Consultant in Public Health Medicine

Swansea Bay University Health Board

Job summary

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 interagency 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.

Person Specification

Training & Qualifications

Essential

  • Inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register or UK Public Health (Specialist) Register
  • Minimum 6 months training in health protection
  • Applicants must meet minimum CPD requirements in accordance with the requirements of the Faculty of Public Health

Knowledge and understanding

Essential

  • 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

Desirable

  • Knowledge of quality improvement methodologies and their application

Experience

Essential

  • Significant experience of working at senior level in a large complex organisation.
  • Demonstration of transforming services or significant service re-design and change

Desirable

  • Experience of working/interfacing with Public Health Wales; Welsh Government

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).

Closing Date: 26 July 2026

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