Job description

Job responsibilities

The position will contribute to Public Health Waless long term strategy priority: influencing the wider determinants of health, to inform, advocate for and mobilise action on poverty and health. You will provide specialist input to the Building a Healthier Wales Coordination Group, which brings together senior leaders from across Wales to maximise the impact of collective efforts of agencies in Wales to improve health, well-being and equity.

This is a temporary post which may be taken up as a secondment.

The post-holder must be on the GMC/GDC Specialist Register/UK Voluntary Register / included on the UK Public Health Register for Public Health Specialists.

For more information see attached Job Description and Person Specification

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

Essential

• Inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register/GDC Specialist List/UK Register (UKPHR) for Public Health Specialists and be licensed to practice
• If included in the GMC Specialist Register/GDC Specialist List in a specialty other than public health medicine/dental public health, candidates must have equivalent training and/or appropriate experience of public health medicine practice and be licensed to practice
• Public health specialty registrar applicants who are not yet on the GMC Specialist Register/GDC Specialist List in dental public health/UKPHR must provide verifiable signed documentary evidence that they are within 6 months of gaining entry at the date of interview
• Applicants must meet minimum CPD requirements (i.e. be up to date) in accordance with Faculty of Public Health requirements or other recognised body
• MFPH by examination, by exemption or by assessment

Experience

Essential

• Practical experience in facilitating change in the public health system
• Significant strategic experience of leadership for public health
• Experience of systems leadership and demonstrable experience of delivering effectively through others
• Experience of effectively engaging staff and colleagues to gain their support for changes to the direction of travel.
• Experience in influencing relevant agencies in Wales and beyond on health and healthcare improvement agenda.
• Project management
• Significant experience of public health practice at senior level with a demonstrable interest in health improvement
• Staff management including learning and development
• Experience working within health improvement/health promotion leading multi-agency action
• Experience of reviewing and developing services in public health or health care settings

Desirable

• Scientific publications, presentation of papers at conferences, seminars
• Experience of contributing to on-call public health emergency response

Skills

Essential

• Strategic thinker with proven leadership skills

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge and understanding of large-scale change to the public health system.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

UK Registration

Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).

Employer details

Employer name

Public Health Wales

Address

2 Capital Quarter

Tyndall Street

Cardiff

CF10 4BX