Public Health Physician
Core
Provide medical leadership for communicable disease response, outbreak management, and control using surveillance and data analysis to protect and improve public health outcomes across Gippsland.
Role type
Senior IC Public Health Physician (Medical Leadership)
Builds
Coordinated regional public health response systems and integrated health protection strategies
Domain
Public Health / Infectious Diseases / Epidemiology
Required skills
Medical Practitioner registration (AHPRA), Fellowship of Australasian Faculty of Public Health Medicine (AFPHM) or equivalent, experience in public health medicine/infectious diseases, clinical epidemiology, statistics, disease surveillance
Preferred skills
Experience in public health interventions, risk communication, strategic partnership building
Technologies
Surveillance systems, Data analysis tools
Responsibilities
Provide medical leadership for communicable disease prevention and control, Address health inequalities within the region, Plan and support innovative public health research, Represent the unit at community events and external forums, Work rotating rosters including 7-day coverage and surge response
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities