Population Health Fellowship – North West

Applications are open for Trafford Council until Thursday 13th July 2023

What is the Population Health Fellowship

What is the Population Health Fellowship

The NHS Long-Term Plan places significant emphasis on population health and Health Education England’s Future Doctor programme has identified population health as a core theme. Increasingly, contemporary healthcare is focused on optimising patient care and outcomes at population level, and therefore clinicians across all of healthcare require skills in population health to achieve this.

This is a development opportunity for healthcare professionals to develop skills in population health. The fellowship is targeted to mid-career professionals providing NHS services (AfC band 6 and above, or equivalent; dentists-in-training; doctors-in-training post-FY2 and their SAS equivalent). The aim of the fellowship is to develop a network of clinicians from a non-population health background with population health skills to benefit place-based healthcare systems across England.

It is a one-year part-time programme at two days a week alongside your substantive post, which starts on Tuesday 5th of September 2023. Fellows will work on a supervised population health project which is focused on health inequalities and will be supported by a taught programme, delivered mostly online.

For other questions contact: phpn.northwest@hee.nhs.uk

The outcome of the fellowship will be measured through the completion of a reflective diary, project report and a project presentation.

Interested parties can find out more here, however applicants are advised to read the Rough Guide and FAQ before applying. This includes a detailed overview of the eligibility and selection criteria for the fellowship.

North West Host Organisations & contact details

Host Organisation	Project	Contact Details
Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust	The project will explore Adult Community MH waiting lists and how we record and monitor ethnicity and socio-economic data. This will enable us to determine the gaps that exist in our current understanding of health inequalities for our local population. We will be able identify ‘hidden’ populations whose poorer access, experience or outcomes are not being recognised in our current data collection methods. This will empower us to improve access, experience and outcomes for these groups.	Mark Worthington and Carly Steer
Innovation Agency (Academic Health Science Network for North West Coast) Cheshire and Merseyside ICB	Utilising our CIPHA dashboard (Combined Intelligence for Population Health Action) to identify those patients most at-risk of fuel poverty who have a respiratory and/or cardiovascular condition and are in the highest risk groups in terms of mortality risk and emergency admissions.	Rhiannon Clarke
Trafford Borough Council	Designing and undertaking research around young people’s use of e-cigarettes (or ‘vapes’) to improve our understanding of vaping among under 18s in the borough of Trafford in Greater Manchester. The findings from this project will be used to develop targeted interventions to address vape use in young people locally.	Aimee Hodgkinson

Trafford Borough Council Population Health Fellowship will explore: Designing and undertaking research around young people’s use of e-cigarettes (or ‘vapes’) to improve our understanding of vaping among under 18s in the borough of Trafford in Greater Manchester. The findings from this project will be used to develop targeted interventions to address vape use in young people locally.

Application form can be downloaded here

About this fellowship

Fellows will be recruited by Trafford Borough Council
IMPORTANT – please send your application to Aimee Hodgkinson (aimee.hodgkinson@trafford.gov.uk)
Application deadline for the Trafford Council fellowship is 5pm 13th July 2023
Interviews will take place on the 20th July 2023
All applicants must have prior agreement from their employers prior to applying.
The host organisation that you apply to will contact you directly regarding your application and interview process.

If you are a doctor or dentist in training, please note below:

Please seek approval and apply for LTFT (less than full time training to) to see if this is possible. 16 weeks notice is usually required, due to re-advertising this fellowship this may not be possible. Please contact the Lead Employer to see if this is possible before applying.
For more information re LTFT please contact ltft@hee.nhs.uk

Application form can be downloaded here

How to apply

Selection is based on an application form and interview. Shortlisted candidates will also be required to complete an assessment prior to interview.

Completed applications should be sent to the lead person in the host organisation you are applying to.

Closing date for applications: 13th July 2023 17:00hrs.

Interviews will take place on 20th July 2023.