South Eastern Sydney Local Health District – Sydney Eastern Suburbs NSW
The role of the Public Health Unit, which is part of the Directorate of Population and Community Health, is to identify, prevent and minimise public health risks to the community, whether infectious, chemical or radiological.
The position supports the health protection roles and regulatory duties undertaken by the Director, provides technical medical and clinical expertise and advice to the Unit's operational teams (infectious diseases, immunisation, epidemiology and environmental health) in consultation with the Director and will act as Director of the Unit as required.
The position holder will also provide public/population health technical expertise and support to the broader Directorate's services as required.
The position will be located at the Public Health Unit (currently at Randwick Hospitals Campus/Prince of Wales Hospital).
The vision for South Eastern Sydney Local Health District (SESLHD) is 'exceptional people, healthier lives'.
SESLHD is committed to enabling our community to be healthy and well, and to providing the best possible compassionate care when people need it.
The specialist will provide expert medical assessment and management of patients within the department/service.
Our staff strive to provide excellence in healthcare and uphold a high standard of care for all patients, families, carers and visitors to our facilities.
At the core of our organisation is a set of values - Collaboration, Openness, Respect and Empowerment.
SESLHD covers nine Local Government Areas from Sydney's Central Business District to the Royal National Park and has a culturally and linguistically diverse population of over 930,000 people, which includes highly urbanised areas of eastern Sydney, southern Sydney and industrialised areas around Port Botany.
SESLHD covers urban and suburban communities and manages eight public hospitals and one public nursing home:
Calvary Healthcare Sydney (third schedule with Little Company of Mary Health Care) Prince of Wales Hospital Royal Hospital for Women St George Hospital Sutherland Hospital Sydney/Sydney Eye Hospital War Memorial Hospital (third schedule with Uniting Care) Gower Wilson Memorial SESLHD also operates 28 Child and Family Health Centres, 12 Community Health Centres and nine Oral Health Clinics; providing prevention, early intervention and community-based treatment, palliative care and rehabilitation services.
Drug and Alcohol, Mental Health, Breast screening, HIV/AIDS, Public Health, Women's Health, Youth Health, Sexual Health, Imaging and Pathology services are provided at a number of facilities across SESLHD.
The primary location of this position may be varied as agreed with the Director of Clinical Services and as approved by MDAAC to other facilities in SESLHD.
Employment of a temporary visa holder may only occur if no suitable permanent resident or citizen of Australia has been identified for this position following suitable labour market testing.
SESLHD is committed to creating a workplace that reflects the diversity of our community.
This will help ensure our employees, our patients and their carers, feel supported.
We encourage people from different backgrounds to apply.
Support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates: We welcome applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander candidates and we have an Aboriginal Employment Consultant that can provide support.
If you have any questions or would like guidance on the recruitment process, please contact the SESLHD Aboriginal Employment Team via email.
All applications must include a demonstration of your ability to meet each of the selection criteria in order to progress through the recruitment process.
Registration with Medical Board of Australia (AHPRA) and Fellowship of the Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine.
Evidence of experience working in multi-disciplinary health protection teams in an effective and harmonious manner.
Demonstrated experience in health protection workforce planning, and knowledge of workforce management policies and procedures.
Proven capacity and/or experience in the provision of high quality public health medicine services in NSW or a similar jurisdiction, with strong understanding of the key health protection challenges consistent with the needs of the population.
Demonstrated experience in providing supervision and education to public health trainees and commitment to staff development generally.
Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with members of the public, with hospital and community-based health care providers, and with colleagues and staff as a public health physician.
Evidence of continuing medical education and self-monitoring/audit practices consistent with the scope of practice as a staff specialist in public health in the Public Health Unit.
Demonstrated experience in and commitment to research relevant to the role of the Public Health Unit and needs of the population.
This is a Category A position.
All Category A applicants must read and understand NSW Health Policy PD2023_022.
Successful applicants to the role must provide vaccination history and pathology as part of the application documentation and be certified as compliant before employment can commence.
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