At a Glance
- Tasks: Deliver environmental health services to protect community health and manage environmental hazards.
- Company: Join Gold Coast Health, a leader in innovative healthcare and public health initiatives.
- Benefits: Flexible work options, competitive salary, salary packaging, and diverse work culture.
- Other info: Enjoy excellent career growth opportunities in a supportive and inclusive environment.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in community health while working with a passionate team.
- Qualifications: Tertiary degree in environmental health or equivalent, plus vaccination requirements.
The predicted salary is between 73.24 - 73.24 $ per hour.
The primary focus of this role is to deliver environmental health services as part of the broader public health program to protect, promote and prevent risks to individuals and the community from environmental health hazards that impact on the natural and built environment and human health.
An opportunity has become available for an Environmental Health Officer to join Gold Coast Health (GCH) where the focus of our 14,000-strong team is on providing world-class health care to people living in the Gold Coast and northern New South Wales region of Australia.
You will:
- Develop, implement and evaluate environmental health projects, quality improvement and compliance programs and undertake health risk assessments.
- Participate in public health incident and disaster management responses and work collaboratively in a multi-disciplinary team responding to communicable disease outbreaks.
- Work with other public health practitioners and partners for the effective implementation of environmental health and broader public health initiatives.
About you
To be successful in this position you will require:
- Tertiary degree in (or equivalent) qualification from a recognised tertiary institution that is accredited by Environmental Health Australia or deemed eligible for appointment by the Queensland Health Environmental Health Officer Appointments Review Committee.
- Evidence of vaccination, or be able to be vaccinated against and remain vaccinated against - Measles, Mumps, Rubella, Varicella, Pertussis and Hepatitis B.
- Tuberculosis screening, to identify if the tuberculosis vaccination may be required.
- Driver Licence.
- Declaration of serious discipline history must be disclosed.
- Criminal History Screening will be required for new employees (GCH will cover cost).
Flexible work options, salary packaging, modern facilities, diverse work culture, 12.75% super, 17.5% leave loading, permanent part-time, base salary ranging from $50.44 - $73.24 per hour.
About Us
The aim of the Gold Coast Public Health Unit and the public health program it administers, is to manage risks to the health and wellbeing of the community by promoting and protecting health and preventing disease. The Unit provides a person and population focused response to communicable and non-communicable diseases, and environmental health hazards, by undertaking risk assessments, delivering immunisation services, health surveillance, prevention programs, public health incident response and monitoring and enforcing public health legislation.
The Gold Coast Public Health Unit team comprises specialists with expertise in many areas including communicable disease control, immunisation, health surveillance, epidemiology, environmental health, research, water quality, risk assessment, food safety standards and public health.
Gold Coast Health is committed to providing an accessible, inclusive work environment. Please contact the nominated person if you require any reasonable adjustments throughout this recruitment process.
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