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Public health practitioners can have a huge influence on the health and wellbeing of individuals, groups, communities and populations.
Qualifications are likely to vary as a public health practitioner, depending on the nature of the role. An example entry route would be to get a qualification and experience of working in a public health related area. Depending on the specific practitioner role, related qualifications could include a first level degree in Public Health or related area, Nursing, Environmental Health, or Sport and Exercise. A degree apprenticeship standard for public health practitioners has been approved for delivery.NHS staff usually work 37.5 hours per week but terms and conditions for non-NHS employers and contractors vary. You may be asked to work some evenings and weekends. Most jobs in the NHS are covered by Agenda for Change (AfC) pay scales. Many public health practitioners are employed outside the NHS, especially in local authorities or voluntary organisations. Salaries can vary widely, but start at around £21,000.Some of the skills and qualities you'll need as a public health practitioner include well developed people skills, an ability to value difference and diversity, creativity, analysing and interpreting information, creating marketing materials, writing publications and reports and making recommendations about how services could be delivered.Public health practitioners may develop their skills and expertise through more senior practitioner roles or go into management, service lead roles or leadership positions.Related roles
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Forensic psychiatrists treat people with mental health problems who are in prison, a secure hospital or the wider community.
You’ll need to follow a set pattern of training which usually starts with a five year first degree in medicine and two years of foundation training, 3 years core training (CT1-3), followed by 3 years specialists training (ST4-6). This period of training will include completing your royal college exams. Length of training can vary according to your circumstances.Working hours should not exceed 48 hours a week. The working hours may sometimes extend beyond the normal working week to include early mornings, evenings, weekends and on call. The basic salary ranges from £29,384 to £34,012. Once you start your specialty training as a forensic psychiatrist employed by the NHS, you can expect to earn a salary of at least £40,257, which can increase to between £84,559 and £114,003 as a consultant.You'll need excellent communication skills to manage a wide range of relationships with colleagues, and patients and their families. You'll be emotionally resilient, have excellent problem-solving and diagnostic skills and work well in teams and under pressure. You'll also be very organised for the benefit of patients.There are currently 333 consultant forensic psychiatrists working in the NHS in England. In 2020, there were 55 applications for 34 specialty training places. You could specialise in adolescent forensic psychiatry, forensic learning disability psychiatry, forensic psychotherapy, old-age forensic psychiatry and substance misuse. You’ll also teach medical or postgraduate students. -
Mental health and wellbeing practitioners (MHWPs) provide evidence-based interventions and co-ordinate care plans for adults with severe mental health problems.
You will need the right aptitude to learn how to work collaboratively in a mental health team. You’ll need to be able to demonstrate a willingness to work in a hopeful and productive way with adults with severe mental health problems. Being able to demonstrate your ability to study at degree level or above is important.While you train, you’ll spend one day a week studying at university and three to four days working in or undertaking specific training tasks in a community mental health service. Once qualified, you’ll spend at least 20 hours a week seeing patients. You'll be paid on Agenda for change band 4 while you train, moving to band 5 once you qualify.Most importantly you need a willingness to work in a hopeful and productive way with adults with severe mental health problems. You'll also have excellent interpersonal skills, be able to build trusting and productive relationships with a range of people, work well within a multidisciplinary team, and have a good understanding of mental health issues.You could move to a supervisory role, teach others or undertake further training in another psychological profession such as CBT therapy or clinical psychology.