Become a part of an exciting opportunity as First Nations Environmental Health Technician - WaSH (Identified) with Tropical Public Health Service, Medical Services. You will be required to travel extensively across multiple health service districts to remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities to deliver and support the Environmental Health - Water and Sanitation, Hygiene (WaSH) program to protect, promote and prevent risks to the community arising from drinking water supplies.

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:

• Demonstrated ability to work autonomously in remote settings to deliver routine environmental health WaSH program services with a strong focus on drinking water supply scheme management and operations to protect public health.
• Ability to acquire expertise, skills and knowledge, commensurate with the level of experience, to undertake routine environmental health services, assist in incident response, implement projects and research, under the supervision and professional guidance of an environmental health officer.
• Deliver routine non-regulatory environmental health services under general clinical practice supervision of an environmental health officer.

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
  
  CAH649120 Role Description (PDF, 375KB)
  Role Description