Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an inspirational Consultant in Public Health / Deputy Director of Public Health to take a key leadership role within the Public Health Directorate. This will be for a period of maternity leave. The post holder will have a key role in strategic planning & implementation and performance aligned to population health across Hywel Dda.
They will work closely with the Senior Leadership team within the Health Board and with the Executive team on behalf of the Executive Director of Public Health (DPH) to ensure public health approaches are embedded into all relevant workstreams. They will provide Consultant level leadership across the Directorate for the Hywel Dda area. In addition, will be managerially responsible for any staff who may be appointed to deliver public health work within the remit of this post.
The post holder will be expected to ensure public health influences the programmes of our strategic partners at a local level, to maximize opportunities for prevention, earlier intervention and improvement of health and wellbeing across our population. Additionally, they will be expected to lead on work streams at a national level to support population health improvement across the whole system. A high level of intellectual rigor, negotiation and motivation skills and flexibility is required to deal with complex public health issues, to advise and make recommendations regarding services and interventions.
Main duties of the job
The Consultant in Public Health / Deputy Director of Public Health will:
- Provide public health leadership at the highest level including information, advice, and support for population health.
- Be responsible for ensuring public health leadership and delivery in outcomes-based planning and commissioning within the UHB. They will work closely with other deputy directors and assistant directors across the organisation.
- On behalf of the Executive Director of Public Health take an active role in strengthening the integrated partnership strategies, working closely with local authority partners, Public Services Boards, the Regional Partnership Board and other partners in progressing outcomes-based approaches.
- Be responsible for ensuring public health drive, influence, and input to our partnership arenas to enable health improvement.
- Demonstrate systems leadership for tackling inequalities in health in our local population.
- Provide leadership to actively support the delivery of the UHB's corporate strategies, ensuring a strong population focus, working closely with the directorate business management team.
- Promote and drive whole systems approaches for population benefit.
- Develop partnerships and influence to enable wide participation in improving health of the local population.
- Deputise for the Executive Director of Public Health as necessary.
About us
Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 11,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services for around 384,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through:
Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest;
Seven community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron, Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire;
48 general practices (six of which are managed practices), 47 dental practices (including three orthodontic), 99 community pharmacies, 44 general ophthalmic practices (43 providing Eye Health Examination Wales and 34 low vision services) and 17 domiciliary only providers and 11 health centres;
Numerous locations providing mental health and learning disabilities services;
Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Interviews to be held on 27/10/2023.
You will be able to find a full job description and person specification attached within the supporting documents.
The salary will be based upon previous experience and staff group. Applicable pay scales, outlined below:
Consultant: £91722 - £119,079
NHS AfC Band 9: £101,390 - £116,673
This is a Fixed Term/Secondment vacancy until 30/06/2024.
If you are a Hywel Dda University Health Board employee and are applying for this post as a secondment, agreement for the secondment is needed from your current manager prior to application.
The Health Board is committed to supporting its staff to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing patient and service user experiences. In our commitment to increase the number of staff who are able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we welcome applications from Welsh speakers.
The ability to communicate in Welsh is desirable for this post. If you do not meet the Welsh Language requirements specified, the Health Board offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal desirable requirements during the course of your employment with us.
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Job description
Job responsibilities
Interviews to be held on 27/10/2023.
You will be able to find a full job description and person specification attached within the supporting documents.
The salary will be based upon previous experience and staff group. Applicable pay scales, outlined below:
Consultant: £91722 - £119,079
NHS AfC Band 9: £101,390 - £116,673
This is a Fixed Term/Secondment vacancy until 30/06/2024.
If you are a Hywel Dda University Health Board employee and are applying for this post as a secondment, agreement for the secondment is needed from your current manager prior to application.
The Health Board is committed to supporting its staff to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing patient and service user experiences. In our commitment to increase the number of staff who are able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we welcome applications from Welsh speakers.
The ability to communicate in Welsh is desirable for this post. If you do not meet the Welsh Language requirements specified, the Health Board offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal desirable requirements during the course of your employment with us.
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Person Specification
Qualifications, Education & Knowledge
Essential
- Inclusion in the GMC Full and Specialist Register with a license to practice/GDC Specialist List (or be eligible for registration within six months of interview) or Inclusion in the UK Public Health Register (UKPHR) for Public Health Specialists (or be eligible for registration within six months of interview). 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 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; all other applicants must provide verifiable signed documentary evidence that they have applied for inclusion in the GMC/GDC/UKPHR specialist registers.
- If an applicant is UK trained in Public Health, they must ALSO be a holder of a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), or be within six months of award of CCT by date of interview. If an applicant is non-UK trained, they will be required to show evidence of equivalence to the UK CCT.
- 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.
- In depth understanding of the health and care system and the relationships with both local national government.
- In depth knowledge of methods of developing clinical quality assurance, quality improvement, evaluations and evidence-based public health practice.
- Strong and demonstrable understanding of interfaces between health, social care and key partners (dealing with wider determinants of health).
- Understanding of the public sector duty and the inequality duty and their application to public health practice.
- High level of understanding of epidemiology and statistics, public health practice, health promotion, health economics and health care evaluation.
- Understanding of social and political environment.
Desirable
- Masters in Public Health or equivalent.
Experience
Essential
- Delivery of successful change and project management programmes across organizational boundaries.
- Experience of using complex information to explain public health issues to a range of audiences.
- Minimum of three years' experience of public health practice at senior level.
- Proven experience of contributing at Board level.
- Excellent staff and corporate management and development skill.
- Experience of working in complex political and social environments.
Desirable
- Media experience demonstrating delivery of effective health behaviour or health promotion messages.
- Budget management skills.
- Training and mentoring skills.
- Scientific publications, presentation of papers at forums, such as conferences and seminars.
Language Skills
Desirable
- Ability to speak Welsh / appreciation of the Welsh language / Level 2 Welsh language skills
Person Specification
Qualifications, Education & Knowledge
Essential
- Inclusion in the GMC Full and Specialist Register with a license to practice/GDC Specialist List (or be eligible for registration within six months of interview) or Inclusion in the UK Public Health Register (UKPHR) for Public Health Specialists (or be eligible for registration within six months of interview). 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 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; all other applicants must provide verifiable signed documentary evidence that they have applied for inclusion in the GMC/GDC/UKPHR specialist registers.
- If an applicant is UK trained in Public Health, they must ALSO be a holder of a Certificate of Completion of Training (CCT), or be within six months of award of CCT by date of interview. If an applicant is non-UK trained, they will be required to show evidence of equivalence to the UK CCT.
- 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.
- In depth understanding of the health and care system and the relationships with both local national government.
- In depth knowledge of methods of developing clinical quality assurance, quality improvement, evaluations and evidence-based public health practice.
- Strong and demonstrable understanding of interfaces between health, social care and key partners (dealing with wider determinants of health).
- Understanding of the public sector duty and the inequality duty and their application to public health practice.
- High level of understanding of epidemiology and statistics, public health practice, health promotion, health economics and health care evaluation.
- Understanding of social and political environment.
Desirable
- Masters in Public Health or equivalent.
Experience
Essential
- Delivery of successful change and project management programmes across organizational boundaries.
- Experience of using complex information to explain public health issues to a range of audiences.
- Minimum of three years' experience of public health practice at senior level.
- Proven experience of contributing at Board level.
- Excellent staff and corporate management and development skill.
- Experience of working in complex political and social environments.
Desirable
- Media experience demonstrating delivery of effective health behaviour or health promotion messages.
- Budget management skills.
- Training and mentoring skills.
- Scientific publications, presentation of papers at forums, such as conferences and seminars.
Language Skills
Desirable
- Ability to speak Welsh / appreciation of the Welsh language / Level 2 Welsh language skills
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
