Environmental Health Officer (Team Leader)
Make the move. Make a difference.
Help people get back to what matters.
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 professional 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.
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