Public Health Online Resource for Careers, Skills and Training

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About PHORCaST

• What is PHORCaST?
• What information is on PHORCaST?
• Quick start guide
• Sponsoring Organisations
• Promote PHORCaST
• The PHORCaST Team
• Contact us

Public Health - Everybody's business

• What is public health?
• Why work in public health?
• Achievements and challenges
• Your contribution
• The workforce
• The four UK health systems
• • England
  • Scotland
  • Wales
  • Northern Ireland
• Employers of the public health workforce
• • Local government
  • • Kate Ardern - A Director of Public Health in Local Government
    • Jim McManus - A Director of Public Health in Local Government
  • Civil Service (National Government)
  • Third sector
  • • The Third Sector in Wales
    • The Third Sector in Scotland
    • The Third Sector in Northern Ireland
  • Social enterprise
  • Clinical Commissioning Groups
  • NHS Foundation Trusts
  • Working independently
• Key national documents
• • The Wanless and Marmot Reviews
  • Key policies - England
  • • Transforming Community Services
    • The Localism Bill
  • Key policies - Scotland
  • Key policies - Wales
  • Key policies - Northern Ireland

Careers, roles and job requirements

• Starting your journey towards a public health career
• Areas of Public Health Practice
• • Improving People's Health (Health Improvement)
  • Protecting People's Health (Health Protection)
  • Working with Information (Public Health Intelligence)
  • Teaching and Researching (Academic Public Health)
  • Maintaining and Raising Standards (Health and Social Care Quality)
  • Leadership, Planning and Management (Strategy and Policy)
• Level in the workforce
• • Entry
  • Intermediate
  • Senior
• Sectors
• International Public Health
• • Public Health and the European Union
• Sustainable Development and Public Health
• Public Health in the Armed Forces
• • Environmental Health in the Armed Forces
• Regulation, formal qualification and registration
• • Professional regulation and what it means
  • Roles for which specific qualifications are required
  • Regulated Professions Relevant To Public Health Careers
  • • Doctors
    • Public health specialists from a background other than medicine
    • Pharmacy
    • Psychology
    • Dentistry
    • Nursing and Midwifery
    • Health Professions
    • Environmental Health
    • Public Health Nutrition and Dietetics
  • Practitioner Registration
  • • The Welsh Practitioner Portfolio Development Programme
• Searching for Roles and Career Stories
• • Role search
  • Career story search
• Share your public health career story

Developing myself and my career

• Introduction
• Recording achievements, identifying needs
• • Personal development planning (PDPs)
  • Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
  • Reflective practice
  • Portfolio development
• Competence Frameworks
• • Public Health Skills and Knowledge Framework (PHSKF)
  • • The PHSKF (the refreshed PHSCF)
  • National Occupational Standards (NOS)
  • Knowledge and Skills Framework (KSF)
• Leadership Development
• Coaching and mentoring
• Learning styles
• Pay and Conditions
• Looking for jobs
• • Health Jobs and Careers Websites
  • General Careers Advice Websites
  • Government Jobs and Careers Websites
  • Voluntary Work Websites
  • Developing my Curriculum Vitae (CV)
  • General Job Advertisement Websites
• Raising my profile
• Preparing for a first consultant post
• Competence Assessment Tool

Accessing education and training

• Introduction
• Tips about education and training
• • Getting your existing skills and knowledge recognised
  • How can I be sure of the quality of my chosen course?
• Courses and Qualifications
• • Types of qualification
  • Searching for a course
  • Regional Teaching, Learning and Development (England)
  • College and University Websites
  • E-Learning
• Training Schemes
• • Specialty Training in Public Health
  • Apprenticeships
  • Graduate Training Schemes/Internships
• Other Education and Training Links
• Funding
• The NHS and Local Government
• • I work in the NHS
  • • England
    • Scotland
    • Northern Ireland
    • Wales
  • I work in Local Government
  • • England
    • Northern Ireland
    • Scotland
    • Wales

Key Public Health Resources

• Key Public Health links
• Key Public Health Documents
• News
• Events
• • Events external links
  • East Midlands events
  • • East Midlands events calendar