Public Health Officer

3 days ago


Bendigo, Australia Bendigo Health Full time

**Enterprise Agreement / Classification**
- Individual Contracts - VARIOUS - XXXX
- Individual Contracts - VARIOUS - XXXX

**Hours per Fortnight**

**Position Summary**

**Work in an environment that offers**:

- An opportunity to work with a leading regional health service
- An ability to live and work close to home
- A strong attitude to teaching and supportive staff

**The Position***

**Position Title**: Public Health Officer
- **Classification**: As per qualifications
- **Salary per hour (exc. super)**: As per award
- **Hours per fortnight**: 76
- **Employment Status**: Fixed term - full time, Fixed term - part time
- **Other requirements**: COVID-19 Vaccination

**Role Description**
- The Public Health Officer (PHO) protects public health by helping prevent, investigate, respond and manage cases and outbreak breaks of communicable disease in the community.
- Reporting to a team leader, the PHO provides the operational response to notifications of infectious disease in the Loddon-Mallee. They conduct case and contact interviews in order to establish acquisition links, identify high risk individuals, groups and facilities, and provide public health advice and recommendations. They may also provide health monitoring and support to people throughout their infectious period, and provide advice and referral arrangement for other service providers. The PHO enables effective outbreak management through collaborative engagement with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders and agencies.
- The Loddon-Mallee Public Health Unit utilises a blended working model in Bendigo and across the Loddon-Mallee region with staff working in the office and remotely as required.

**Bendigo Health**
- Our 700 bed state of the art hospital was built in 2017. We are a leader in regional health care, combining outstanding services with a strong education, training and personal development culture. We have all of the latest technologies allowing our 5000 staff to deliver
- _Excellent Care to Every Person, Every Time._ Remuneration is in accordance with Victorian Public Health Enterprise Agreements and generous salary packaging arrangements are offered to all staff. Bendigo Health offer:

- Flexible Working Arrangements
- Salary Packaging
- Financial relocation support available for eligible applicants
- Reimbursements for the cost of obtaining any required pre-employment checks (Police Check, WWCC and/or NDIS Worker Screening Check)
- Staff health and wellbeing programs
- Access to recommended immunisations
- Smoke free environment
- If successful for a position at Bendigo Health you must provide evidence of your full immunisation record as part of the on boarding process.

**The Team**
- The Community and Public Health Services Division has a primary focus on improving the health outcomes of the communities in our region. With a range of local and regional programs supporting place-based health promotion, prevention, care and support, they work collaboratively with other Divisions and regional partnerships and networks to support quality outcomes. The Division has a strong leadership role in the Loddon Mallee Region and is committed to ensuring processes are in place to deliver on our Division.

**Bendigo Region**
- Bendigo is one of Victoria’s fastest growing regional cities making it a great city to live and work in. Bendigo provides services for the region’s population of over 300,000 and so the city offers excellent schools, shopping and cultural precincts, sporting facilities and various tertiary facilities. We can offer generous flexible working arrangements - giving you more time to enjoy the fantastic restaurants, beautiful parks, walking trails and wineries within our region.

**Diversity and Inclusion**
- Bendigo Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We embrace diversity and social inclusion and encourage people from a diverse cultural background, people with disabilities and or Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander people to apply

**Selection Criteria**
- Essential : Graduate qualification in a health or other relevant field, if a health professional, current registration with AHPRA with no practicing restrictions or eligibility for membership of the relevant professional association
- Essential : Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Essential : Ability to interact in an empathetic and non-judgmental manner with culturally diverse populations and persons experiencing a wide range of social conditions
- Essential : Good problem solving skills, with attention to detail and the ability to use sound judgment in appraising risk and responding to client issues and concerns
- Essential : Adaptable and resilient worker able to work effectively in a fast paced and dynamic environment
- Essential : Ability to work autonomously and as part of a geographically dispersed, multidisciplinary team
- Essential : Ability to establish and maintain collaborative professional relationships and work effectively


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