Public Health Practitioner

5 months ago


Cardiff, United Kingdom Cardiff and Vale University Health Board Full time

This post is fixed term/secondment for 8 months to meet the needs of the service.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and highly motivated Public Health Practitioner, with excellent communication skills, to join our busy and dynamic team.

This is a specialist Public Health role within Cardiff and Vale Public Health Team that contributes to the planning, development, delivery and evaluation of partnership programmes and initiatives to promote health and wellbeing with a particular focus on schools.

You will be able to use your excellent communication and team working skills to support delivery of the Welsh Network of Health and Wellbeing Promoting Schools programme in the Vale of Glamorgan.

If you are a highly motivated individual with the ability to enthuse and motivate others we are keen to hear from you.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this role; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Specifically, the post holder will plan, deliver and monitor the Welsh Network Health and Wellbeing Promotion Schools in the Vale of Glamorgan programme, and will work with schools across the Vale of Glamorgan locality. The post holder will have proven ability to work successfully with diverse partners across a range of organisations, with a particular emphasis on working with, or in, schools.

The post holder will support specific health promotion initiatives and programmes with schools and with identified target groups, including community health development.

Responsibilities are at a local Public Health Team level and the post holder is expected to work under the direction and guidance of Senior Public Health staff/Public Health Director who will agree specific work objectives on an annual basis according to local needs and priorities.

Cardiff and Vale University Health Board is one of the largest Integrated Health Boards in the UK, employing over 15,000 staff, providing over 100 specialist services. Working across 6 hospital sites, we have a diverse range of career opportunities to offer. Serving around 500,000 people living in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan, we are focussed on the health and care needs of our local population whilst working with our partners to develop regional services.

Our mission is “Caring for People, Keeping People Well”, and our vision is that every person’s chance of leading a healthy life should be equal. As an organisation we are unashamedly ambitious for our population’s health, rising to the challenges of today and tomorrow through our 10-year strategy, Shaping our Future Wellbeing. We are contributing to a healthier Wales with great emphasis placed on innovation and improvement, learning from around the world and leading the way in clinical research. Partnership working is strong at Cardiff and Vale, and we work closely with our staff and our community.

Cardiff, the thriving Welsh capital, is a fantastic city to live and work in with an abundance of sports, arts and cultural attractions. Situated to the west of Cardiff, the Vale of Glamorgan offers a combination of beautiful Welsh countryside and a dramatic natural coastline. Whether city life or rural living, Cardiff and the Vale offers the best of both worlds.



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