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Salary: £81,490 - £100,406 per annum
Hours per week: 37 hours
Temporary/Fixed term: 18 months
Interview date: 12th November 2026
Help shape the future of health and wellbeing in Wiltshire
Wiltshire is a place of ambition, strong partnership and innovation. We are seeking an outstanding Consultant in Public Health to join our experienced and highly regarded Public Health team for an exciting 18-month fixed term opportunity.
This role comes at a pivotal moment for public services. National policy is increasingly focused on prevention, neighbourhood health, integration and population health improvement. We are looking for a public health leader who can bring expertise, vision and influence to help shape this agenda across Wiltshire.
We are seeking an experienced Consultant in Public Health to work directly to the Director of Public Health and alongside consultant colleagues, to operate at a strategic level across local government, the NHS, voluntary sector organisations and wider system partners to improve population health and reduce inequalities. The role will involve influencing policy, shaping strategy, leading complex programmes and providing expert advice to elected members and senior leaders.
Main duties of the job
Portfolio Responsibilities
You will provide strategic leadership for:
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.
About You
You will:
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.
About us
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.
Job description Job responsibilities
Specific duties and responsibilities include:
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.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
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Experience Essential
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Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details Employer name Wiltshire Council
Address County Hall
Bythesea Rd
Trowbridge
Wiltshire
BA14 8JN
United Kingdom
Employer's website http://www.wiltshire.gov.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)