About us: 

We're committed to improving the health and wellbeing of people in Far North Queensland by providing high quality acute health care services. Cairns Public Health Unit (CPHU) protects and enhances the health of the Tropical Far North Queensland community. This includes:

• communicable disease surveillance,
• managing outbreaks of communicable, vaccine-preventable and environmental health-related disease,
• providing expert support to vaccine service providers, monitoring immunisation coverage and vaccine safety,
• vector surveillance, vector control and research to minimise the transmission of dengue and other mosquito-borne diseases,

About you:

In your new role as an Enrivonmental Health Officer you will…… 

• Work extensively in remote Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities with limited direct supervision
• Use knowledge obtained through tertiary education, professional development and experience, to inform, improve and promote environmental health practice.
• Engage in continual learning and development of environmental health practice knowledge and expertise through active learning within the team and by engaging in ongoing, relevant professional development activities.

In your new role as an Environmental Health Scientiset you will…… 

• Demonstrate expertise, skills and knowledge, commensurate with the level of experience, to undertake routine science based environmental health services and incident response, and to implement projects and research related to drinking water supplies under the supervision and professional guidance of a more senior environmental health officer.
• Work within a multi-disciplinary team, that includes environmental health officers, to deliver an environmental health response to outbreaks and incidents to address specific public health issues.
• Commensurate with level of experience, provide guidance to less experienced staff, other environmental health practitioners and work experience students, in relation to routine procedures and practices, under the supervision of a more senior environmental health officer.

For more information about this role, please refer to the attached Role Description.

Vaccine Preventable Diseases (VPD) evidence as required for your employment in accordance with legislation/government policy and Directives.

What we offer:

Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health service offer a number of workplace benefits. Besides attractive remuneration, generous superannuation, salary packaging and career development opportunities, we value a healthy work/life balance that allows you take advantage of the sunshine, hiking tracks, swimming spots, reef and rainforest. 

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