Aps 6 - Health Surveillance Officer
1 week ago
$95,187 - $108,734 + up to 15.4% Superannuation
- Campbell Park - ACT
**The Role**
The Role will be in the Health Surveillance Cell within the Directorate of Force Health Protection (DFHP). The incumbent will report to the Assistant Director Health Surveillance. They will work alongside a Public Health Physician, Data Analyst and Data Scientist to assist in the development of a Health Surveillance System for the Australian Defence Force (ADF).
They will manage health and administrative data, to support disease burden identification. The duties will involve collecting, analysing, and interpreting data to monitor health events, identify trends, and inform public health interventions, including disease outbreaks and emerging health threats. They will be responsible for timely reporting to key stakeholders and work with relevant military partners and external organisations.
**About our Team**
The Force Health Protection Directorate sits within the Health Protection and Policy (HPP) Branch, Joint Health Command. This newly established Directorate will be responsible for supporting and delivering Force health protection capability to optimise the health and health readiness of ADF members. The Directorate has five cells; Health Surveillance, Public Health and Disease Control, Environmental Health, Occupational and Musculoskeletal injury, and Health Promotion.
The Directorate will coordinate an ADF wide health surveillance system to support the development of relevant policy and programmes. It will provide technical advice and actionable insights on disease burden and prevention strategies. It will provide operational support for the delivery of population health activities and public health response within the ADF.
- They will have skills to effectively collect data from different sources, analyse data to identify patterns, trends, and risk factors related to diseases and health events;
- They will have experience in using statistical methods and epidemiological tools to interpret data and draw conclusions;
- They will have experience in monitoring the occurrence, distribution, and determinants of diseases and health events and identifying outbreaks and emerging health threats;
- They will be able to provide recommendations for public health interventions, collaborate with other public health professionals to implement interventions, and evaluate the effectiveness of public health interventions; and
- They will have excellent communication skills in communicating surveillance data and findings to JHC, ADF command and healthcare providers.
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