# Consultant in Public Health Medicine > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for Swansea Bay University Health Board. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-in-public-health-medicine/73e76b1e-3721-4597-b670-1158580443a1 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/consultant-in-public-health-medicine/73e76b1e-3721-4597-b670-1158580443a1.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** Swansea Bay University Health Board - **Town:** Swansea - **Region:** Swansea - **Country:** Wales - **Profession:** Medical doctor - **Speciality:** Public Health - **Grade:** Consultant - **Salary:** Open to Agenda for Change and Medical & Dental applicants - **Contract type:** Permanent - **Employment type:** Full time, Part time, 10 sessions per week (Full time & Part time hours will be considered) - **Closing date:** 2026-07-26T23:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-07-03T13:43:13.679Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/Swansea/Baglan_Port_Talbot/Swansea_Bay_University_Health_Board/Public_Health/Public_Health-v7947874 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/7947874?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://sbuhb.nhs.wales ## Job Content ### Job overview We have an exciting opportunity to join the Swansea Bay Public Health Team as a Public Health Consultant. We have 1.8 full-time equivalents available with portfolio areas covering health protection, primary care and inclusive health. We would welcome applications from those who wish to work part-time or as part of job sharing 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 public health consultants, public health specialist leaders and other senior leaders. The Directorate has grown significantly over recent years, and now as well as a core team of public health practitioners the team includes a local Health Protection Service including an Immunization Team. The local Health Protection Service provides leadership and co-ordination for the Swansea Bay Health Protection Partnership, ensuring effective provision of health protection functions across the system. ### Main duties of the job Although you will hold an agreed and specific portfolio of work, your responsibilities will likely cover all areas of Public Health professional practice, including: - Provide public health leadership, advice, and support to improve population health outcomes. - Develop partnerships and influence agencies for broad participation in health improvement initiatives. - Work to reduce inequalities through effective local and regional partnerships and community engagement. - Contribute to developing integrated strategies and needs assessments with local authorities and the voluntary sector. - Take responsibility for policies, programmes, services, projects, and interagency plans to deliver public health priorities. - Plan and develop high-quality, equitable services within evidence-based and ethical frameworks across primary and secondary healthcare, and social care. - Utilise information and intelligence systems to support public health actions across disciplines and organisations. - Collaborate with the senior leadership team of the Health Board to support public health priorities through needs assessment, service planning, improvement, and governance activities. - Provide local leadership to enable national public health developments. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Please see the  detailed Job description and Person Spec   attached to this vacancy.  The core responsibilities  relate to health care Public Health and Health Protection ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Significant experience of working at senior level in a large complex organisation. - Demonstration of transforming services or significant service re-design and change **Desirable** - Experience of working/interfacing with Public Health Wales; Welsh Government ### Training & Qualifications **Essential** - Inclusion in the GMC Specialist Register or UK Public Health (Specialist) Register - Minimum 6 months training in health protection - Applicants must meet minimum CPD requirements in accordance with the requirements of the Faculty of Public Health ### Knowledge and understanding **Essential** - Understanding of epidemiology and statistics, public health practice, health promotion, health economics and health care evaluation - Knowledge of methods of developing clinical quality assurance, quality improvement and evidence based clinical and/or public health practice **Desirable** - Knowledge of quality improvement methodologies and their application ## Documents - [privacy notice (pdf, 704.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2372) - [guidance notes for applicants (pdf, 278.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=2849) - [consultant in public health med jd ps welsh (pdf, 314.3kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10242259) - [public health consultant jd & pers spec english (pdf, 672.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10242258) - [occupational health functional requirement form (pdf, 648.5kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10234161) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.