks, the post-holder will be given the opportunity to meet all members
of staff in both the academic and service departments and attend important meetings. A brief
resume of the post-holder’s past experience will be made available to members of both
Departments in order to facilitate their incorporation within the organisations. Initially daily
contact with either the Educational or Academic Supervisor will take place.
On-call Duties and Supervision
After appropriate training in Health Protection, the post-holder will participate in the local oncall
for the Health Protection Agency. This commitment will be no more than on a one in eight
basis and will always be supervised by a member of Consultant staff. They will not be placed
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