Job Description

Your Opportunity:

You will part of the Continuing Care Health Services Standards team within the Seniors Health program. As a Community Infection Prevention and Control specialist you will be responsible to support home care and AHS contracted continuing care facilities, Supportive Living Level 3 through Long Term Care, across the South Zone. This includes surveillance as an South Zone MOH designate for infectious disease surveillance and zone notifications within these settings. You will be responsible for contracted site & home care clinic assessments, infectious disease outbreak management, guiding operators and staff in adherence to provincial guidelines, as well as adherence to Standard #11 of the Continuing Care Health Service Standards. You may also be involved in working groups and on committees. You will be responsible for the west side of the zone, however, may be required to support continuing care sites on the east side as well.

Description:

As a Public Health Inspector III and appointed Executive Officer under the authority of the Public Health Act, you will be responsible for the delivery of a comprehensive environmental public health program. As a Public Health Inspector III, you will have advanced professional and technical expertise with professional standing in environmental public health/public health epidemiology, engineers, scientific research or electronic information systems. As a Public Health Inspector III, you will be in a leadership role, in charge of the day-to-day operations of a major environmental public health program. As a PHI III, you will be in a leadership role, in charge of the day-to-day operations of a major environmental public health program. The PHI III may provide a provincial leadership role in the development of program planning, and/or lead or coordinate the response for complex file in the core topics areas.

• Classification: Public Health Inspector III
• Union: HSAA Facility PROF/TECH
• Unit and Program: South Zone Community Infection Prevention and Control Specialist
• Primary Location: Lethbridge Community Hlth Ctr
• Location Details: As Per Location
• Multi-Site: Not Applicable
• FTE: 1.00
• Posting End Date: 25-JUL-2023
• Temporary Employee Class: Temp F/T Benefits
• Date Available: 04-AUG-2023
• Temporary End Date: 03-JAN-2025
• Hours per Shift: 7.75
• Length of Shift in weeks: 4
• Shifts per cycle: 20
• Shift Pattern: Days
• Days Off: As Per Rotation
• Minimum Salary: $45.27
• Maximum Salary: $62.10
• Vehicle Requirement: Driver\'s License, Vehicle Required

Required Qualifications:

Completion of bachelor\'s degree in Environmental Health or in a related field of study plus a recognized Environmental Health technical program. Completion of certificate in Public Health Inspection (Canada). Active Member in Good Standing with the Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors (CIPHI). Additional Required Qualifications:

As Required. Preferred Qualifications:

Minimum of 2-3 years\' experience as a Public Health Inspector. Additional education within a related subject matters an asset (Master\'s degree, Infectious Disease courses, certificate, etc.).

Please note:

All postings close at 23:59 MT of the posting end date indicated.

Security Screening:

A satisfactory criminal record check and/or Vulnerable Sector Search is required prior to your first day of work. Additionally, all employees have an ongoing duty to disclose any charges or convictions that may occur during their employment with AHS.

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