Advanced Trainee

**Public Health Advanced Trainee, Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District**:
**Employment Type**: Temporary Full Time (03-Feb-2025 to 01-Feb-2026)
**Remuneration**: $97,993 - $139,187
**Hours Per Week**: 38
**Requisition ID**: CAM23703

Public Health provides health protection services to the population of NBMLHD, including notifiable disease surveillance, infectious disease outbreak investigation and control, immunisation activities (including the delivery of the adolescent school-based vaccination program), environmental health risk investigation and management, and public health disaster preparedness and management. These activities are underpinned by statutory obligations in relation to the Public Health Act 2010, the Public Health (Tobacco) Act 2008, and the Smokefree Environment Act 2000.

**What you'll be doing**
- Undertaking specific public health projects, which are both part of the routine work of the public health unit and which wholly or partially fulfil the competency requirements of AFPHM trainees.
- Assisting public health staff in the investigation of disease outbreaks and public health responses to prescient public health risks.
- Contributing to the implementation of public health policies and programs within NBMLHD.
- Contributing to the development and analysis of public health surveillance systems in NBMLHD
- Contributing to the development of local and State public health policy and activities.
- Participating in public health research and research report writing.
- Participating in the on call after-hours roster for public health medicine

**Where you'll be working**
- The Public Health Unit is located in a modern office building in the heart of Penrith, next to the train station and Westfield shopping centre and within a 50 minute drive from the Sydney centre.
- The Unit covers a broad geographical area, from St Marys in the East to Lithgow in the West and Richmond in the North, encompassing urban and rural areas, the Nepean river as well as the bushland setting of the Blue Mountains National Park..

For more detail about this role including training, education and research opportunities and employee benefits please download the Public Health Medicine Advanced Trainee Information Sheet.

**Essential requirements**
- MBBS or equivalent, current general registration with the Medical Board of Australia.
- Master of Public Health or equivalent degree.
- Have received written confirmation from the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine of eligibility to commence Advanced Public Health Training.
- Demonstrated interest or experience in public and population health.
- Evidence of high level written and verbal communication skills with a variety of audiences.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and in a multidisciplinary team.
- Evidence of high level computer literacy skills, including advanced word processing, spreadsheets, databases and other software.
- Ability and willingness to travel to other facilities of NBMLHD and other LHDs.
- Valid Working with Children Check, cleared National Police Check.
- To be employed by NSW Health you are required to provide evidence of vaccination to comply with the NSW Health Occupational Assessment, Screening & Vaccination against Specified Infectious Diseases Policy, this includes any amendments made from time to time.

**Selection criteria**
- Qualifications and experience commensurate with the Essential Requirements for the role.
- Master of Public Health or equivalent degree.
- Have received written confirmation from the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine of eligibility to commence Advanced Public Health Training.
- Demonstrated interest or experience in public and population health.
- Evidence of high level written and verbal communication skills with a variety of audiences.
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and in a multidisciplinary team.
- Evidence of high level computer literacy skills, including advanced word processing, spreadsheets, databases and other software.

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**Applications Close: 22-Oct-2024**

**JMO Careers in NBMLHD**
To learn more about working for Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District visit our Junior Medical Officer Careers page.

NBMLHD is an Equal Opportunity Employer and encourage all suitably qualified applicants to apply, including Aboriginal People and people from racial, ethnic or ethno-religious minority groups and people with disability.