Job vacancy: Senior Public Health Practitioner, Public Health Wales NHS Trust, Cardiff

Job summary

Main area: Health and Wellbeing
Grade: Band 7
Contract: 9 months (Fixed Term maternity cover until 31/03/2025)
Hours: Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Job ref: 028-AHP008-0424

Employer: Public Health Wales NHS Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: 2 Capital Quarter
Town: Cardiff
Salary: £44,398 - £50,807 per annum
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 02/05/2024 23:59

Senior Public Health Practitioner

Band 7

Welcome to Public Health Wales, the national public health organisation for Wales

Our vision is Working to achieve a healthier future for Wales

To find out more visit Public Health Wales and watch this video about our Strategic Plan

Working together, with trust and respect, to make a difference

Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English. To support our all Wales service, we particularly welcome applications from Welsh speakers.

Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 1,2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12 per hour - £23,465 per annum. This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2024/25 is confirmed.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The key responsibilities of the post are to:

Support the regular assessment and identification of health needs and priorities

Contribute to the provision of professional support, to all sectors, on the implementation of national policies that contribute to embedding prevention in primary care to support health and wellbeing

Contribute to the development of public health capacity and networks

Identify, develop and maintain partnerships with organisations to embed prevention in primary care to promote health and wellbeing

Contribute to the development, implementation, delivery and evaluation of public health programmes to meet identified needs and priorities contributing to long term health improvement and reduction in health inequalities

Support the health and wellbeing agenda in being at the forefront of key strategies and programmes that impact on the health and wellbeing of the population.

Contribute to the planning and development of community health development initiatives that impact on health and wellbeing

Contribute to the management and professional leadership of staff working within the Division as delegated by the line manager

Contribute to the development of quality and risk management within an evaluative culture

Contribute to relevant research activities working with academic centres and others on collaborative projects

There will be close working with stakeholders within and external to the NHS with a focus on supporting health boards and clusters in delivering primary care prevention.

Specific duties will be agreed with the line manager and the Consultants in Public Health Medicine

To contribute to the provision of professional support, to all sectors, on the implementation of national policies that contribute to embedding prevention in primary care to support health and wellbeing

To identify, develop and maintain effective partnerships with organisations to embed prevention in primary care to promote health and wellbeing

Provide specialist advice and support to others in the development of knowledge, understanding and skills in collaborative working for embedding prevention in primary care.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Educated to Masters Degree level in Public Health or related field e.g. Health Promotion, or evidence of equivalent learning or equivalent experience
Evidence of continuing professional/personal development

Experience

Essential criteria

Experience of supporting programmes in a primary care setting
Experience of successfully leading, developing, implementing and evaluating population interventions, projects and/or programmes at national or local level.
Experience of working with a range of professionals and stakeholders

Desirable criteria

Quantitative and/or qualitative research methods
Policy development programme/ project implementation in a variety of settings
Experience of project planning, implementation and evaluation driven by change

Skills

Essential criteria

Excellent communication skills and ability to present information using multi-media.
Ability to carry out analysis, interpretation and comparison of complex public health, change management and service improvement information.
Ability to communicate complex technical concepts and analysis effectively to different audiences
Ability to work successfully with diverse professional partners, and manage potentially conflicting perspectives
Ability to initiate, implement or support programmes that promote health and wellbeing
Management of meetings
IT skills and working knowledge of Microsoft Office 365

Desirable criteria

Project planning and management
Capacity building
Staff management and development
Information and knowledge management skills
Consultancy/ facilitation skills

Knowledge

Essential criteria

Understanding of NHS/local government policy agenda and public health environment
Practical knowledge of public health practice and Primary Care Model for Wales.

Desirable criteria

Information management and an understanding of health related data and its interpretation
Awareness of sources of relevant data/ information.

Other

Desirable criteria

The ability to speak Welsh

Public Health Wales, reserves the right to close this vacancy early. We therefore encourage early applications.

Priority is given to staff awaiting redeployment. We therefore reserve the right to withdraw this advert at any stage.

If you have a disability and have any particular requirements to enable you to participate in the application process, please contact [email protected]

If you are successful and short listed for interview you will be contacted by email using the address with which you registered. Please ensure you check your email account regularly.

We are committed to fair, transparent recruitment and believe in equality of opportunity in our workplace and will not tolerate discrimination on grounds of age, disability, gender identity, religion or belief, race or nationality, marriage or civil partnership status, sex, sexual orientation, working pattern, caring responsibilities, trade union activity or political beliefs – or on any other grounds. We welcome applications from individuals who may wish to work part time or apply on a job share basis.

To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa, unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK. If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.

The salary scale shown is for a full-time member of staff, with the amount being adjusted pro rata for those working less than 37.5 hours per week.

In general, anyone joining our Trust who has not previously worked in the NHS will, by default, start on the first point of the advertised pay band. Pay progression will then be determined by annual Performance and Development Reviews in accordance with the NHS Wales Pay Progression Policy. An application for Incremental Credit may be considered, but can only be awarded based on evidenced, reckonable service and/or equivalent, relevant experience.