Director, Public Health Unit

Metro South Health is Australia's first digital health service and one of the largest in Queensland, with an estimated residential population of approximately one million people or 23 per cent of Queensland's population. 

This is your opportunity to join the dedicated team of professionals at Metro South Health and be part of a world-class, dynamic and growing health service that embraces technology, excellence in health care, teaching, research and empowering our people to be the best in serving our community.

About the Role

As Director of the Public Health Unit you will provide effective leadership and management of the interdisciplinary Public Health Unit team which consists of the Environmental Health, Epidemiology & Data Planning, Public Health Nurses, Public Health Physicians and Administrative Services.

Public Health Units focus on protecting health; preventing disease, illness, and injury; and promoting health and wellbeing at a population or whole of community level. This is distinct from the role of the rest of the health system which is primarily focused on providing healthcare services to individuals and families.

Key functions:

• coordinate disease control initiatives, including response to, and notification of, disease outbreaks
• undertake a range of environmental health initiatives, including monitoring compliance with and enforcing Public Health legislation in relation to food safety and standards, water quality standards, regulated drugs and poisons, and tobacco control
• assess and coordinate local responses to environmental health risks
• undertake epidemiology and health surveillance activities, including the collation, analysis, monitoring, and dissemination of information on health status and disease trends
• provide specialist Public Health advice to health services, other sectors, and the community, and develop their capacity to collaboratively plan and implement effective Public Health programs
• provide education, training and clinical support for immunisation programs, and coordinate school-based vaccination programs.

Find out about the role in more detail and how to apply in the attached Role Description.

Our ICARE² values of Integrity, Compassion, Accountability, Respect, Engagement and Excellence, shape our culture within Metro South Health. Our values guide our day-to-day decision making and are fundamental to what we care about as a health service, how we behave, how we interact with each other and provide care to the many patients who come through our doors every day.

We offer rewarding career opportunities across a wide range of clinical and non-clinical areas across our health service and pride ourselves on providing a work environment that is safe, satisfying, flexible, and promotes a healthy work-life balance.

As a Metro South employee, you will benefit from a higher than standard employer contribution to Superannuation of up to 12.75%, access to salary packaging, flexible working arrangements and competitive salary rates with annual incremental increases.

Eligible health workers may qualify for a Workforce Attraction Incentive payment. To find out more and see if you are eligible visit: https://www.healthycareers.health.qld.gov.au/attraction-incentives ( https://www.healthycareers.health.qld.gov.au/attraction-incentives )

You can find out more about why it's so great to work at Metro South here: www.metrosouth.health.qld.gov.au/join-our-team ( http://www.metrosouth.health.qld.gov.au/join-our-team ).