Job responsibilities
To work as part of the Public Health team to help realise the vision of Wiltshire Council to
create stronger and more resilient communities and deliver on the key priorities of the
team and those shared with partners. As a council, we know our mission is to ensure:
The people of Wiltshire are empowered to live full, healthy and enriched lives.
Our communities continue to be beautiful and exciting places to live.
Our local economy thrives and is supported by a skilled workforce.
We lead the way in how councils and counties mitigate the climate challenges ahead.
The post holders will support the work of the Public Health Team, under the direction of
Public Health Consultants, Principals and Specialists across the team, to deliver the
operational priorities of this workstream.
The post holder will contribute to the improvement and protection of the health and
wellbeing of those living and working in the Wiltshire area, which includes a population of
approximately 500,000.
The post holder will be responsible for leading and delivering the operational direction in
areas of designated responsibility and will provide a specialist public health approach with
minimal supervision to reflect both national and local priorities with the emphasis on
prevention and reducing health inequalities.
The post holder will work within a complex and wide ranging multi-agency environment.
Partnership working is key with other statutory, non-statutory and voluntary agencies and
the post holder will need to embody strong communication and interpersonal skills.
Specific duties and responsibilities include:
To provide public health practitioner advice, guidance and support to colleagues and
volunteers to ensure whole team achievements are met.
To lead on communication of relevant public health information to the services keypartners and commissioned services.
To represent the Public Health Team and the Council at agreed partnership events,
partnership Boards, multi-agency working groups, professional groups and other fora;
this may involve chairing and / or facilitating multi-agency working groups.
To support the work of existing partnerships (and develop new ones where appropriate
in response to specific defined needs) and provide practitioner level public health
advice to partners and other key stakeholders.
To develop and lead on marketing campaigns for public health services, utilizing
opportunities to promote the service to key partners including Primary Care, Secondary
Care, community and voluntary sector.
To be a source of knowledge and expertise in particular public health topic areas
through resource production, project management, training, contributing to websites
and disseminating information to partner organisations.
Contribute to writing topic related reports to inform Council, partner organisations and
government bodies e.g., Cabinet, Department of Health, UK Health Security Agency,
Integrated Care Boards etc. and contribute specialist topic information to annual public
health reports, strategic documents and other reports as required.
To keep up to date with the evidence base of effective practice, in particular relating to
specific public health topic areas and public health competencies. This will be gained
through literature searches, critical appraisal of literature, conferences, networking,
journal clubs, professional body communications etc.
To comply with professional body codes of conduct e.g., UK Public Health Register
(UKPHR), Faculty of Public Health (FPH), Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH),
Health Professions Council etc. as appropriate
The post holder will be prepared to support the wider public health team in the event of
threats to health protection and emergencies that threaten public health.
The post holder will be able to identify, assess and mitigate against any risks
associated with the projects and programmes within their remit.
Provide advice and guidance to senior managers on a broad range of challenging
operational issues and propose remedial actions.
Commissioning or develop training, workshops and presentations and / or roadshows
to stakeholders and team members.
To work flexibly across the public health team to meet the demands of the service.
To support the targeted intervention to high priority groups, for example pregnant
women, people with mental health problems, young people, and minority groups.
