Senior Environmental Health Specialist - Retail Food Program

SENIOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SPECIALIST - RETAIL FOOD PROGRAM
Department of Health & Human Services
Are you interested in making a difference? If so, please consider joining our dedicated team at the Department of Health & Human Services! Humboldt County Division of Environmental Health is looking for an experienced Registered Environmental Health Specialist (REHS) to be the technical lead for the retail food program. Join a team of dedicated environmental health specialists promoting public health in beautiful Humboldt County.

Advance your career away from the busy city in a community-minded rural setting and the natural beauty and mild climate of redwood country.

What You'll Do:

• Provide senior-level oversight and support to the Retail Food program.
• Administer inspector field training in retail food facility inspections consistent with California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Standardization Program.
• Program development: develop forms, processes, procedures, informational handouts, etc. and lead program improvements.

Where You'll Do It:
This position is located at 100 H St., Eureka, CA 95501.
Schedule: M-F; 8-5.

DEFINITION
Under general supervision, may assign, direct and review the work of a small staff of Environmental Health Specialists involved in the investigation and enforcement of public health and environmental health laws; performs professional inspection and enforcement work in a complex environmental health program; performs related work as assigned.

DISTINGUISHING CHARACTERISTICS
This is either the working lead level in the Environmental Health Specialist series, with responsibility for providing direction to a group of Environmental Health Specialists performing public and environmental health inspection and enforcement duties, or the specialist level which performs difficult, technical, complex and specialized health enforcement duties, but does not have ongoing lead responsibilities.

Responsibilities include:

• Provides lead direction, training and work review to a small staff; organizes and assigns work, sets priorities and follows up to ensure coordination and completion of assigned work.
• Provides input into selection decisions, performance evaluations and disciplinary matters.
• Acts as a specialist in difficult or highly technical areas of environmental or public health work requiring specialized training or experience.
• Performs administrative work involved in handling an inspection and enforcement program; reviews and issues permits; interprets state laws and regulations; establishes budget and allocates funds; sets program parameters and recommends staff and budget.
• Conducts inspections, investigations, and prepares reports related to public health communicable diseases.
• Makes recommendations on sewage disposal and water availability requirements as related to land division projects in the County.
• Conducts and interprets the results of soil, water quality and water quantity tests.
• Inspects restaurants, food stores, food manufacturing and storage facilities for compliance with health codes; instructs food serving workers in proper food handling.
• Responds to non-agricultural hazardous material spills; inspects hospitals and medical facilities for proper disposal of infectious waste.
• Inspects residential dwellings, hotels, motels, mobile home parks, schools, organized camps and family care homes for compliance with public health laws.
• Investigates animal bite cases and advises on medical follow-up; participates in rabies and other clinics.
• Issues permits for the installation, modification or closure of Underground Storage Tanks; ensures adherence to state guidelines.
• Administers the Market Milk Inspection program; inspects dairy sites for conformance to regulations.
• Prepares comprehensive reports related to inspections, investigations and studies.

Knowledge of:

• Basic supervisory principles and practices.
• Principles and practices of environmental sanitation.
• Principles and practices of sanitary food production, processing and handling.
• Local, state and federal environmental health and safety regulations.
• Office administrative practices and procedures.

Skill in:

• Planning, assigning, directing and reviewing…