Tobacco Regulatory Control Officer

POSITION DESCRIPTION

Tobacco Regulatory Control Officer

PD059950 - 1

Organisation NSW Health

Local Health District / Agency Health System Support Group

Position Classification Health Mgr Lvl 2

State Award Health Managers (State) Award

Category Population Health | Health Promotion

Vaccination Category Category B

ANZSCO Code 599599 Inspectors and Regulatory Officers nec

PRIMARY PURPOSE ORGANISATION ENVIRONMENT The Centre for Population Health aims to promote health and to prevent morbidity and mortality caused by modifiable risk factors. Prevention is an essential and effective foundation in the delivery of high value health care. The CPH portfolio encompasses: Strategy, performance and policy of hepatitis B and C; sexually transmissible infections including HIV; tobacco; and healthy eating and active living to reduce lifestyle related chronic disease. The strategies used to address these issues include state-wide policy and planning, legislation and regulation, program development alignment between clinical, operational, strategic direction resource allocation, performance monitoring, research and evaluation. Programs and services funded by the CPH are delivered in government, non-government, community and clinical settings. The CPH approach is characterised by a focus on evidence-informed programmatic and system-level interventions that improve health, reduce health inequity, create healthy environments, promote community action, enable personal health-seeking and recognise the social determinants of good health. The Tobacco and E-Cigarettes Strategy Branch is responsible for the regulation of tobacco and e-cigarette retailing and smoke-free places in NSW. The Branch aims to reduce tobacco and e-cigarette use, recognising smoking as the leading cause of preventable death and illness in our community. In addition to providing robust policy advice to the Government, leading evidence-based practice, policy, and legislative tobacco and e-cigarette control reforms, our remit includes compliance and enforcement activities. The Tobacco and E-cigarettes Compliance Unit (the Unit) conducts proactive, planned compliance activities for regulated retailers and smoke-free locations. The role of the Unit is to, in alignment with the NSW CPH Strategic Business Plan:

- conduct proactive compliance inspection of retailers and smoke-free areas in accordance with the regulatory priorities.
- provide information and education to retailers about compliance requirements with the legislation. - take enforcement action with a view to enforcing the law and deterring future offending conduct. - undertake research and monitoring of tobacco related issues. - promote positive compliance and the objects of the legislation.

POSITION DESCRIPTION

Tobacco Regulatory Control Officer

PD059950 - 2

PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE POSITION To undertake regulation and compliance activity in relation to the nicotine provisions of the Poisons and Therapeutic Goods Act 1966, the smoke-free outdoor provisions of the Smoke-free Environment Act 2000 and Public Health (Tobacco) Act 2008 including:

- Inspections of regulated retailers and smoke-free locations to provide face-to-face education and monitor compliance in line with our regulatory priorities.
- Compliance monitoring and issuing Penalty Notices and cautions to members of the public allegedly in breach of the provisions of the relevant legislation.
- Collection, collation and analysis of data relating to compliance monitoring and enforcement activity.

COVID-19 VACCINATION COMPLIANCY

All NSW Health workers are required to have completed a primary course (2 doses) of a Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) approved or recognised COVID-19 vaccine (except for the Janssen COVID-19 vaccine which is approved by the TGA as a single dose primary course). New applicants must have completed the vaccination course prior to commencement with NSW Health, or provide an Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) Immunisation History Statement certifying the worker cannot have any approved COVID-19 vaccines available in NSW. A NSW Health agency may require further information about the medical contraindication (including but not limited to an Immunisation Medical Exemption form - IM011 form). Acceptable proof of vaccination is the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) Immunisation History Statement or AIR COVID-19 Digital Certificate. Booster doses are highly recommended for all health care workers who have completed the primary course of COVID-19 vaccinations.

RESPIRATOR USE

NSW Health workers may be required to use a respirator, as part of their appointment with NSW Health. Where a respirator is required for use, workers will be instructed in their safe use; including donning, doffing and fit checking. Staff may be required to complete fit testing to selected respirator/s to assess their facial fit/seal. At all times when a health worker is required to use a respirator, the health worker must not hav