Job Description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and innovative individual to join the Cwm Taf Morgannwg Local Public Health Team working as a Principal Public Health Practitioner.



This is a strategic role focusing on substance use, jointly funded by the Cwm Taf Morgannwg Area Planning Board (APB) and Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board (CTMUHB) and hosted by the CTMUHB Public Health Team.



The role will work closely with the officers of the APB, and as a senior member of the CTMUHB Public Health Team. Alcohol and drugs are lead contributors to morbidity and mortality within our region, and there is an urgent need to build our strategic approach.



The post holder will be a member of the strategic group of the CTMUHB Public Health Team and provide public health expertise to the work of the APB, working in close partnership with the APB officers, who are hosted by Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council.



We are committed to agile working and will involve home working alongside working in office sites across Cwm Taf Morgannwg, including co-locating with APB officers in Rhondda Cynon Taff.

The role will be responsible for:

Raising the profile of the substance use agenda regionally and within CTMUHB. Providing local leadership and strengthening our strategic approach to reducing the harms from alcohol and drugs. Providing public health expertise to the commissioning cycle for substance use services in CTM. Connecting across the developing regional health protection system and harm reduction agenda.

There will be opportunities to work alongside colleagues at a national level as we advocate for stronger leadership and action on substance use in Wales. As a new post, there is an opportunity to develop the role as priorities emerge in collaboration with the APB and Public Health Consultant.



It will be essential to work with a range of partner agencies and within CTMUHB against the priorities of the APB, health board and national strategy as it develops. Experience of working in substance use or commissioning will be valued.



Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

We live by our core values:

We listen, learn and improve



We treat everyone with respect



We all work together as one tea



We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.



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