AddressPosition Summary
Public Health Officerat Gippsland Region Public Health Unit
Monday to Friday roster
Full-time or part-time role
Afterhours and weekend On-Call as required
Contribute to high-performing team passionate about delivering Public Health and health protection services
Based in Gippsland, Latrobe Regional Health are looking for a Public Health Officer to join our Gippsland Region Public Health Unit on a full-time or part-time basis for 24 months.
The GRPHU is led and coordinated by Latrobe Regional Health (LRH) is one of nine local Public Health units across Victoria working closely with the Department of Health in a state-wide system of Public Health delivery and response.
GRPHU works throughout the Gippsland region across the Public Health pillars of prevention, protection and promotion.
The Public Health Officer key responsibilities include tasks such as:
Conducting interviews with stakeholders, such as cases and clinicians, to collect information about conditions, including the identification of at-risk individuals and exposure pathways
Providing Public Health advice and education to people at risk of all notifiable communicable diseases and external agencies who provide treatment and care to individual cases.
Consistently applying communicable disease prevention and control policy, protocols and program guidelines as per existing documents.
Providing Public Health management and advice to sensitive settings (for example, residential aged care facilities, early learning centres, disability support services, etc) when in outbreak.
LRH employees enjoy access to:
- Free access to our Staff Wellbeing Centre offering a range of health education and wellbeing services
- Access to ongoing development through daily education sessions, bespoke training and career & study support
- Tailored flexible work options to support work life balance, including ADO’s, 5 weeks leave, regional salary packaging and additional purchased leave
- Fantastic social club activities and diverse and inclusive workplace activities
- Workplace Wellbeing programs and activities uniquely designed for LRH staff
We are looking for candidates with:
- A good understanding and knowledge of the principles and practices relating to health prevention and notifiable communicable diseases.
- A degree or qualification in Public Health or a related field
- Previous experience working in the Public Health field
- Ability to interact in an empathetic and non-judgmental manner with culturally diverse populations and persons experiencing a wide range of social conditions.
- Strong computer literacy including ability to use Microsoft Office (e.g., Word, Excel, Outlook) and Microsoft 365 platforms (e.g., Teams).
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work well as part of a team
For more information about this exciting opportunity, we encourage you to contact Lamees Alafeshat on (03) 5173 5*** or ***************@lrh.com.au for a confidential discussion
About LRH
LRH was proud to be the recipient of the 2022 Premier’s Health Service of the Year (Medium) Award. This prestigious award recognises the amazing work of our team in driving change and improvement in the health outcomes for the Victorian community.
We are located 150 km east of Melbourne, and LRH is the regional provider of a broad range of specialist health services including hospital based, sub-acute and mental health services across Gippsland.
Now is an exciting time to join the LRH team, with $223.5 million expansion recently completed, offering improved maternity and paediatric facilities, larger intensive care unit, increase medical and surgical beds and additional operating theatres.
Explore all the great things happening at LRH – www.lrh.com.au and take the next step on your career journey by submitting your application for this and other roles here - https://lrh.mercury.com.au
Diversity and Inclusion
We actively embrace workforce diversity, equity and inclusion, and encourage applications from across our community, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. LRH’s Aboriginal Hospital Liaison Officers are available to support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander descent applicants and can be contacted at ***************@lrh.com.au
IMPORTANT: All staff employed in the healthcare sector are required to be vaccinated for 3 COVID-19 doses and current season influenza vaccination, unless a valid medical exemption applies.
