Public Health Senior Practitioner - Health Protection
Job overview
We are seeking to appoint a motivated professional who is passionate about Health Protection to join our team. The local Health Protection team works across five local authority areas and sits within the wider Gwent Public Health team. As a Senior Public Health Practitioner, you will work in collaboration with a range of teams and services to deliver our objectives.
The post holder must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in partnership with other agencies and be able to manage conflicting perspectives. Key working relationships (internal and external) include fellow Health Protection and Public Health team members, other ABUHB departments (including Emergency Planning, Infection Prevention and Control), Public Health Wales, other Health Boards, Local Authorities and Social Care Providers.There may be times when the post holder will be expected to work with, engage and/or communicate with members of the public.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will support the implementation and delivery of health protection programmes and responses using a range of interventions in line with key priorities. The Health Protection team have an exciting portfolio of proactive interventions embedded in their workplan and you will lead on work programmes including:
- Sexual health (STI's, C-card scheme, cervical screening and HPV vaccine promotion)
- National elimination programmes for blood borne viruses and tuberculosis
- Vaccination equity
- Screening of populations at risk
If successful you will be asked to focus on defined areas of work. However, as per the requirements of the service you may be required to work across a range of health protection issues.
You will support the acute response to public health incidents including:
- Attending and supporting IMTs/OCTs and work as part of the Health Board response
- Mobilising a response to public health incidents in collaboration with the Health Protection Clinical Response team
- Manage the identification, prevention, control and response to infectious and non-infectious threats to the population of Gwent
- Establishing situational awareness, surveillance, mobilising vaccinations, sampling and testing in partnership with relevant teams, supporting contact tracing if required, and engagement with stakeholders
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 speciality 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.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full Job description and Person Specification attached within the supporting documents or please click Apply now to view in Trac.
Preparedness support and ensure the HB has robust plans and protocols in place for current and future threats to public health. This includes planning, facilitating and participating in exercises and training, in partnership with EPRR colleagues, to ensure relevant teams are familiar and trained to deliver incident plans.The HB has recently endorsed a Public Health Incident Plan, which will require continued exercises, review and updating in response to evolving threats and issues.
Person specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential criteria- Health related Masters or equivalent demonstrable level of knowledge and experience to Masters level
- Registered Nurse on Sub-part 1 of NMC Register Or Registered with a UK statutory regulator (e.g., HCPC) Or Registered with UKPHR or be prepared to undertake on commencement of employment Or Environmental Health Registration Board (EHRB) Certificate of Registration
- Evidence of continuing professional/personal development.
- Clear understanding of how NHS Wales works and the function of the Emergency Planning within Welsh Government/Public Health Wale
Experience
Essential criteria- Relevant experience in public health
- Experience of regular multiagency/multi-disciplinary working
- Experience of working with a number of programmes, including development, managing and evaluation of significant elements of work.
- Experience of preparing reports for committees, both internal and externa
- Experience of working in incident management
- Qualitative research methods
- Policy development
Skills and Attributes
Essential criteria- Excellent communication, analytical and inter-personal skills, with an ability to manage and influence.
- Ability to work successfully with diverse professional partners, and manage potentially conflicting perspectives
- Ability to co-ordinate teams and work independently as required.
- Data collection, collation, analysis and interpretation.
- Ability to initiate and implement programmes that promote/protect health and wellbeing
- Management of meetings
- Multi-media presentation skills
- Training skills including training needs analysis and evaluation
- IT skills
- Understanding of NHS/local government policy agenda and public health environment
- Practical knowledge of public health practice, health care evaluation, health protection, health promotion models and community development
- Project planning and management
- Capacity building
- Staff management and development.
- Information and knowledge management skills.
- Consultancy/facilitation skills.
- Information management and an understanding of health-related data and its interpretation
- Ability to speak Welsh
Other
Essential criteria- Self-motivated, self-starter. Ability to prioritise, plan and manage workload.
- Able to problem solve and prioritise.
- Team player
- Committed to equality of opportunity.
- Ability to travel within geographical area.
- Able to work flexibly including unsociable hours across a 7-day working week.
- Resilience.
- Ability to positively influence the actions of others