Job summary
This is a fixed term / secondment until 14/12/2025. If you are a Hywel Dda University Health Board employee and are applying for this post as a secondment, agreement for the secondment is needed from your current manager prior to application.
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Public Health Practitioner to join Hywel Dda University Health Board's Public Health Directorate, serving the communities of Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire.
This is your chance to support some of the most important issues in public health whilst having a leadership role in planning & implementation and performance aligned to population health. You'll work closely with the Executive Director of Public Health and the senior leadership team, to ensure public health approaches are embedded into all relevant workstreams. The role requires strategic thinking, political skill, and the ability to influence across boundaries.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will lead the planning, implementation and monitoring of key Public Health Programmes. The programmes will deliver efficient, effective and high-quality professional and well co-ordinated Public Health priorities that will deliver statutory, regulatory and NHS requirements ensuring alignment with the objectives of NHS Wales and the Healthier Mid and West Wales Strategy.
The post holder will provide advice and support to senior operational leads across primary care, community and acute hospitals to develop, implement and monitor operational and improvement plans that enable transformation of the population health system in line with expectations of the Mid and West Wales Strategy.
The post holder will have significant experience working in and managing Public Health and have highly developed skills in data science and analytics to provide the Programme with the Business Intelligence required to ensure effective and efficient delivery.
About us
Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 12,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services to almost 400,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through:
Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest.
Five community hospitals: Amman Valley Hospital and Llandovery Hospital in Carmarthenshire, Tregaron Hospital in Ceredigion and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire.
Two integrated care centres (Aberaeron and Cardigan, Ceredigion).
Community facilities, including:
48 General Practices (GP surgeries), 49 Dental Practices, 98 Community Pharmacies (chemists), 44 General Ophthalmic Practices (including eye health and low vision services), 38 sites providing mental health and learning disability services, care within your own homes
Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full job description and person specification attached within the supporting documents.
The Health Board is committed to supporting its staff to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing patient and service user experiences. In our commitment to increase the number of staff who are able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we welcome applications from Welsh speakers.
The ability to communicate in Welsh isdesirable for this post. If you do not meet the Welsh Language requirements specified, the Health Board offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal desirable requirements during the course of your employment with us.
Interviews will be held on 18/06/2025.
Job description
Job responsibilities
You will be able to find a full job description and person specification attached within the supporting documents.
The Health Board is committed to supporting its staff to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing patient and service user experiences. In our commitment to increase the number of staff who are able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we welcome applications from Welsh speakers.
The ability to communicate in Welsh isdesirable for this post. If you do not meet the Welsh Language requirements specified, the Health Board offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal desirable requirements during the course of your employment with us.
Interviews will be held on 18/06/2025.
Person Specification
Qualifications & Knowledge
Essential
- Educated to Masters degree level or relevant experience/knowledge.
- Good understanding of Performance and Programme Management principles and application.
- Must have in-depth professional specialist knowledge across a number of disciplines acquired through training and experience over a significant period.
- Must have evidence of continuous management and personal development.
- Must possess a thorough understanding of the role and its purpose of within the organisation
- Must have knowledge of NHS, WG and Health Board strategies, policies and plans including HR policies.
- Must possess a current knowledge of best practice gained through personal research.
- Must have in depth knowledge of strategic healthcare agenda relating to service delivery.
- Significant knowledge of Data Analysis and Improvement Methodology.
- Highly developed skills and knowledge in data science and analytics to provide the Programme with the Business Intelligence required to ensure effective and efficient delivery.
- Have good and up-to-date working knowledge of health strategy and policy at a national and local level that is used to develop public health work plans and support ongoing organisational improvements.
Desirable
- PRINCE2 Practitioner.
- MSc in Data Science / Informatics (or equivalent).
Language Skills
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Significant operational and management experience across public health field
- Experience of working across organisations.
- Significant senior experience in managing major change programmes and projects within the NHS or comparable large organisation.
- Significant experience in analysing and presenting data to underpin Programme development, implementation and monitoring
- Experience of leading and motivating teams to deliver to a high standard whilst under pressure and when facing changing circumstances.
- Proven sophisticated relationship management skills to deliver internal and external stakeholder engagement at a senior level, including managing relationships and encouraging collaborative working.
- Demonstrate understanding of working in a demanding organisational context to support services to achieve national performance targets
Person Specification
Qualifications & Knowledge
Essential
- Educated to Masters degree level or relevant experience/knowledge.
- Good understanding of Performance and Programme Management principles and application.
- Must have in-depth professional specialist knowledge across a number of disciplines acquired through training and experience over a significant period.
- Must have evidence of continuous management and personal development.
- Must possess a thorough understanding of the role and its purpose of within the organisation
- Must have knowledge of NHS, WG and Health Board strategies, policies and plans including HR policies.
- Must possess a current knowledge of best practice gained through personal research.
- Must have in depth knowledge of strategic healthcare agenda relating to service delivery.
- Significant knowledge of Data Analysis and Improvement Methodology.
- Highly developed skills and knowledge in data science and analytics to provide the Programme with the Business Intelligence required to ensure effective and efficient delivery.
- Have good and up-to-date working knowledge of health strategy and policy at a national and local level that is used to develop public health work plans and support ongoing organisational improvements.
Desirable
- PRINCE2 Practitioner.
- MSc in Data Science / Informatics (or equivalent).
Language Skills
Desirable
Experience
Essential
- Significant operational and management experience across public health field
- Experience of working across organisations.
- Significant senior experience in managing major change programmes and projects within the NHS or comparable large organisation.
- Significant experience in analysing and presenting data to underpin Programme development, implementation and monitoring
- Experience of leading and motivating teams to deliver to a high standard whilst under pressure and when facing changing circumstances.
- Proven sophisticated relationship management skills to deliver internal and external stakeholder engagement at a senior level, including managing relationships and encouraging collaborative working.
- Demonstrate understanding of working in a demanding organisational context to support services to achieve national performance targets
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.
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).
Additional information
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.
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).
