Enjoy the Far North lifestyle while working with Tropical Public Health Services as a Team Leader (Environmental Health Services). In this role you will manage the operational delivery of environmental health services across multiple health service districts and/or sites to protect, promote, prevent, recognise, evaluate and control risks to the community arising from environmental health hazards that impact on the natural and built environment and human health.

Job details

About us: Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service covers an area of 142,900 square kilometres. We go as far as Tully in the south, Cow Bay in the north and Croydon in the west.

About your opportunity:

In this position you will:

• Demonstrates specialist environmental health clinical knowledge, skills and risk-based decision making to manage the day to day delivery of environmental health services, across multiple specialty areas and across multiple Districts and/or multiple sites, to develop evidence-based options and implement appropriate interventions and enforcement strategies, with minimal supervision.
• Responsible for managing the operational response to frequent complex environmental health incidents (arising from biological, social, physical and chemical hazards), utilising health risk assessment principles to minimise risks to populations.
• Provide high level specialist clinical advice and prepare comprehensive reports and submissions to management and key internal and external stakeholders on a daily basis. Represent environmental health on local, district, Area and State wide committees as delegated.
• Operationally manage a team of environmental health officers and environmental health technicians or a multi-disciplinary team, including resource allocation to deliver environmental health programs, projects and research across multiple-Health Service Districts and/or multiple-sites.

As a Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service employee, not only will you receive competitive remuneration, you will also have access to:

• Generous superannuation
• Salary packaging
• Annual incremental increases
• Career training and development
• Flexible work arrangements
• Wellness programs

Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) evidence as required for your employment in accordance with legislation/government policy and Directives.

For more information about this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.

Why choose Cairns?

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You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Cairns and Hinterland here: https://www.health.qld.gov.au/cairns_hinterland

Further information

We are committed to building inclusive cultures in the Queensland public sector that respect and promote human rights and diversity.

Applicants are to apply online. If the information requested in the ‘how to apply’ section is not provided, you may not meet the requirements for further consideration of your application.

Documents

Before applying for this vacancy please ensure you read the documents below.

• CAH649170 Role Description (PDF, 239KB)
  Role Description
  
  1. CHHHS Information for Applicants v.20 (PDF, 939KB)
  Information Package for Applicants
  
  Documentation preparation guide (PDF, 229KB)
  Information Package for Applicants