Health Protection Practitioner (Level 1): Sponsorship Available

UK Health Security Agency

Job summary

We are seeking to recruit a Health Protection Practitioner (HPP) to work as part of the South East Region health protection team in our Kent, Surrey & Sussex team.

We are looking for Environmental Health Practitioners, Registered Nurses, Registered Midwives or Allied Healthcare Professionals who are seeking to develop their role within the field of health protection.

The post holder will be part of the multi-disciplinary team providing the day-to-day health protection function, including the management of infectious and environmental hazards and supporting response to major incidents.

The post is an entry level Health Protection development post, and the post holder will develop specialist knowledge and skills to undertake case management, liaise with, and provide health protection advice and response across a range of partner organisations, professionals and the public.

Candidates holding NMC registration will be appointed on NHS terms and conditions at NHS AfC Band 6. Candidates without NMC registration will be appointed on Civil Service terms and conditions at HEO grade.

Salary bands:

  • AfC Band 6: £39,959 – £48,117 per annum, pro rata
  • CS HEO (Outer London): £35,587 – £43,244 per annum, pro rata

Main duties of the job

  • Under supervision, contribute to day to day running of the acute response function to ensure high quality, safe and effective delivery of the health protection service.
  • Provide first point of contact for specialist knowledge, support and advice to health professionals on health protection matters.
  • Undertake initial assessment and management of routine acute response work and non-complex incidents.
  • Escalate and refer challenging or complex incidents, outbreaks of infectious diseases and non-infectious environmental hazards to senior managers.
  • Manage and carry out continuing responsibility for caseload ensuring accurate, up to date records of contacts/action by completion of relevant records and compliance withteam handover procedures, in line with UKHSAs standards for record keeping.
  • Utilise an evidence-based approach to manage clinical/professional advice and discussions within team, seeking senior advice as/when appropriate.
  • Support and participate in the team’s formal case review process.
  • Contribute to and where required lead under supervision the ongoing longer-term management of issues relevant to a defined geographical area.
  • Contribute to UKHSA response during incidents in line with UKHSAs Emergency Planning and Resilience Response (EPRR) arrangements as part of the region’s responsibilitiesunder the Civil Contingencies Act.
  • Will be required to participate in a local on call rota at regional level.

Please note this list is not exhaustive.

Person Specification

Application form and supporting statement

Essential

  • Application form and supporting statement

Essential criteria

Essential

  • Questions on knowledge, experience, skills & abilities

Presentation

Essential

  • Presentation

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 8 November 2026

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