Public Health Inspector

Reporting to the Outbreak Supervisor in the Infectious Disease Control division, this position is responsible for respiratory outbreak management in institutions, congregate settings, corrections and living settings for seasonal international agriculture workers.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Investigates respiratory outbreaks. Assesses methods and needs to provide support to various sectors for the implementation of best practices.
• Works in a specialized program to provide outbreak management and consultation to congregate settings, health professionals and external partners on infectious disease-related issues.
• Conducts compliance and enforcement related activities under the authority of the Health Protection and Promotion Act.
• Develops and implements educational initiatives on a variety of infectious diseases, vaccine preventable diseases (VPD) and infection prevention and control issues for agencies, institutions and the community at large.
• Investigates reports of infectious diseases and participates in outbreak management.
• Participates in activities related to the management of emergencies of public health importance e.g. COVID-19 response
• Participates in project and program planning, development, implementation, and evaluation.
• Responsible for utilizing an electronic database as part of case management systems
• Maintain liaison with a variety of agencies including representatives of Local, Regional and Provincial governments.
• Undertake special projects and surveys as required.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills & Qualifications

Essential

• Degree in a program of instruction approved by the Board of Certification with the Canadian Institute of Public Health Inspectors combined with a current certificate in Public Health Inspection (Canada) and related experience.
• Two years of recent experience in counseling, educating, program planning, and implementation related to outbreak management and investigation is preferred.
• Must possess strong evaluation and analytical skills, along with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Must be able to effectively deal with internal and external groups to achieve departmental and organizational goals.
• Proficiency with MS Office and a variety of software such as provincial Salesforce.

Preferred

Experience working with iPHIS and CCMS.

Working / Employment Conditions

Working Conditions

• Working hours : Flexibility to work outside of core business hours including evenings, weekends and holidays is required.
• Required to serve on standby on a rotational basis.

Employment Conditions

• Current (obtained within the past six (6) months), original and acceptable Criminal Records Check, by the first day of employment.
• You may be required to drive a Regional vehicle and will be required to provide a copy of your driver’s license and a driver’s abstract by the first day of employment.
30+ days ago