Public Health Officer

Location: Melbourne | Southern Metropolitan

Job type: Full time

Organisation: Monash Health

**Salary**: Salary not specified

Occupation: Education and Training, Health and Allied Health, Family Violence Workers, Medical, Nursing

Reference: 57644

**About us**

Monash Health is the largest public health service in Victoria, employing over 18,000 people across a range of specialities.

The South East Public Health Unit (SEPHU) is a major component of a once in a generation reform of public health delivery in Victoria. The new system consists of three Melbourne metropolitan Public Health Units (North Eastern [NEPHU], Western [WPHU] and South East [SEPHU]), who are linked with the existing six Regional Public Health Units and the Department of Health (DH). SEPHU is led and coordinated by Monash Health and was established initially to strengthen the public health response to COVID-19 through end-to-end contact tracing and outbreak management, screening and vaccination. The unit enables the integration of care and public health functions, whilst enhancing the ability to rapidly respond to infection prevention issues, new cases and outbreaks within Monash Health and approximately 1.7 million people within local catchment areas. SEPHU’s public health functions are consistently reviewed and improved to meet the demands of our community.

**About the role**

We require experienced Public Health Officers to join our Communicable Disease Prevention and Control (CDPC) team who will be responsible for responding to outbreaks and individual cases of communicable and notifiable diseases including COVID-19.

The Public Health Officer will be responsible for:

- Interviewing people in the community that have been diagnosed with a notifiable condition to gather information such as activity history and close contact information
- Providing public health recommendations and education to individuals that are diagnosed with a notifiable condition
- Identifying high risk and sensitive settings to ensure public health actions are undertaken
- Providing clear communication to other agencies providing support to people with health risks or high social complexity to facilitate positive health outcomes and adherence to public health orders
- Participate in the development of resources within the unit to support our response to public health issues in our region

Public Health officers work on a rotating roster with the potential for weekend and on call rostering. The incumbent will be required to work in any area at any or all campuses of Monash Health as and when required. Such a requirement may be a temporary arrangement, on an ad hoc basis or a permanent change.

**About you**
- Relevant Allied Health, Public Health, or Nursing Professional qualification
- Recent relevant technical experience in contact tracing and public health
- _ Post graduate qualifications in public health, environmental science, or public policy highly desirable_
- Demonstrated specialised knowledge and skills in public health
- Normally at least 3 years’ experience
- Demonstrated well-developed oral and written communication skills
- Ability to engage in reflective practice to support specialist public healthcare delivery
- Demonstrated experience in contributing and responding to change ideas and supporting others through this process, using specialist knowledge
- Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team to deliver safe consumer-focused public healthcare, providing specialist knowledge or depth of experience
- Demonstrated initiative in leading quality improvement or research projects
- Demonstrated ability to develop and deliver specialist public health care professional development and education
- Demonstrated well-developed skill sets in organisation, time management, planning and priority setting
- Demonstrated innovative approaches to problem solving for individual consumers and/or service delivery using specialist skill or knowledge
- Proficient in Microsoft office and Microsoft 365 platforms

**What we offer**
- Access to Monash Health in-house learning portals to further expand your professional development, technical skills & knowledge base
- Avenues to further develop your leadership and project management skills
- Working with a recognised leader in Victoria’s public health response with a highly committed team, your contribution will be highly valued, both at an organisational level and more broadly across the Victorian community
- Salary packaging options that increase your take-home pay, access to subsidised car parking and gym and a comprehensive Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
- Organisational commitment to your health and wellbeing, including on-site fitness centre
- ADO for full time positions
- Enjoy working with a passionate and enthusiastic team to contribute to the development of our future workforce and Victoria’s public health response.
- Please refer to the attached position des