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Welcome to Public Health Wales, the national public health organisation for Wales. We exist to protect and improve health and wellbeing and reduce health inequalities for people in Wales.
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Working together, with trust and respect, to make a difference
Our purpose is ‘working together for a healthier Wales'. We exist to help all people in Wales live longer, healthier lives. With our partners, we aim to increase healthy life expectancy, improve health and well-being, and reduce inequalities for everyone in Wales, now and for future generations.
Together, our teams work to prevent disease, protect health, and provide leadership, specialist services and public health expertise. We are the main source of public health information, research and innovation in Wales.
Principal Environmental Public Health Specialist
Closed for applications on: 7-Oct-2022 00:00
Vacancy status: Closed
Closed for applications on: 7-Oct-2022 00:00
Key details
Location
- Site
- Various
- Address
- Various
- Town
- Various
- Postcode
- CF10 4BZ
- Major / Minor Region
- Cardiff
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Secondment: 6 months (Until end of March 2023)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
Salary
- Salary
- £48,526 - £54,619 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Band 8a)
Specialty
- Main area
- Environmental Public Health
Welcome to Public Health Wales, the national public health organisation for Wales
Our vision is Working to achieve a healthier future for Wales
To find out more visit Public Health Wales and watch this video about our Strategic Plan
Working together, with trust and respect, to make a difference
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Applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English. To support our all Wales service, we particularly welcome applications from Welsh speakers.
Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 1,2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12 per hour - £23,465 per annum. This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2024/25 is confirmed.
Job overview
To complement our existing team, Public Health Wales is seeking to appoint a highly motivated, enthusiastic Public Health Specialist to the post of Principal Environmental Public Health Specialist within our Health Protection Division. This post is available at 1.0 WTE until the end of March 2023 as a Secondment.
The Environmental Public Health Service is delivered jointly between Public Health Wales and the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) Radiation, Chemicals and the Environment (RCE) directorate office in Cardiff. It is a unique arrangement.
As a whole, the Service aims to protect and improve health in relation to environmental harms and benefits, as well as prevent harms from environmental hazards. It delivers reactive services in line with requirements of the Civil Contingencies Act, responding to a wide range of environmental events whilst working with multi-agency partners to protect the people of Wales. As part of the team, you will provide specialist advice and input on the management of environmental public health issues, leading on the response to incidents as required.
The Service also works proactively to address the environmental determinants of health, including air quality, sustainable transport, contaminated land and water. You will provide evidence based advice and guidance to support policy and practice decision making at national and local levels
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In collaboration with Public Health Wales, the post holder will provide specialist advice and support on a broad range of environmental public health matters. The post holder will be required to lead, innovate and inform high-level policy that impacts on environmental and public health. The post holder will work with the WG’s Chief Environmental Health Officer (CEHO) and Public Health Wales’ in Consultants in Environmental Health Protection (CsEHP) to provide expert environmental health advice to a broad range of stakeholders. The main duty of the post holder is to support the CEHO and CsEHP to advise and support the Chief Medical Officer, Directorate of Public Health, Department of Health, Social Services and Children and the other component parts of the WG and the wider public health service in Wales. The role provides strategic leadership in the development of environmental health-related policy in Wales and informs the impact assessment of, and response to existing, new and emerging threats.
The post holder will be based within the Public Health Wales Health Protection Team but work across Public Health Wales and with other agencies to drive the development and implementation of environmental health-related policy and action that aims to protect and improve the health of the population of Wales.
Working for our organisation
Public Health Wales is the National Public Health Institute in Wales. Our vision is 'Working to achieve a healthier future for Wales' where we play a pivotal role in driving improvements in population health and well-being, reducing health inequalities, improving healthcare outcomes, protecting the public and supporting the development of health in all policies across Wales.
Our organisation is guided by our Values, 'Working together, with trust and respect, to make a difference'. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that values equality, diversity and inclusion. We welcome applications which represent the rich diversity of the communities we serve and from those wishing to work part time or on a job share basis.
To find out more about working for us, the benefits we offer and guidance on the application process, please visit https://phw.nhs.wales/working-for-us/applicant-information-and-guidance/
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Key duties and responsibilities
Provision of independent, impartial advice on a broad range of environmental health matters to Welsh Government, Public Health Wales and others as necessary, including specialist advice pertaining to the following areas:
Environmental hazards (particularly radiation and noise matters)
Public health and the physical and built environment (including housing and housing-related problems, planning and development control, sustainable communities)
Public health impacts of climate change (including extreme events)
Environmental public health surveillance in respect of the above
Environmental public health policy and legislation in respect of the above
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.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Public Health Wales, reserves the right to close this vacancy early. We therefore encourage early applications.
Priority is given to staff awaiting redeployment. We therefore reserve the right to withdraw this advert at any stage.
If you have a disability and have any particular requirements to enable you to participate in the application process, please contact [email protected]
If you are successful and short listed for interview you will be contacted by email using the address with which you registered. Please ensure you check your email account regularly.
We are committed to fair, transparent recruitment and believe in equality of opportunity in our workplace and will not tolerate discrimination on grounds of age, disability, gender identity, religion or belief, race or nationality, marriage or civil partnership status, sex, sexual orientation, working pattern, caring responsibilities, trade union activity or political beliefs – or on any other grounds. We welcome applications from individuals who may wish to work part time or apply on a job share basis.
To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa, unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK. If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.
The salary scale shown is for a full-time member of staff, with the amount being adjusted pro rata for those working less than 37.5 hours per week.
In general, anyone joining our Trust who has not previously worked in the NHS will, by default, start on the first point of the advertised pay band. Pay progression will then be determined by annual Performance and Development Reviews in accordance with the NHS Wales Pay Progression Policy. An application for Incremental Credit may be considered, but can only be awarded based on evidenced, reckonable service and/or equivalent, relevant experience.
Applicant requirements
Welsh language skills are desirable
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- The post-holder will hold an Honours Degree in Environmental Health or the predecessor equivalent or hold full registration with the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health
- Masters degree or equivalent in a relevant environmental public health discipline
Desirable criteria
- The possession of relevant additional professional qualifications and training in the specific environmental health subject areas referred to
- Hold full registration with the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health
Experience
Essential criteria
- The postholder will have significant demonstrable post-qualification work experience of working at a strategic level within Government and/or NHS structures
- Have comprehensive, recent professional experience as an environmental health practitioner at a strategic level.
- Experience in taking a strategic lead role for specific areas of work, including: environmental hazards - particularly radiation and noise matters . Public health and the physical and built environment ,including housing and housing-related problems, planning and development control, sustainable communities. Public health impacts of climate change, including extreme events. Environmental public health surveillance in respect of the above. Environmental public health policy and legislation in respect of the above.
- Experience of providing persuasive advice
- Experience of multi-disciplinary and multi-agency partnership working
- Experience of Project Management
Desirable criteria
- Good understanding of the roles and structures of the different agencies that comprise the environmental public health system in Wales
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Computer literacy.
- Effective interpersonal and influencing skills.
- Meeting management skills e.g. chairing meetings, preparing agendas, taking formal minutes
- Proven project management skills
- Able to deliver training and education
- Excellent numerical, analytical, critical reasoning and problem solving skills
- Substantially numerate
- Proven Critical Appraisal skills and experience
- High standard of report writing
- Proven presentation skills
- Strategic thinker and planner
- Ability to negotiate with others
- Financial management
- Ability to plan
- Time management
- Able to manage occasional incidents, which are difficult, distressing and emotional
Desirable criteria
- Ability to effectively delegate and manage
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Knowledge of environmental health principles and their application to surveillance and control
- An excellent understanding of cross agency working in Wales, particularly regarding policy and practice
- Knowledge of environmental public health legislation and policy, particularly in the environmental health subject areas referred to earlier
- Understanding of the relationship between specific services and the broader public health agenda
- Understanding of health and social and political environments
- Knowledge of best practice and guidelines
Desirable criteria
- Specialist knowledge in specific environmental health subject areas referred to
Personal Attributes
Essential criteria
- Self-motivated, pro-active, resourceful and innovative
- Ability to work with autonomy
- Be able to communicate effectively at all levels
- Ability to prioritise, plan and manage workload
- Flexible, adaptable and able to work to tight deadlines
- Ability to maintain leadership level of responsibility
- Strong commitment to public health principles
- Adaptable to situations, can handle people of all capabilities and attitudes
- Diplomacy and political sensitivity
- Commitment to team-working and respect and consideration of the skills of others
Interests
Essential criteria
- Professional interest in keeping up to date with the relevant scientific literature
Other
Essential criteria
- Prepared to travel
Desirable criteria
- /
- Ability to speak Welsh
Documents
- Job Description and Person Specification - English (PDF, 687.9KB)
- Job Description and Person Specification - Welsh (PDF, 686.3KB)
- Disability Confident Employer (PDF, 180.8KB)
- Guidance Notes for Applicants (PDF, 232.5KB)
- Our Diversity Networks | Ein Rhwydweithiau Amrywiaeth (PDF, 434.9KB)
- Privacy Notice (PDF, 696.3KB)
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Dr Sarah Jones
- Job title
- Consultant in Environmental Health Protection
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07876 161048
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