Public Health Practitioner

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board; Newbridge; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board seeks a motivated professional for its Local Public Health Team. This role involves planning and delivering health initiatives across five counties, addressing health disparities, and enhancing community wellbeing. Ideal candidates should have a public health background and strong project management skills.

Benefits

Flexible working

Extensive training and development opportunities

Occupational health support

Wellbeing Centre of Excellence

Qualifications

• Knowledge of public health field through relevant degree.
• Experience working with partner organizations in health improvement.
• Project management and communication skills essential.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to planning, implementation, and evaluation of public health programs.
• Work across multiple counties to promote health and address inequalities.
• Collaborate with local communities and partner organizations.

Skills

Project Management

Communication skills

Research methods

Training skills

Education

Relevant degree in public health

Postgraduate diploma equivalent

Tools

Multimedia presentation skills

Standard keyboard/IT skills

Job description

We encourage applications from all with protected characteristics and from those in the Armed Forces Community. Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted through the medium of Welsh will not be treated less favourably than applications made in English.

Please let us know if you have any particular requirements to enable you to participate in the application and selection process. We will be pleased to discuss any reasonable adjustments needed. Please either contact the recruiting manager named in the job advert or alternatively contact the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board recruitment team on 01495 745805 option 3.

If you are successful at interview for this post, you will receive your conditional offer of appointment and information pack via email.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time. Therefore, we encourage early applications to ensure consideration for this post. If you are short listed for this post, you will be contacted via your email account you used to apply for this post, therefore please check your account regularly.

Please check your email account regularly. Successful applicants will receive all recruitment related correspondence via the email account registered on the application form.

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board support flexible working.

Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12.60 per hour - £24,638 per annum.

This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2025/26 is confirmed.

Please note that this vacancy may be withdrawn at any time should it be filled via the internal redeployment process.

Job Overview

Aneurin Bevan Gwent Public Health Team is looking to appoint a highly motivated, adaptable and experienced individual to join the team on a permanent basis . The post holder will contribute to the planning, implementation and evaluation of a range of public health and health promotion programmes in line with agreed local and national priorities. Specifically, the post holder will deliver key actions set out in the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board’s Integrated Medium-Term Plan in partnership with all sectors, including working with local communities and partner organisations in order to improve health and address health inequalities. This will require a degree of flexibility to cover the breadth of work that the team is involved in delivering along with project management, good communication and organisational skills.

Main duties of the job

We are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic and well-motivated professional to join our Local Public Health Team in Aneurin Bevan, working across the five counties of Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly, Monmouthshire, Newport and Torfaen.

The successful candidate will contribute to the planning, development, delivery and evaluation of partnership programmes and initiatives to promote health and wellbeing across all sectors and in line with agreed local and national priorities. The key focus of this role is to address those risk factors that contribute to premature mortality and reduce the inequities which persist.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Working for our organisation

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy opening in November 2020. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.

Education and Knowledge

Essential criteria

• Knowledge of public health field acquired through relevant degree, supplemented by specialist public health improvement knowledge, acquired through training, extended courses and experience to post graduate diploma level equivalent
• Basic knowledge of the health policy context for NHS and local partners Health determinants
• Knowledge of one or more health promotion programme areas
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Evidence of CPD
• Registered, or working towards Practitioner Registration, with the UK Public Health Register
  
  

Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of post graduate work
• Experience of working with a range of partner organisations relevant to health improvement
• Experience in establishing new initiative
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Experience in Public Health/Health Promotion
  
  

Skills and Attributes

Essential criteria

• Project Management / Communication skill
• Multimedia presentation skills Research methods including data collection and analysis
• Training skills
• Standard keyboard/IT skills
• Public Health policy/ strategies
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Knowledge and understanding of Public Health Wales.
  
  

Other

Essential criteria

• Work to deadlines and under pressure
• Ability to work as part of a team Work on own initiative
• Good time-keeping Respect confidentiality
• Willingness to learn and develop skills
  
  

Desirable criteria

• Continuing Professional Development