Public Health Consultant
Wiltshire Council
Trowbridge, BA14 8JNView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)
Salary
£81,490 to £100,406
Contract
Fixed-Term
Hours
Not specified
Closing date
1 November 2026
13 days leftJob description
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Health and Wellbeing Board development, helping shape Wiltshire's long-term approach to improving health and wellbeing.
Pharmaceutical Needs Assessment leadership, ensuring robust evidence informs future service planning and access to pharmaceutical services.
Neighbourhood Health development, working with NHS, local authority, voluntary sector and community partners to develop neighbourhood approaches that support prevention, integration and reduced inequalities.
Corporate public health leadership, promoting a Health in All Policies approach and contributing to Cabinet reports and major council decision-making.
This unique portfolio sits at the intersection of local government leadership and the emerging neighbourhood health agenda, creating an opportunity to influence how services, communities and partners work together to improve outcomes for Wiltshire residents.
Be registered with the GMC, GDC or UKPHR Specialist Register.
Be an experienced strategic leader and collaborator.
Have the ability to influence across organisational and professional boundaries.
Be comfortable working within a political environment.
Be passionate about prevention, reducing inequalities and improving population health outcomes.
Join us and help shape the future of neighbourhood health, prevention and wellbeing in Wiltshire.
- taking responsibility for a range of public health issues and work across organisational and
professional boundaries acting as a change agent managing complexity, ensuring prevention
is embedded across the system and to deliver improvements in health and wellbeing.
- providing briefings on the health and wellbeing needs of local communities to Councillors
Council Officers, ICBs, the 3rd sector, the public and partners. Where required to do so, the
postholder will provide verbal briefing to Councillors, other colleagues and stakeholders in
person which maybe at short notice.
- taking responsibility for development, implementation and delivery of policies. This may
include taking the lead in developing detailed inter-agency and interdisciplinary strategic plans
and programmes based on needs assessments which may lead to service specifications. The
postholder will be expected to contribute appropriately to the procurement process.
- providing expert public health support and whole system leadership to ensure an evidence-
based approach for commissioning and developing high quality equitable services, within and
across a range of organisations including voluntary, public and private sector. This includes
the health service component of the mandated core service. This will include expertise in
evaluation and development of appropriate KPIs and outcome measures.
- utilising (and if appropriate developing) information and intelligence systems to underpin
public health action across disciplines and organisations. This may include providing
leadership for collation and interpretation of relevant data including production of the JSNA.
Working with the DPH, this will include the integration of the appropriate elements of the
public health, crime, NHS and social care outcomes frameworks within the systems
developed by the local authority as well as with relevant partner organisations.
- supporting the DPH in the development and implementation of robust strategies for improving
the health and wellbeing of local communities including ensuring qualitative and/or
quantitative measurements are in place to demonstrate improvements. This may include
taking responsibility for the judicious use of the ring-fenced public health grant and/or working
with ICBs, Trusts, contracted provider organisations and UKHSA and OHID.
- providing the key local authority link to the research community, providing advice/support to
colleagues and co-ordinating appropriate access to scientific information. The postholder willbe expected to take part in relevant research networks and to influence research programmes
of such networks so that the research needs of the local authority are taken into account.
- taking responsibility for the training obligations of the directorate, including undertaking the
responsibility of Education and Activity Supervisor. These duties will be agreed jointly with the
relevant Head of School of the South West Public Health Specialty training programme.
Wiltshire Council is a friendly, welcoming place to work, with a 'One Council' ethos
We are committed to creating a workplace where positive relationships thrive and everyone feels engaged, supported and able to do their best. We do not tolerate discrimination, bullying or harassment. Everyone is expected to promote a culture of inclusion, dignity, trust and respect, guided by our vision and Our Identity.ork, with a 'One Council' ethos.
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First seen
12 October 2026
Last checked
14 October 2026
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