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We are looking for two enthusiastic and motivated people with an interest in developing their public health career to join our team. The Hywel Dda Public Health Team works with Hywel Dda University Health Board and the three local authorities of Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire, and other key partners.
The two senior posts within the Local Public Health Team will have leadership roles across the system and agreed portfolios of work. One post will include supporting the Starting Well agenda, i.e. early years, healthy schools and food systems (including Healthy Weight, Healthy Wales), and the second post will include leading on the Heath Board’s duty around the Wellbeing of Future Generations Act for the Public Health Directorate including sustainability, wider determinants and working with the 3 Public Service Boards.
Travel will be necessary within the Hywel Dda Health Board area and outside the area on occasion. The office base will be negotiable from either in Haverfordwest, Aberaeron, or Carmarthen.
Provide a knowledge base of, and advise on, key public health/health promotion issues.
Ensure the dissemination of clear, accurate and consistent messages about the determinants of health and risks of ill health.
Provide a specialist contribution to the work of colleagues within and beyond the NPHS, as appropriate.
Lead the delivery of elements of the NPHS work plan, as appropriate
Surveillance and assessment of the population’s health and well-being by:
Contributing to regular assessment of the local population to identify and prioritise health, social care and well-being needs, and the potential for health gain.
Contributing to reports, reviews and other outputs produced for the Local Health Board, Local Authority and other clients.
Contributing to the collection, analysis, interpretation and dissemination of information on health and well-being.
Lead on the development, implementation, management and assessment of public health/health promotion strategies and programmes based on identified areas of potential health improvement, the diversity of local needs and the reduction of inequalities.
Manage the delivery of health promotion programmes where appropriate.
Ensure that the prevention/promotion agenda is in the forefront of these strategies and programmes and is supported by evidenced based practice.
Advise on the development of policy and strategy to promote health and reduce health inequalities in all the partner agencies.
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 11,000 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:
**Four main hospitals**: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest;
**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;
48 general practices (five of which are managed practices), 47 dental practices (including three orthodontic), 99 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;
Numerous locations providing mental health and learning disabilities services;
Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales.
**Further duties include**:
To identify and maximise opportunities to raise awareness of public health, health promotion issues.
Demonstrate and encourage a multidisciplinary approach.
Develop and support networks which span professional and organisational boundaries.
Support local participation of groups, organisations and communities in addressing of issues, which affect public health and well-being.
Support partnership working that integrates health, social care and well-being components, by building public health capacity and providing a public health/health promotion input to communities and organisations (e.g.) Community Strategy Partnerships, HSCWBS, Area Partnerships, Communities First and Children and Young People’s Partnership Framework.
Evaluate the effectiveness of policies, strategies and initiatives.
Develop capacity for impact assessment and evaluation of strategies, policies and programmes.
Advise on appropriate programme evaluation methodology, and the development of relevant health impact and outcome indicators.
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