Consultant Epidemiologist

Public Health Wales; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 114,000 - 167,000; Full time

Job summary

Public Health Wales is seeking a Consultant Epidemiologist to join CDSC, delivering surveillance, field epidemiology, research and teaching in infectious disease epidemiology. The post joins a team of consultants and contributes to the CDSC duty rota with leadership for investigations.

The role includes leading the Healthcare associated infections and antimicrobial resistance specialty group (HARP), guiding policy, and training registrars with collaborative work across Welsh Government and

Qualifications

• Must be on GMC Specialist Register in Public Health or on relevant UK public health professional register (GDC / UKPHR).
• Proven experience in epidemiology leadership, surveillance and outbreak response.
• Ability to lead training, teaching and policy guidance across teams.

Responsibilities

• Provide surveillance, field epidemiology, research, and teaching in infectious disease epidemiology.
• Contribute to CDSC duty rota and provide leadership for surveillance investigations.
• Develop a research portfolio and collaborate with academic partners.
• Act as epidemiology lead for HARP, working with health boards on HCAI, AMR and healthcare epidemiology.
• Provide strategic leadership and technical input to the CDSC specialty group.
• Lead training, supervise registrars and fellows, and deliver policy advice to Welsh Government and officials.

Skills

Leadership

Teaching

Surveillance

Field epidemiology

Education

GMC Specialist Register in Public Health

General Dental Council

UK Public Health Register for Public Health Specialists

Job description

The successful candidates will be appointed to the Medical and Dental Consultant salary scale (£114,099 - £166,585) or if from a background other than medicine to NHS Agenda for Change Band 9 (£114,475 - £131,732).

All appointees will also be part of the Health Protection Out of Hours Rota providing consultant support regarding incidents and enquiries made to the service.

Candidates must be on the GMC Specialist Register in Public Health, General Dental Council, or UK Public Health Register for Public Health Specialists.

Main duties of the job

The Consultant epidemiologist will join a team of consultants within CDSC, providing surveillance, field epidemiology, research, and teaching and training in the area of infectious disease epidemiology. They will contribute to the CDSC duty rota (in hours), providing leadership and oversight for surveillance and epidemiological investigations. There are also opportunities for developing a research portfolio, working with academic partners, and for teaching and training. This post will be the epidemiology lead for the Healthcare associated infections and Antimicrobial Resistance (HARP) specialty group, which works with the HARP programme on surveillance and epidemiology of HCAI, AMR and (with health boards) healthcare epidemiology

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The post holder will provide the strategic leadership and technical input to the Healthcare associate infections and antimicrobial resistance specialty group within CDSC. This is a replacement post following the departure of a consultant epidemiologist working in Public Health Wales.

The key elements of the CDSC work are:

• Strategic leadership of the surveillance of infectious disease and health effects from exposure to environmental hazards
• Providing a field epidemiology service for the investigation of outbreaks and incidents in the community or healthcare settings
• Provision of data, evidence and policy guidance in support of programmes/priority areas as required
• Two-way collaborative support for Health Protection teams; information and advice to support and guide HPT work, including surveillance and case management, regular CDSC and UK teleconferences
• Provide consultant cover for the acute health protection service via the All-Wales Acute Response rota
• Providing scientific advice and support to other public health and NHS staff, including Directors of Public Health, on health protection issues
• Providing scientific and policy advice and support to Welsh Government, local authority Directors of Public Protection, and other professional colleagues on health protection
• Promotion of professional standards including training, research and audit, including leading and delivering training, and supervision of registrars and field epidemiology fellows.