Free resources for UK public health applicants

Practical tools to help you structure stronger public health applications.

Based on NHS Agenda for Change band descriptors and applied experience of public health recruitment in the UK.

Why You’re Not Getting Shortlisted

A diagnostic guide to UK public health applications and career progression.

Learn:

  • How public health applications are assessed

  • The four evidence signals strong applications demonstrate

  • Why Band 5, 6 and 7 applications differ

  • How to translate transferable experience into public health evidence

  • Common reasons qualified applicants still fail shortlisting

Cover of a guide titled 'Why You're Not Getting Shortlisted,' focusing on UK public health careers, featuring a clipboard with a health report, a magnifying glass, a vaccine bottle, a face mask, and a world map with location markers.

Public Health Role Targeting Tool

A structured role-fit assessment before you apply.

  • which area of public health best fits your experience

  • whether your evidence aligns with Band 5,6 or 7 expectation

  • whether you are targeting the right roles before applying

  • for early-career professionals, career changers and international applicants

This tool helps you identify:

Download the Tool
A webpage titled 'Public Health Role Targeting Tool' with instructions on how to use the tool, including steps to identify your practice area and check your experience type, with a section on coursework only.

Public Health Application Signal Checklist

A structured self- review checklist for your application before submission.

  • Responsibility

  • Leadership

  • Autonomy

  • Impact

Review your application evidence against the four signals public health shortlisting panels reward:

Use it before submitting your next application to identify weak evidence and strength your examples.

Cover page of the Public Health Careers Hub Application Signal Checklist, a structured prompt for NHS public health applications with a logo, title, subtitle, and a brief description.

Need deeper support?

If you are already applying and still not getting shortlisted, structured support is available.

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