Public Health Senior Practitioner - Health Protection

Response the post holder will be expected to support any acute response to a public health incident. This includes attending and supporting IMTs/OCTs, and working as part of the Health Board response. Recent examples include the Gwent measles outbreak, and the Infected Blood Inquiry report response. The post holder will be expected to manage the identification, prevention, control and relevant response to infectious and non-infectious threats to the population of Gwent. This may include establishing situational awareness, surveillance, mobilising vaccinations or sampling and testing in partnership with relevant clinical teams, supporting contact tracing, and engagement with relevant stakeholders.

Communicable Disease Control the post holder will lead on work programmes, e.g. elimination of Hepatitis B and C; vaccination equity; sexually transmitted infections. This will require close working with clinical teams, good project management, and providing progress reports to senior management team.

We are seeking a motivated individual to join the Public Health team, working on Health Protection locally. As a Senior Public Health Practitioner within Health Protection, the post holder will work with a range of teams and services to deliver the objectives of the team. The post holder must be able to demonstrate their ability to work with large and small multi-disciplinary/multi-agency teams of diverse individuals and be able to manage conflicting perspectives. Key working relationships that the post holder will be expected to establish and maintain, both internally and externally of ABUHB, include fellow Health Protection and Public Health team members, other ABUHB departments, 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., The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

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.