Public Health Wales
Medical Information Specialist/Writer
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Public Health Wales Job Opportunity
Public Health Wales has the remit to provide strategic leadership for the development of immunisation services across Wales both in primary and secondary care and in addition to those non-NHS organisations who have a need for immunisation advice and guidance. An opportunity has arisen to join our existing team and help shape the future.
About the Role
The Medical Information Specialist will provide written information including leaflets, campaign material, and education resources on vaccine preventable disease and immunisation to support the immunisation programmes of local health boards and to inform service users about vaccine preventable disease and immunisation.
The Post Holder Will
- Use information provided by the VPDP nurse/practitioner team to produce written guidance and information including leaflets, campaign material, and education resources on vaccine preventable disease and immunisation.
- Conduct reviews of existing vaccine preventable disease and immunisation literature across the UK and globally, and conduct literature reviews to support the development of vaccine preventable disease and immunisation guidance suitable for Wales.
- Manage the provision of documents for consideration by VPDP incorporating professional opinion, and based on analysis and interpretation of literature, policy, and legislation.
- Manage the development, maintenance, and updating of the VPDP database to ensure that there is an audit trail of discussion and decision making in regard to the development of vaccine preventable disease and immunisation information and guidance.
- Contribute to the development and maintenance of any IT application as above for the implementation of vaccine preventable and immunisation guidelines across Wales.
- Carry out other pieces of critical appraisal and evidence review, medical writing based on this evidence, public and/or healthcare practitioner consultation, and governance processes as needed.
- Contribute to the development and maintenance of the VPDP website on the Public Health Wales Website.
- Assist and progress the VPDP work programme.
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About Us
We are Public Health Wales – the national public health organisation in Wales. Our purpose is ‘Working together for a healthier Wales'. We exist to help everyone in Wales live longer, healthier, happier lives. Together with our partners, we work to increase healthy life expectancy, improve health and well-being, and reduce inequalities for everyone in Wales, now and for future generations.
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Our teams work to prevent disease, protect health, and provide leadership, specialist services, and public health expertise. We are the leading source of public health information, research, and innovation in Wales. In a world facing complex health challenges, our work has never been so important.
We are guided by our Values, 'Working together, with trust and respect, to make a difference'. We are committed to building an inclusive workplace that values equality and diversity. We welcome applications which represent the rich diversity of the communities we serve and are supportive of flexible working arrangements, including part-time roles and job sharing.
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/
For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Michelle Trinci
Job title: Operations Manager Health Protection Team
Email address: Michelle.Trinci@wales.nhs.uk
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