An exciting opportunity currently exists for you to join the Sexual Health Service team as a Health Promotion Officer. You will deliver health promotion and community engagement activities that enable and increase sexual health literacy for clients, provision of sexual health services for communities, and the provision of environments that enable safe sexual health and wellbeing for the people of Cairns and Hinterland region.

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 role: 

• Plan, implement, and evaluate capacity building, community mobilisation, and education initiatives addressing sexual health literacy in line with evidence based health promotion and community engagement practices.
• Co-design and maintain evidence based, culturally safe online and printed health promotion content and resources. This may include a focus on myth busting to encourage community awareness of CSHS and avenues to bolster sexual health literacy.
• In collaboration with the Senior Public Health Officer: Participate in community-based research and evaluation initiatives in line with CHHHS Consumer Engagement Policies, and translate the evidence into information that health workers, stakeholders and the public can use.

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.

• 1. CHHHS Information for Applicants v.20 (PDF, 939KB)
  Information Package for Applicants
  
  Documentation preparation guide (PDF, 229KB)
  Information Package for Applicants
  
  CAH635286 Role description (PDF, 537KB)
  Role Description