Grade VII Senior Health Promotion & Improvement Officer

Overview

The Senior Health Promotion & Improvement (HP&I) Officer will have responsibility for delivery of agreed programmes of work aligned to Health & Wellbeing strategic priorities, management of staff and financial resources and performance management of their local team in line with HSE policies.

 

The Senior HP&I Officer will be responsible for leading a local H&WB team to ensure the delivery of the relevant CHO, HG and Community Health Network Plans. These annual plans are informed by priorities set out in a range of government health and wellbeing policy and strategy documents that have been translated into HSE implementation plans including the overarching Healthy Ireland in the Health Services Implementation Plan, the CHO Healthy Ireland Implementation Plan and Hospital Group Implementation Plans aligned to the CHO area.

 

The Senior HP&I Officer may also have specific responsibility for, or work in a specialist capacity in relation to, a national priority area considering their other responsibilities. They will share in the responsibility for implementing national policy at local level including taking responsibility for a specific CHN through the local teams and for monitoring and performance-management.

Essential Criteria

Eligible applicants will be those who on the closing date for the competition:

 

• Have a minimum of a Level 7 qualification in Health Promotion or in a relevant related area such as, Nursing, Teaching, Health Sciences, Community Development, Nutrition and Sports and Exercise.

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• Candidates must possess the requisite knowledge and ability, including a high standard of suitability, for the proper discharge of the office.

Job Description

Grade VII Health Promotion & Improvement Officer