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.

The Cairns Public Health Unit (CPHU) team consists of a director, public health physicians, public health nurses, environmental health officers, epidemiologists, data managers, project officers, medical entomologists and administration officers. CPHU works collaboratively with, and supports, a range of organisations including other health services, other government departments, local government, non-government agencies, research institutions and local communities.

About you:

In your new role you will:

• Demonstrates specialist environmental health clinical knowledge, skills and risk-based decision making to manage the day to day delivery of environmental health services, across multiple specialty areas and across multiple Districts and/or multiple sites, to develop evidence-based options and implement appropriate interventions and enforcement strategies, with minimal supervision.
• Provide high level specialist clinical advice and prepare comprehensive reports and submissions to management and key internal and external stakeholders on a daily basis. Represent environmental health on local, district, Area and Statewide committees as delegated.
• Operationally manage a team of environmental health officers and environmental health technicians or a multi-disciplinary team, including resource allocation to deliver environmental health programs, projects and research across multiple-Health Service Districts and/or multiple-sites.
• Apply advanced level leadership skills in environmental health through continual professional development and through reporting of outcomes and key learning's identified in the day to day delivery of environmental health services.

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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