Consultant In Public Health Medicine in Port Talbot

Values

We expect everyone that works for the Health Board, regardless of their role, to share and uphold our values in all that they do:

• Caring for each other – in every human contact in all of our communities and each of our hospitals.
• Working together – as patients, families, carers, staff and communities so that we always put patients first.
• Always improving – so that we are at our best for every patient and for each other.

Job overview

We have an exciting opportunity to join the Swansea Bay Public Health Team as a Public Health Consultant. We have 1.8 full‑time equivalents available with portfolio areas covering health protection, primary care and inclusive health. We would welcome applications from those who wish to work part‑time or as part of job‑sharing arrangements. The Swansea Bay Public Health Directorate is led by an Executive Director of Public Health who sits on the Swansea Bay University Health Board. The team includes public health consultants, public health specialist leaders and other senior leaders. The Directorate has grown significantly over recent years, and now as well as a core team of public health practitioners the team includes a local Health Protection Service including an Immunization Team. The local Health Protection Service provides leadership and co‑ordination for the Swansea Bay Health Protection Partnership, ensuring effective provision of health protection functions across the system.

Main duties of the job

Although you will hold an agreed and specific portfolio of work, your responsibilities will likely cover all areas of Public Health professional practice, including:

• Provide public health leadership, advice, and support to improve population health outcomes.
• Develop partnerships and influence agencies for broad participation in health improvement initiatives.
• Work to reduce inequalities through effective local and regional partnerships and community engagement.
• Contribute to developing integrated strategies and needs assessments with local authorities and the voluntary sector.
• Take responsibility for policies, programmes, services, projects, and inter‑agency plans to deliver public health priorities.
• Plan and develop high‑quality, equitable services within evidence‑based and ethical frameworks across primary and secondary healthcare, and social care.
• Utilise information and intelligence systems to support public health actions across disciplines and organisations.
• Collaborate with the senior leadership team of the Health Board to support public health priorities through needs assessment, service planning, improvement, and governance activities.
• Provide local leadership to enable national public health developments.

Working for our organisation

We believe staff are our best asset and we want you to be happy and confident about starting your career here in Swansea Bay University Health Board. As one of the biggest healthcare groups in the UK we can offer a wealth of professional training and development opportunities in an innovative, forward‑thinking organisation. You might be a nurse or doctor, maybe you specialise in a health science/therapy or can offer skills in one of our support services - we have a job for you. There are also apprenticeships, work placements and volunteering roles available. We are an inclusive employer and welcome applications from everyone whatever their sex; religion or belief; race; age; sexual orientation; gender identity or, whether they are pregnant or have recently been on maternity leave, married or are in a civil partnership; or, whether they are disabled. Our values – Caring For Each Other, Working Together and Always Improving – show that our commitment to equality is at the heart of everything we do. If you want excellent career and training opportunities while living on the doorstep of some of Europe’s most spectacular scenery, with all the benefits of a thriving and cosmopolitan city – look no further.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the detailed Job description and Person Spec attached to this vacancy. The core responsibilities relate to health care Public Health and Health Protection.

Person specification

Training & Qualifications

• Inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register or UK Public Health (Specialist) Register. Applicants must meet minimum CPD requirements in accordance with the requirements of the Faculty of Public Health.

Knowledge and understanding

• Understanding of epidemiology and statistics, public health practice, health promotion, health economics and health care evaluation.
• Knowledge of methods of developing clinical quality assurance, quality improvement and evidence based clinical and/or public health practice.
• Knowledge of quality improvement methodologies and their application.

Experience

• Significant experience of working at senior level in a large complex organisation.
• Demonstration of transforming services or significant service re‑design and change.
• Experience of working/interfacing with Public Health Wales; Welsh Government.

Swansea Bay University Health Board is committed to supporting its staff and processes to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing service users experience. In our commitment to increase the number of staff able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we would particularly welcome applications from Welsh speakers. Equality remains at the centre of the Health Boards policy‑making, service delivery and employment practices. We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race, religion, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.

You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. Welsh language skills are desirable.