Get paid to live in paradise and join Tropical Public Health Services as an Environmental Health Officer - Senior. Provide high level Environmental Health advice, whilst exercising independent professional judgement, to peers and relevant internal and external stakeholders. Exercise independent judgment and high-level evidentiary skills and experience to undertake complex investigations of relevant health legislation and recommend and implement appropriate interventions and enforcement options.

Job details

About us:

The outer western region of our service includes extremely remote communities. Cairns Hospital is the only major referral hospital in Far North Queensland and also provides care for people from Cape York and the Torres Strait.

About you:

In your new role you will:

• Utilise high level knowledge, skills and expertise in environmental health practice across multiple program and health service areas to deliver services that are complex and varied in nature, and to identify and integrate evidence based options and strategic directions into practice.
• Provide complex clinical advice to internal and external stakeholders and prepare comprehensive reports and submissions on environmental health issues to management
• Support continuous improvement of local service delivery through contribution to the development of environmental health clinical practices, enforcement, policies and protocols.
• Contribute to continual learning and development of environmental health practice knowledge and expertise through active learning within a team and by engaging in ongoing, relevant professional development and training activities and research.

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
  
  CAH660287 Role description (PDF, 385KB)
  Role Description