Principal Health Protection Practitioner

at  Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board

An exciting position has arisen for a dynamic and innovative individual to join the Cwm Taf Morgannwg local public health team working as a Principal Health Protection Practitioner. This is a strategic role working in health protection.
Skills and experience required of the post holder include partnership working, leading on the planning, development and implementation of local health protection work. The post holder will contribute to leading and managing a team working to improve the health of the population of Cwm Taf Morgannwg, under the guidance of a Consultant in Health Protection.
The team is committed to agile working and will involve home working alongside working in office sites across Cwm Taf Morgannwg.
This is a strategic role that requires the post holder to work within an integrated ‘all-hazards’ health protection team that works across Cwm Taf Morgannwg Public Health Team and the Primary Care Directorate.
The role involves developing and maintaining strategic partnerships across the statutory, voluntary, private and independent sectors to plan cohesively to protect the health and wellbeing of the local population. The post holder is responsible for providing highly specialised advice and expertise on the development of health protection strategy, policy and practice, with particular emphasis on the promotion of health and well-being.
The post holder is responsible for leading, planning, implementing and evaluating public health programmes locally in line with local and national priorities agreed with Public Health Wales, the Health Board and strategic partners. They will provide professional leadership and management of staff and resources, as appropriate.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this role; Welsh and/or English speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board is part of the NHS Wales family. Our Health Board provides primary, secondary and community health and wellbeing services to around 450,000 people living in three County Boroughs: Bridgend Merthyr Tydfil, and Rhondda Cynon Taf.

WE LIVE BY OUR CORE VALUES:

We listen, learn and improve
We treat everyone with respect
We all work together as one team
We are a proud local employer; around 80% of our 15000 workforce live within our region, making our staff not only our lifeblood of our organisation but of the diverse communities that we serve.
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