Job Description

Due to maternity leave, we have an exciting opportunity to join the Swansea Bay Public Health Team as Consultant in Public Health until 30 November. We have 1wte available currently but would welcome applications from those who wish to work part-time or as part of job-share arrangements.
The Swansea Bay Public Health Directorate is led by an Executive Director of Public Health who sits on the Swansea Bay University Health Board. The team includes four public health consultants, two public health specialist leads and other senior leaders. The Directorate has grown significantly over the last few years, and now in addition to a core team of public health practitioners the team includes a local Health Protection Service including an Immunisation Team.
We have 1 wte available currently but would welcome applications from those who wish to work part-time or as part of job-share arrangements.
This post is open to AfC9 and M&D consultants.
Main duties of the job
The Consultant in Public Health will be expected to deliver public health leadership and technical expertise working with our internal and external partners, ensuring public health influences delivery at a local level.
Although you will hold an agreed and specific portfolio of work, your responsibilities will likely cover all areas of Public Health professional practice, including:
o Provide public health leadership, advice, and support to improve population health outcomes.o Develop partnerships and influence agencies for broad participation in health improvement initiatives.o Work to reduce inequalities through effective local and regional partnerships and community engagement.o Contribute to developing integrated strategies and needs assessments with local authorities and the voluntary sector.o Take responsibility for policies, programmes, services, projects, and interagency plans to deliver public health priorities.o Plan and develop high-quality, equitable services within evidence-based and ethical frameworks across primary and secondary healthcare, and social care.o Utilise information and intelligence systems to support public health actions across disciplines and organisations.o Collaborate with the senior leadership team of the Health Board to support public health priorities through needs assessment, service planning, improvement, and governance activities.o Provide local leadership to enable national public health developments.
About us
We believe staff are our best asset and wewant you to be happy and confident about starting your career here in Swansea Bay University Health Board.
As one of the biggest healthcare groups in the UK we can offer a wealth of professional training and development opportunities in an innovative, forward-thinking organisation.
You might be a nurse ordoctor, maybe you specialise in a health science/therapy or can offer skills in one of our support services - wehave a job for you.
There are also apprenticeships, work placementsand volunteering roles available.
We are an inclusive employer and welcome applications from everyone whatever their sex; religion or belief; race; age; sexual orientation; gender identity or, whether they are pregnant or have recently been on maternity leave, married or are in a civil partnership; or, whether they are disabled.
Our values - Caring For Each Other, Working Together and Always Improving, show that our commitment to equality is at the heart of everything we do.
If you want excellent career and training opportunities while living on the doorstep of some of Europe's most spectacular scenery,with all the benefits of a thriving and cosmopolitan city - look no further.
Details
Date posted
28 July 2025
Pay scheme
Hospital medical and dental staff
Grade
Consultant
Salary
Depending on experience per annum, pro rata
Contract
Fixed term
Duration
12 months
Working pattern
Full-time, Part-time
Reference number
130-PH10024L
Job locations
SBU Headquarters
Talbot Gateway
Baglan, Port Talbot
SA12 7BR
Job description
Job responsibilities
Areas of work will be negotiated according to the needs of the directorate and the skills and knowledge of the successful candidate on appointment.
A detailed job plan will be drawn up with the Director of Public Health upon appointment, drawing on the key tasks outlined in the .
The post holder will be managerially accountable to the Director of Public Health.
Applicants must be on the GMC/GDC Specialist Register/UK Public Health Register for Public Health Specialists.
For more details in relation to this post, please click on the supporting documents section to find the full job description and person specification. These are available bilingually, in both English and Welsh.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Areas of work will be negotiated according to the needs of the directorate and the skills and knowledge of the successful candidate on appointment.
A detailed job plan will be drawn up with the Director of Public Health upon appointment, drawing on the key tasks outlined in the .
The post holder will be managerially accountable to the Director of Public Health.
Applicants must be on the GMC/GDC Specialist Register/UK Public Health Register for Public Health Specialists.
For more details in relation to this post, please click on the supporting documents section to find the full job description and person specification. These are available bilingually, in both English and Welsh.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register/GDC Specialist List (and licensed to practice) /UK Voluntary Register (UKPHR) for Public Health Specialists
• If included in the GMC Specialist Register/GDC Specialist List in a specialty other than public health medicine/dental public health, candidates must have equivalent training and/or appropriate experience of public health medicine practice
• Public health specialist registrar and specialist trainee applicants who are not yet on the GMC Specialist Register/GDC Specialist List in dental public health/UKPHR must provide verifiable signed documentary evidence that they are within 6 months of gaining entry at the date of interview ; all other applicants must provide verifiable signed documentary evidence that they have applied for inclusion in the GMC/GDC/UKPHR specialist registers
• Applicants must meet minimum CPD requirements (i.e. be up to date) in accordance with Faculty of Public Health requirements or other recognised body
• MFPH by examination, by exemption or by assessment

• Understanding of epidemiology and statistics, public health practice, health promotion, health economics and health care evaluation
• Detailed knowledge of NHS in Wales
• Knowledge of methods of developing clinical quality assurance and evidence based clinical practice

• Inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register/GDC Specialist List (and licensed to practice) /UK Voluntary Register (UKPHR) for Public Health Specialists
• If included in the GMC Specialist Register/GDC Specialist List in a specialty other than public health medicine/dental public health, candidates must have equivalent training and/or appropriate experience of public health medicine practice
• Public health specialist registrar and specialist trainee applicants who are not yet on the GMC Specialist Register/GDC Specialist List in dental public health/UKPHR must provide verifiable signed documentary evidence that they are within 6 months of gaining entry at the date of interview ; all other applicants must provide verifiable signed documentary evidence that they have applied for inclusion in the GMC/GDC/UKPHR specialist registers
• Applicants must meet minimum CPD requirements (i.e. be up to date) in accordance with Faculty of Public Health requirements or other recognised body
• MFPH by examination, by exemption or by assessment

• Understanding of epidemiology and statistics, public health practice, health promotion, health economics and health care evaluation
• Detailed knowledge of NHS in Wales
• Knowledge of methods of developing clinical quality assurance and evidence based clinical practice