Environmental Health Officer - Senior - Cairns

Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service; Cairns Regional; On-site; AUD 95,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remuneration

Salary packaging

Career development opportunities

Healthy work-life balance

Job summary

Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service is seeking a Senior Environmental Health Officer to lead complex environmental health activities across multiple programs. You will apply high level knowledge and provide expert guidance to teams working across diverse regional services.

You will mentor staff, support less experienced officers and students, and work within a collaborative environment to improve community health outcomes for our regional health service.

Qualifications

• High-level knowledge and expertise in environmental health across multiple program areas.
• Strong leadership and people-management capabilities.
• Ability to engage with stakeholders to implement evidence-based practices.

Responsibilities

• Utilise high-level knowledge to deliver complex environmental health services across multiple program areas.
• Work in a team to mentor and on-the-job train less experienced staff.
• Provide professional mentorship and guidance to less experienced environmental health staff and work experience students.

Skills

Environmental Health

Leadership

Mentoring

Stakeholder Engagement

Job description

Environmental Health Officer - Senior - Cairns

Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service – Cairns QLD

COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | INTEGRITY | RESPECT

About us:

The Cairns and Hinterland Hospital and Health Service covers a large geographic area with a diverse and growing population. The Health Service provides a wide range of primary care, acute and specialist services.

Our staff are a part of the community we serve, and we strongly believe that health outcomes are enhanced by involving our community in the planning and evaluation of local health services.

About your opportunity:

In this position 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.
• Work within a team environment to provide professional support, mentoring and on the job training to less experienced staff.
• Provide professional mentorship and guidance, in relation to routine procedures and practices, to less experienced environmental health staff and work experience students.

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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