Job Description

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 An exciting leadership opportunity has arisen for an inspirational Consultant in Public Health Medicine/Consultant in Public Health to join the team within the Public Health Directorate. The post holder will havea key leadership role in strategic planning&amp; implementation and performance aligned to population health across Hywel Dda. The y will work closely with the Senior Leadership team within the Health Board and with the Executive team on behalf of the Executive Director of Public Health (DPH) to ensure public health approaches are embedded into all relevant workstreams. They will provide Consultant level leadership across the Directorate forthe Hywel Dda area. I n addition will be managerially responsible foranystaff who may beappointedtodeliverpublichealth work within the remit of this post.
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 Provide public health leadership at the highest-level including information, advice and support for population health. Contribute to the development of integrated partnership strategies (including leading the needs assessment component), working closely with local authorities. Take responsibility for developing local policies, interagency and interdisciplinary plans and programmes to deliver key public health targets. Provide expert public health advice and leadership to support and inform an evidence-based approach within ethical frameworks for planning and developing high quality equitable services, across primary, secondary and social care, and across sectors including local authorities, voluntary organisations.
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  Working for our organisation
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 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 for around 384,000 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:
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 Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest;
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 Seven community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron, Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire;
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 47 general practices (6 of which are managed practices), 45 dental practices (including 4 orthodontic), 96 community pharmacies, 44 general ophthalmic practices (43 providing Eye Health Examination Wales and 34 low vision services) and 17 domiciliary only providers and 11 health centres;
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 Numerous locations providing mental health and learning disabilities services;
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 Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales.
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  Hywel Dda University Health Board operates a bilingual policy. All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.
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  If you are successfully appointed, by completing the application form you authorise the UHB to obtain any previous NHS service details including all electronically held sickness information, via the Inter Authority Transfer process on the national Electronic Staff Record (ESR).
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