Overview To provide specialist medical and strategic advice on infectious disease prevention, surveillance, and control, and outbreak management, to contribute effectively to teaching/training, research, epidemiology and evaluation; and to advise departmental Executive, Health Chief Executives Council (HCEC), the Minister and government. To represent CDCB and PHD on DHW and State committees and South Australia at national meetings on infectious diseases prevention, surveillance, and control, and outbreak management.

Qualifications - Registered with the Medical Board of Australia as a Medical Practitioner with Specialist registration in public health medicine.
Fellow of the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine.
For appointment in a prescribed position under the Child Safety (Prohibited Persons) Act (2016), a current Working with Children Check (WWCC) is required. For other positions, a satisfactory National Police Certificate (NPC) assessment is required.
For prescribed positions under the Child Safety (Prohibited Persons) Act (2016),



the individual’s WWCCs must be renewed every 5 years from the date of issue; and for approved aged care provider positions every 3 years from date of issue as required by the Accountability Principles 2014 issued pursuant to the Aged Care Act 1997 (Cth).
Appointment is subject to a satisfactory Criminal History Check (National Police Certificate) and appropriate immunisation requirements.

Equal Opportunity Employer SA Health is committed to providing an inclusive workplace that embraces diversity and inclusion for all employees. We strongly encourage applications from people of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent, culturally diverse backgrounds, members of the LGBTIQA+SB community and people who live with disability and/or neurodivergence. We are committed to making workplace adjustments to provide a positive and supportive work workplace.

You are encouraged to let us know if you have any support or access requirements during the recruitment process and beyond to ensure you can perform at your best.

The South

Australian public sector promotes diversity and versatile ways of working part time. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the flexible working arrangements for this role.

📌 Public Health Medical Consultant Adelaide
🏢 Health
📍 Adelaide