Join the Metro South Public Health Unit – Full-Time Opportunity!

Play a vital role in protecting and promoting community health as an Environmental Health Officer with Metro South Public Health Unit. Based at Garden City Office Park, you’ll deliver evidence-based services, support public health investigations, and contribute to quality improvement initiatives!

Job details

About your role

As an Environmental Health Officer, you will deliver high-quality environmental health services across the Metro South region, ensuring the community is safe, healthy, and well-supported. 

You will:

• Administer public health legislation in Queensland.
• Undertake investigations into environmental and public health matters.
• Provide advice and education to industry, the community, and stakeholders.
• Work collaboratively with health professionals, regulators, and agencies.
• Contribute to service improvement, research, and public health initiatives.
• Support and mentor technical staff and Environmental Health students.
• Maintain accurate documentation and records in line with legal requirements.

About you

You are a motivated and detail-oriented professional with a passion for public health and community wellbeing. You thrive in collaborative environments, demonstrate strong communication skills, and bring technical expertise to environmental health practice.

Skills and experience you will bring:

• Tertiary qualification that is accredited by Environmental Health Australia.
• Willingness to complete a Certificate IV in Government Investigations.
• Ability to provide high-quality, evidence-based environmental health services.
• Strong investigative, problem-solving, and time management skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, with confidence engaging industry and community stakeholders.
• Commitment to ongoing professional development and reflective practice.
• Capacity to participate in on-call and after-hours work.
• Ability to pack and lift boxes up to 15kg in weight.

What we can offer you:

• We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.
• We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role
• You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.

Community and Oral Health Services:

Community and Oral Health Services deliver a broad range of quality community-based care and support services to help people improve and maintain their wellbeing and independence as well as oral health services to adults and children.

We deliver a myriad of services across Metro South including Hospital in the Home, Rehabilitation, Chronic Disease, Acute Care, Dementia Outreach, Oral Health, and specialist residential care along with delivering numerous other vital community health services.

Our services are delivered by multidisciplinary teams of nursing and allied health staff with the skills and experience to treat a full range of health needs.

INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE

Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.

We recognise our strength comes from the diversity of our people and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.

We are Metro South Health:

We are the major public healthcare provider for Brisbane's south side, Logan, Redlands, and the Scenic Rim operating five major hospitals and a range of community, specialty, and state-wide healthcare services.

We are bold, innovative, collaborative, inspiring. We save lives, change lives, and make the world a better place. We are part of and proud of the community we serve.

We are better together.

Further information

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

Applicants are encouraged to apply online. Please review the Role Description for more information on application process requirements. Agency referrals will not be accepted for this position.

Documents

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

• Application essentials - things you need to know (PDF, 691KB)
  Information Package for Applicants
  
  We are MSH - five reasons why you should join us (PDF, 978KB)
  Information Package for Applicants
  
  MS10664247 Role Description (PDF, 426KB)
  Role Description