About us:
Our values were developed by our staff, patients and community. They guide our work and actions every day. Our staff are part of the community we serve. We believe that we can improve health outcomes by involving our community in the planning and evaluation of their local health services.
About your role:
* Demonstrate expertise, skills and knowledge, commensurate with the level of experience, to undertake routine environmental health services and incident response, and implement projects and research, while under the supervision and professional guidance of a more senior environmental health officer.
* Provide competent environmental health advice to internal and external stakeholders and prepare routine reports and submissions on environmental health issues to the Manager Environmental Health Services through the Team Leader Environmental Health Services, commensurate with the level of experience.
* Develop ability to use evidence-based practice to investigate, enforce and prosecute in a court of law, relevant health legislation, in compliance with departmental policies and procedures and in line with contemporary investigatory practice, under the supervision of a more senior environmental health officer.
* Use knowledge obtained through tertiary education, professional development and experience, to inform, improve and promote environmental health practice.
* Collaborate with partners in addressing environmental health issues in culturally and linguistically diverse groups including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations to enhance population health outcomes utilising various communication methods.
* Develop skills and strategies to educate and promote contemporary environmental health concepts and practice to internal and external stakeholders, under the supervision of a more senior 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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