Consultant in Public Health/ Public Health Medicine WDOH inCardiff inCardiff PUBLISHED
FRI 1 NOV 2024
Public Health Wales rF1yOOUt
The consultant will provide strategic leadership within the Building a Healthier Wales Coordination Group, facilitating collective action among key stakeholders to improve health equity and well-being across the nation. Essential skills include influencing, negotiation, and motivation, as well as strong political awareness to effectively engage with local and national policy development. Candidates must be registered with the GMC, GDC, or UK Public Health Register as a Public Health Specialist.
THIS POST IS FIXED TERM FOR 22 MONTHS DUE TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE SERVICE
Do you want to use your public health skills to influence the causes of the causes of ill-health?
The Wider Determinants of Health Unit of Public Health Wales is seeking an enthusiastic Public Health Consultant to work with us for two days a week until September 2026, to lead a programme of work supporting multi-sector action on wider determinants, including poverty to improve health.
As the successful candidate, you will have a successful track record of working with multiple agencies and disciplines at a senior level to achieve public health goals. You will have a good knowledge of current policy and developments in Wales, including the application of the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2. You will have experience of facilitation of change and of collaboration across organisational boundaries. You will be able to demonstrate highly developed influencing, negotiation and motivation skills to drive action through partnerships.
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.
Provide public health strategic leadership, informing, advocating for, and mobilising collaborative action on determinants of health, through the Building a Healthier Wales partnership
Develop effective relationships with members, Welsh Government colleagues, local public health teams, local government, and others in Public Health Wales,
Contribute to Public Health Wales's long term strategy priority: influencing the wider determinants of health
Have a high degree of political awareness, working to influence policy and practice locally and nationally.
About us
This is a temporary post which may be taken up as a secondment. Previous applicants are welcome to apply.
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.
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