About this platform
I’m Cherith, an NHS Epidemiologist based in Scotland with four years of experience in public health practice. My background is in Microbiology and Public Health. My work focuses on surveillance and antimicrobial resistance.
I built this platform because I kept seeing the same pattern: people with genuine public health experience who could not get past shortlisting. Not because their experience was insufficient, but because their applications did not clearly communicate what that experience involved or what it achieved.
I have been successfully shortlisted for Band 7 roles. The frameworks I use and teach have been tested at that level. This platform focuses specifically on the shortlisting stage because that is where most applications fail, and it is the stage I understand from direct, current experience inside the NHS.
Why the platform is
Structured career guidance for public health professionals trying to break into or progress within UK public health. The resources and services here are grounded in NHS Agenda for Change band descriptors and direct experience of public health recruitment in Scotland.
This is not generic career advice. It is not academic research. It is structured professional guidance built around how NHS shortlisting actually works as a scored process.
What the Platform is not
This platform does not represent NHS Scotland, NHS England, or any hiring organisation. The frameworks here reflect professional interpretation of how shortlisting scoring rewards application evidence. They are guidance, not a guarantee of outcome.
Start with the free guide, Why You’re Not Getting Shortlisted