Health Protection Officer

Mō tēnei tūranga mahi | About this role

Nau mai, haere mai ki Te Whatu Ora - Capital, Coast & Hutt Valley District

Location: Hutt Valley based

Service: Te Ikaroa Central Region National Public Health Service covering the Capital, Coast, Hutt and Wairarapa areas

Contract: Permanent, full-time

Salary: $59,035 - $83,030

Kōrero mō te tūranga - About the role

Nau mai, Haere mai - the Health Protection team are recruiting for a Health Protection Officer or Trainee to join our diverse team.

Show us how you implement your pae ora knowledge to a variety of health protection programme areas including enteric communicable diseases and environmental health issues.

This is a varied and exciting role where you can use your inquisitive mind and investigative skills to prevent the spread of enteric communicable diseases and protect whanau from harmful environmental exposures. In this role you will promote the health and wellbeing of all people in the Greater Wellington Region through the provision of a wide range of high quality public health activities. This is an opportunity to - make a difference - by using mana-enhancing and values based approaches to public health issues.

The position involves the provision of public health regulatory and disease control services in the greater Wellington region in a variety of settings. It includes regulatory activities related to, but not limited to, smokefree, psychoactive substances, alcohol and early childhood centres located in Health Promotion Cluster.

Mō tō mātou rōpū - About our team

You will work closely with other team members to ensure the delivery of public health regulatory services for the achievement of public health outcomes. At times the position may involve taking on wider responsibilities with respect to the service as a whole or part thereof. NPHS/Te Whatu Ora maintains a policy of ensuring Health Protection Officers (HPO) retain broad skill base and secondment to other teams may be required.

We are an emergency response organisation and as such, all staff are required to be available 24/7 if the organisation is responding to an emergency. Examples are a pandemic, severe earthquake or flood and a hazardous substances event. This is particularly so for Health Protection Officers who are often at the forefront of an emergency response. As a a designated HPO you will also be part of the rostered on-call.

Moū - About you

We are seeking an outgoing, enthusiastic, self-motivated person to join our Health Protection Team.  We are looking for someone capable of combining health protection and health promotion skills to enhance the work the team does within the Greater Wellington Region.

The successful applicant will be a good team player and self starter and be confident in working with the team and the communities we serve.

You also need to have a current New Zealand driver - s license.

E pā ana ki a tatou - About us

The National Public Health Service (NPHS) and its partners work alongside whānau, communities and other sectors to consider all the factors that impact on health and wellbeing, and deliver national, regional and local programmes to achieve pae ora. We partner with Te Aka Whai Ora and the Public Health Agency to work alongside whānau, communities, and other sectors, drawing on Mātauranga Māori and data to provide health protection at local, regional and national levels. The National Public Health Service sits within the delivery arm of Te Whatu Ora / Health New Zealand.

The Central Public Health Service - Te Ikaroa within the NPHS delivers public health services for the Greater Wellington Region - Wairarapa and MidCentral-Wanganui and HawkesBay- Napier regions.

At Greater Wellington- Wairarapa we are committed to upholding Te Tiriti o Waitangi and providing culturally safe services. We value role modelling manaakitanga. We aspire to having a workforce reflective of the communities we serve and achieving equitable outcomes for all.

Our overarching principles are:

• Integration and flexibility across teams
• Empowering frontline staff to take individual responsibility for meeting service commitments
• Allowing and encouraging innovation and an inclusive approach to management.

Emphasis is placed on:

• Leadership and teamwork
• Public health surveillance
• The wider determinants of health
• The reduction of health inequalities
• Maori health, Pacific Peoples health and other vulnerable groups.

Our services are delivered from three bases in Lower Hutt, Porirua and Masterton in the Wairarapa. RPH is a regional service and the needs of the service change over time. 

Me pēhea te tuku tono - How to apply

Click the apply now button to send your application directly to us. For further information on this role please email recruitment@ccdhb.org.nz and indicate the job title and vacancy number in the subject line.

Applications close 18th December. Please note we will be reviewing applications as we receive them and continuing through the recruitment process.

Ma tini, ma mano, ka rapa te whai

By joining together we will succeed