Job summary
- Main area
- Public Health Medicine/ Public Health Screening Division
- Grade
- Medical Consultant or Agenda for Change Band 9
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- 37.5 hours per week (Applications that wish to work less than full time or flexibly will be considered.)
- Job ref
- 028-MD014-0825
- Employer
- Public Health Wales NHS Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Any PHW office base
- Town
- To be negotiated
- Salary
- Medical £110,240 - £160,951 / Band 9 £110,818 - £127,523
- Closing
- 10/09/2025 23:59
Employer heading
Consultant in Public Health/Consultant in Public Health Medicine
Medical Consultant or Agenda for Change Band 9
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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.
Job overview
This post is an excellent opportunity for a suitably experienced and qualified individual, with an interest in developing their experience and skills in national population based screening programmes to deliver improved outcomes for population health in Wales.
The post holder will be Public Health Consultant Lead for an agreed portfolio of Screening Programmes across Wales, and be a key lead within the division to ensure delivery and development of the Screening Programmes to deliver excellent services for population in Wales. The Division forms part of the Health Protection and Screening Services Directorate.
The model of screening provision in Wales is unique within the UK with directly managed services provided from within an NHS Trust dedicated to population health. The Screening Division currently comprises the breast, cervical, bowel, abdominal aortic aneurysm, newborn hearing, diabetic eye screening, newborn bloodspot and antenatal screening programmes. The division has recently been asked to implement a national lung cancer screening programme for Wales.
The salary scale is either medical consultant or band 9 on agenda for change. The role is substantive and full time. Applicants who wish to work less than full time will be considered.
Main duties of the job
This role includes strategic public health leadership for an agreed portfolio of screening programmes and cross divisional work in Wales. These leadership roles ensure equitable, excellent service provision across Wales; working with Welsh Government policy leads; attending identified National Screening Committee reference groups to develop screening policy and collaboration with UK colleagues.
The role includes:
- Public health advice and leadership to support and inform an evidence-based approach within ethical frameworks for providing and developing high quality equitable services;
- Strategic leadership of programmes and elements of the organisation’s integrated medium term (strategic) plan
- Working with professional leads and managers to establish clear outcomes for improving health through screening services
- Providing screening expertise input to colleagues and established groups and workstreams to support the work on prevention and early diagnosis to improve outcomes
- Strategic leadership and management of staff
- Monitoring and contributing to the formulation of department/ service budgets and financial initiatives
The successful candidate will lead on the management and development of agreed programmes. They will be a key member of the divisional Senior Management Team and will build relationships across the programmes as well as with key stakeholders from other areas of Public Health Wales and other organisations including all Health Boards across Wales.
Working for our organisation
We are Public Health Wales – the national public health agency in Wales. Our purpose is ‘Working together for a healthier Wales'. We exist to help everyone in Wales live longer, healthier, happier lives. Together with our partners, we work to increase healthy life expectancy, improve health and well-being, and reduce inequalities for everyone in Wales, now and for future generations.
Our teams work to prevent disease, protect health, and provide leadership, specialist services and public health expertise. We are the leading source of public health information, research and innovation in Wales. In a world facing complex health challenges, our work has never been so important.
We are guided by our Values, 'Working together, with trust and respect, to make a difference'. We are committed to building an inclusive workplace that values equality and diversity. We welcome applications which represent the rich diversity of the communities we serve and are supportive of flexible working arrangements, including part time roles and job sharing.
To find out more about working for us and the benefits we offer please visit https://phw.nhs.wales/careers/
For 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 work streams identified for the Division include to:
· Ensure delivery of excellent services of high-quality screening programmes which meet or exceed performance standards.
· Develop the screening programmes in line with evidence base to improve outcomes for population in Wales.
· Implement equity strategy to reduce inequity of uptake to the screening programmes.
· Transform the Diabetic Eye Screening Programme to enable a sustainable quality service where demand is met by capacity.
· Implement a National Lung Cancer Screening Programme for Wales
We would welcome applications from Consultants in Public Health of any professional background, previous experience in screening is desirable but not essential. The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Base to be agreed with the post holder and will be one of the Public Health Wales sites in Wales that has screening teams based and working from. The role will provide the opportunity to contribute at all-Wales and UK level, and to work with Welsh Government, Health Boards, Primary Care and Third Sector organisations.
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.
Person specification
Education/Qualifications
Essential criteria
- Inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register/GDC Specialist List/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
Personal qualities
Essential criteria
- Strong commitment to public health principles
- Strategic thinker
- Able to prioritise work, and work well against a background of change and uncertainty
- Adaptable to situations, can handle people of all capabilities and attitudes
- Commitment to team-working, and respect and consideration for the skills of others
- Self-motivated, pro-active, and innovative
Experience
Essential criteria
- Practical experience in facilitating change in clinical practice
- Significant demonstrable experience of public health practice at senior level
- Staff management and Leadership
- Experience working within the health care setting with senior clinicians
- Experience of reviewing and developing services in health care settings
Desirable criteria
- Project management
- Scientific publications, presentation of papers at conferences, seminars etc.
Skills
Essential criteria
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Effective interpersonal and influencing skills
- Good presentational skills
- Sensible negotiator with practical expectation of what can be achieved
- Highly developed analytical skills
- Substantially numerate
- Computer literate
Desirable criteria
- Budget management skills
- Ability or willingness to learn Welsh language skills (written and verbal)
Knowledge
Essential criteria
- Detailed knowledge of NHS
- Understanding of epidemiology and statistics, public health practice, health promotion, health economics and health care evaluation
- Knowledge of methods of developing clinical quality assurance and evidence based clinical practice
- Knowledge of NHS information, and its interpretation
- Knowledge of wider determinants of health, information and its interpretation
- Understanding of social and political environment
- Understanding of local authorities and social services
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
You must have appropriate UK professional registration.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sharon Hillier
- Job title
- Director, Screening Division, Public Health Wales
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Additional information
If you would like to discuss this opportunity informally, please email Sharon Hillier, Director of Screening Division, Public Health Wales ([email protected]) to arrange a suitable time.
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