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Become a part of an exciting opportunity as an Environmental Health Officer (Team Leader) with Cairns Public Health Unit. You will provide specialist advice on environmental health issues, across multi-specialty areas, and contribute to the development of environmental health practices, policies and protocols and operational planning. 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.

About your opportunity

In this position you will:

- 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 district, Area and Statewide committees as delegated.
- Operationally manage a team of environmental health officers and/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 career development and through reporting of outcomes and key learning's identified in the day-to-day delivery of environmental health services.
- Demonstrate 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.

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

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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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📌 Environmental Health Officer (Team Leader) (Cairns)
🏢 Queensland Health
📍 Cairns