Environmental Health Officer

5 days ago


South Brisbane, Queensland, Australia Metro South Health Full time $60,000 - $100,000 per year

Join the Metro South Public Health Unit – Full-Time Opportunity
Play a vital role in protecting and promoting community health as an Environmental Health Officer with Metro South Public Health Unit. Based at Garden City Office Park, you'll deliver evidence-based services, support public health investigations, and contribute to quality improvement initiatives
About Your Role
As an Environmental Health Officer, you will deliver high-quality environmental health services across the Metro South region, ensuring the community is safe, healthy, and well-supported.

You Will

  • Administer public health legislation in Queensland.
  • Undertake investigations into environmental and public health matters.
  • Provide advice and education to industry, the community, and stakeholders.
  • Work collaboratively with health professionals, regulators, and agencies.
  • Contribute to service improvement, research, and public health initiatives.
  • Support and mentor technical staff and Environmental Health students.
  • Maintain accurate documentation and records in line with legal requirements.

About You
You are a motivated and detail-oriented professional with a passion for public health and community wellbeing. You thrive in collaborative environments, demonstrate strong communication skills, and bring technical expertise to environmental health practice.

Skills And Experience You Will Bring

  • Tertiary qualification that is accredited by Environmental Health Australia.
  • Willingness to complete a Certificate IV in Government Investigations.
  • Ability to provide high-quality, evidence-based environmental health services.
  • Strong investigative, problem-solving, and time management skills.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication, with confidence engaging industry and community stakeholders.
  • Commitment to ongoing professional development and reflective practice.
  • Capacity to participate in on-call and after-hours work.
  • Ability to pack and lift boxes up to 15kg in weight.

What We Can Offer You

  • We are renowned for teaching and research excellence with strong relations with Queensland's leading tertiary institutions.
  • We want to empower you to build a long-term career, with countless opportunities to learn and grow, no matter your role
  • You'll have all the benefits of working for Queensland's world-class public health system including generous leave entitlements, attractive salary and remuneration packages, salary packaging and access to relevant professional development allowances and/or leave, study and research assistance, corporate discounts and employee wellness programs.

Community And Oral Health Services
Community and Oral Health Services deliver a broad range of quality community-based care and support services to help people improve and maintain their wellbeing and independence as well as oral health services to adults and children.

We deliver a myriad of services across Metro South including Hospital in the Home, Rehabilitation, Chronic Disease, Acute Care, Dementia Outreach, Oral Health, and specialist residential care along with delivering numerous other vital community health services.

Our services are delivered by multidisciplinary teams of nursing and allied health staff with the skills and experience to treat a full range of health needs.

INTEGRITY | COMPASSION | ACCOUNTABILITY | RESPECT | ENGAGEMENT | EXCELLENCE
Our values were created by employees for employees to shape our culture and inspire positive interactions in the workplace. Diversity of ideas, skills, traditions, and customs is celebrated as one of our greatest strengths. Having a workforce that reflects and understands the needs and expectations of our community is important to delivering safe, kinder, and more inclusive care.

We recognise our
strength
comes from the
diversity of our people
and so we encourage people of all genders, ethnicities, ages, abilities, languages, sexual orientation, and family responsibilities to apply.

We Are Metro South Health
We are the major public healthcare provider for Brisbane's south side, Logan, Redlands, and the Scenic Rim operating five major hospitals and a range of community, specialty, and state-wide healthcare services.

We are bold, innovative, collaborative, inspiring. We save lives, change lives, and make the world a better place. We are part of and proud of the community we serve.

We are better together .

Occupational group
Health - Allied Health/Clinical Support



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