Public health practitioners play a crucial role in improving health and well-being for individuals, communities, and populations. They work across various sectors, including the NHS, local government, and private organizations.
Registered practitioners receive objective accreditation for their achievements, enhancing their competence and opening up future career options. Candidates gain accreditation by completing a retrospective portfolio to evidence they are working at a given level to meet the required standards.
Please see more background information and how to apply here.
Please also see a link to the Knowledge Hub ‘Public Health Practitioner London Network’ where you are able to request to join once you are signed up to Knowledge Hub.
Background
The Public Health Practitioner Level 6 (L6 PHP) Apprenticeship is a 36-month integrated degree programme, approved by the Institute of Apprenticeships and Technical Education. The Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) London, is supporting the delivery of the Apprenticeship programme; working closely with a wide range of local employers. This is an opportunity for candidates interested in promoting, improving and protecting health to gain a BSc Public Health (Hons) degree and pursue public health practitioner registration with UKPHR.
The practice-focussed nature of the course will empower students to work independently and collaboratively and thrive as part of a team of public health professionals. The programme also instils the importance of maintaining academic and professional ethical standards, expected by employers, academic institutions, and the public health profession.
For more information please see: Public health practitioner – integrated degree / Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education
Further links and resources
Overview of the L6 PHP Apprenticeship
- Implementation Guidance for Employers, Training Providers and Apprentices
- Level 6 PHP apprenticeship toolkit
Contact Details
If you have any questions or want further information, please contact the samantha.gentry-marshall@nhs.net.
UKPHR Regional Public Health Practitioner schemes are recruiting for assessors to support UKPHR Public Health Practitioner portfolio development. Registrants can contribute to their local schemes by undertaking the assessor role. If you are interested in becoming an assessor, please complete this online form and get in touch with samantha.gentry-marshall@hee.nhs.uk (Project Manager for Public Health Practitioner Development NHS England – London Region) if you have any questions.
The UKPHR London practitioner registration scheme is in need of verifiers to support our practitioners to gain registration, once their portfolio is complete. Through independent scrutiny, verifiers perform the vital role of confirming the assessment process has resulted in a portfolio of evidence that meets the standards. Verifiers are responsible for the recommendation of portfolios to the UKPHR Registration Panel for professional registration.
Further backgound information is available here and to register your interest, please contact Sam Gentry-Marshall email: Samantha.gentry-marshall@hee.nhs.uk (Project Manager for Public Health Practitioner Development NHS England – London Region).
Public health specialists and consultants are strategists, senior managers or senior scientists in public health. You’ll need skills and knowledge in health protection, health improvement and healthcare public health but, in practice, you may specialise in one area.
Public health specialists come from a wide range of backgrounds, and may or may not hold a medical degree. You could be employed in different sectors, including local government, central government or its executive agencies, the NHS, universities, the defence services, the private sector or the voluntary and social enterprise sector.
To hold professional registration as a public health specialist, you’ll need to go through an approved training route or a portfolio route. To be a consultant in public health, you must also hold a professional registration at public health specialist level with either the General Medical Council (GMC), the General Dental Council (GDC) or the UK Public Health Register (UKPHR) as appropriate.
See the UKPHR and Faculty of Public Health websites for more information on specialist registration.
ADPH UK provides secretariat support to a network of public health professionals across the UK who are progressing through the portfolio route to UKPHR Specialist qualification. In addition to coordinating virtual monthly meetings, we have created an online hub for members to seek advice and share resources. Anyone currently completing the portfolio or considering pre-application, as part of the SRbPA route, is welcome to join the network. Please contact portfoliogroup@adph.org.uk for more information and return the registration form to join.
Additionally, for details and to inquire about the Enhanced regional support programme specifically designed to assist London-based public health professionals through SRbPA, please visit our school page: https://london.hee.nhs.uk/specialty-schools/welcome-school-public-health or contact Lori Atim at Lori.Atim@Southwark.gov.uk.
Please also see the link to the Knowledge Hub for the ‘Public Health Specialist Portfolio Network’. You can request to join once you have created an Knowledge Hub account.
The NIHR Local Authority Academic Fellowship Programme and Associated Opportunities programme of fellowship schemes and short placement awards supports individuals based within English local authority settings to develop as health and/or social care researchers whilst retaining their existing employment and salary. The following schemes are available:
- Local Authority Short Placement Award for Research Collaboration (LA SPARC) Scheme
- LAAF Programme Pre-Doctoral Local Authority Fellowship (PLAF) Scheme
- LAAF Programme Doctoral Local Authority Fellowship (DLAF) Scheme
- LAAF Programme Advanced Local Authority Fellowship (ALAF) Scheme.
There are a number of development opportunities for DsPH including:
- Mentoring
- Peer groups
- Annual events
More information can be found on this on National ADPH London Website.
The King’s Fund: Building Collaborative Leadership across Health and Care Organisations
This transformative programme combines the newest leadership research with the latest policy analysis to help you step up to the challenge with a clear sense of leadership. You will learn how to apply new leadership skills and unlearn some of the unhelpful biases and blockers to effective collaboration.
Apply here.