Company description:

Grampians Health exists to serve our communities across the Grampians region, providing complete care as close as possible to people's homes.

Job description:

Fixed Term Full Time (12 Months) | 40 Hours per week with Montly ADO

ZJ1 | $55.97 per hour

About the Role

The Public Health Officer (PHO) will participate in contact tracing and outbreak management vaccination and testing response as well as support with environmental work within GPHU. The PHO will also undertake other public health intervention activities to achieve GPHU objectives. Establishing important interdepartmental relationships, the PHO will engage with members of the GPHU, other Public Health Units, the Department of Health and other government departments and agencies to develop consistent systems and approaches to addressing public health needs in the GPHU catchment.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage communicable and non-communicable diseases, including vaccination, testing, infection prevention, and environmental health; participate in on-call emergency response.
• Conduct case interviews, contact tracing, and infection control using IT systems (e.g. PHESS); identify and escalate data or service issues as required.
• Deliver safe, compliant care including vaccine administration, maintaining professional scope, privacy standards, and current mandatory training.
• Provide timely, clear communication aligned with guidelines and legislation; build effective relationships with health professionals, families, and external partners.
• Contribute to the development of clinical protocols, support performance targets, manage complaints and incidents, and uphold best practice standards.
• Participate in committees, governance activities, projects, and reporting; complete assigned tasks and other public health duties as needed.

Skills, Qualifications and Experience

• Current registration with AHPRA as a Registered Nurse with no practicing restrictions with relative experience in a related field
• Possession of nurse immuniser qualifications or evidence of enrolment in/undertaking the qualification
• Employment experience in public health; such as communicable disease control, health promotion, environmental health, infection prevention and control
• High levels of technology literacy with ability to learn and master online data reporting tools Technical skills/ knowledge / experience
• Proficient knowledge of clinical processes and healthcare systems
• Proficient in Microsoft office (e.g. Word, Excel, Visio) and Microsoft 365 platforms (e.g. Teams and SharePoint)
• High levels of technology literacy with ability to learn and master information technology platform
• Strong organisational skills and initiative in problem solving

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Interested?

Click APPLY or if you wish to discuss the role prior to applying, contact Suzanne Douglas, Operations Manager - Health Protection on 0409 324 850 for a confidential discussion.

If you are currently employed at Grampians Health, please ensure you sign in through the 'Employee Login' via the external Careers Page or access the Careers Page via the Intranet before applying

We're actively seeking candidates for this role and will review applications as they are submitted. Applications will close when the position is filled.

About Grampians Public Health Unit

Established in January 2021, the Grampians Public Health Unit (GPHU) serves as one of Victoria's nine designated local public health units within the state-wide public health system. Hosted by Grampians Health, the GPHU operates with a distinct mandate and regional scope to provide comprehensive public health leadership across the entire Grampians catchment.

As the designated public health unit for the Grampians region, the GPHU is responsible for delivering public health functions across all 11 Local Government Areas within its catchment. This regional responsibility encompasses communicable disease control, health promotion, environmental, and disease prevention for more than 250,000 residents across the 47,000 square kilometer catchment.

The GPHU's purpose is to promote health, prevent disease and protect the health and well-being of all communities throughout our region. We achieve this by leading work to regionalise the response to containing and controlling communicable conditions, as well as promoting health and wellbeing outcomes that matter to people, communities, and the environment across our extensive geographic catchment.

The GPHU works in close collaboration with the Victorian Local Public Health Network and the Department of Health. In fulfilling our comprehensive public health mandate, the GPHU coordinates regional responses to communicable diseases, leads preventative health initiatives, and promotes health and wellbeing across all communities throughout the Grampians region, working alongside diverse stakeholders in every part of our catchment.

Our collaborative approach includes partnerships with leaders from all health services in the region, aged care and disability services, local government authorities, emergency services, community and cultural organisations, businesses and government departments who are motivated to lead health efforts in their own communities. This comprehensive regional approach ensures that public health initiatives reach all communities within the Grampians region through coordinated partnerships with stakeholders across the region

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible work arrangements and purchase leave opportunities
• Salary packaging for living expenses such as rent/mortgage plus meals, entertainment & holidays
• Access to Staff Fitness program
• Staff rewards and recognition programs

Ballarat Region
Ballarat is the largest centre in Western Victoria and the state's fastest growing inland city. Dubbed Australia's most liveable city in 2020, Ballarat is home to first class education, fine dining and boutique shopping. Uniquely located within easy access to Melbourne, Geelong, Bendigo and the Western district, Ballarat is blessed with some of Australia's most significant heritage buildings and natural landscapes. To learn more about Ballarat click here - Visit Ballarat

Diversity and Inclusion
All appointments are subject to a satisfactory police records check, immunisation clearance and Working with Children check and/or NDIS Worker Screening Check.

All employees must be willing and able to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) when required, which at a minimum is a surgical mask. Additional PPE requirements are role-dependent.

Grampians Health is a child safe organisation, committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. Grampians Health is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workforce.

We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, mature age workers and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (or questioning), intersex and asexual LGBTQIA+.