Health Protection Practitioner: Sponsorship Available

Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

Job summary

Do you have a passion for health protection? Do you excel in building relationships, co-ordinating people and projects to achieve a shared goal?

We seek to appoint an enthusiastic, self-motivated professional to a fixed term role in the Health Protection Strategic Team in CTMUHB. Through targeted project work and wider co-ordination of existing workstreams you can make a real difference to the people living in Merthyr Tydfil. You will be working in the CTMUHB health protection team and supported by the Merthyr Environmental Health team.

Areas of work are varied and will include:

  • Addressing health inequalities in health protection response
  • Pandemic Planning
  • National elimination programmes for blood borne virus and tuberculosis
  • Immunisations and screening support
  • Sexual Health
  • Environmental health threats
  • Delivery of training in health protection to staff and volunteers

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will support the implementation and delivery of the Health Protection Framework outcomes for Merthyr Tydfil. You will work on health protection programmes and response in a range of different settings and target groups in line with local priorities, building a resilient health protection system and a healthier, happier population. If you can demonstrate relevant experience, then please consider applying.

Based from Kier Hardie University Health Park and the local authority offices, travel will be required within Merthyr & CTM, flexible working supported.

This post is advertised as Welsh Desirable.Whilst the candidate doesn’t need to have skills in Welsh, we’ll consider it an advantage when short-listing and selecting candidates. This isn’t ‘fluency’, just Speaking & Listening skills at Level 3 (equivalent to CEFR B2) or above. Level 3 means being able to communicate in Welsh during routine clinical situations, such as welcoming patients, discussing straightforward aspects of their care and answering routine questions. If you’re comfortable holding everyday conversations in Welsh, we encourage you to apply. Your Welsh language skills will help us provide person-centred care and enable patients to receive services in their language of choice. Have a look at our ‘Croeso Candidate’ booklet below for more information.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Degree or equivalent

Desirable

  • Masters in Public Health/Health Protection

Knowledge

Essential

  • Public health policy/strategies
  • Basic knowledge of the health policy context for NHS and local partners
  • Health determinants
  • Knowledge of one or more health promotion programme areas

Desirable

  • UKPHR Practitioner Portfolio
  • Evidence of CPD
  • Knowledge of public health models and approaches

Experience

Essential

  • Post graduate work experience
  • Experience of working with a range of partner organisations relevant to health protection
  • Experience in establishing new initiatives

Desirable

  • Experience in health protection/public health

Skills

Essential

  • Project management
  • Communication skills
  • Multi-media presentation skills
  • Research methods including data collection and analysis
  • Training skills
  • Standard IT skills
  • Welsh Language Speaking & Listening Skills (Level 3 and above/B2)

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).

Closing Date: 29 September 2026

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