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Job overview

THIS POST IS FIXED TERM/SECONDMENT FOR 14 MONTHS DUE TO SECONDMENT COVER.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN APPLYING FOR THE SECONDMENT POSITION, YOU MUST OBTAIN PERMISSION FROM YOUR CURRENT  LINE MANAGER PRIOR TO APPLYING FOR THIS POST. 

Health Protection Division provides information and advice and takes action to protect people in Wales from communicable disease and environmental hazards. The Vaccine Preventable Disease Programme (VPDP) provides specialist surveillance, epidemiology, clinical advice, system leadership and support across the breadth of vaccination programmes and vaccine preventable disease in Wales.

Communicable Disease Surveillance Centre (CDSC) is the epidemiology and surveillance branch of Health Protection Division.

This is a senior role in the Vaccine Preventable Disease Programme that will develop and manage aspects of surveillance and epidemiological analysis on vaccine preventable diseases, vaccination programmes and acute respiratory infections.

Main duties of the job

The post holder will develop methods and processes to maintain existing surveillance systems.   The post holder will also help set up new surveillance systems, such as those using new sources of data. The post holder will work with senior epidemiologists to implement emerging methods in data science such as data linkage and machine learning.  The post holder will also work closely with microbiologists to develop new surveillance methods, and will also have a role in supporting field epidemiology activities

The post-holder will use highly developed skills in data science, health informatics and project management to define, interpret and provide solutions to complex public health problems. This will involve framing problems in epidemiological terms, analysing complex data sets, ensuring outputs from projects are delivered to time and reporting findings to stakeholders, including the public, health professionals within Public Health Wales, the NHS, Health Boards and Welsh Government.

The post holder will have a role in developing and delivering training on a variety of topics. To do this the post-holder will be required to liaise with individuals from varied backgrounds in a range of organisations.

The post holder may be required to line manage and/or co-ordinate work of junior team members. They will be required to train staff, supervise or mentor junior staff and demonstrate specific tasks or work as required to others.

Working for our organisation

We are Public Health Wales – the national public health organisation for Wales. Our purpose is ‘working together for a healthier Wales'. We exist to help all people in Wales live longer, healthier lives. With our partners, we aim to increase healthy life expectancy, improve health and well-being, and reduce inequalities for everyone in Wales, now and for future generations. 

Together, our teams work to prevent disease, protect health, and provide leadership, specialist services and public health expertise. We are the main source of public health information, research and innovation in Wales.  Never more has public health been so important as we come through the Coronavirus pandemic, face the challenges of the cost-of-living crisis and tackle and prevent the harmful effects of climate change. 

Our organisation is guided by our Values, 'Working together, with trust and respect, to make a difference'. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace that values equality, diversity and inclusion.  We welcome applications which represent the rich diversity of the communities we serve and from those wishing to work part time or on a job share basis.

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/