Senior Environmental Health Specialist - Retail Food Program

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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:
this position is responsible for a variety of duties, including;

• 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

a typical schedule for this position is m-f; 8-5

please note: this is a continuous recruitment and human resources reserves the right to close this recruitment at any time.

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.

examples of duties

• 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 such as solid waste inspection, food inspection, land use inspection and dairy inspections.
• 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. May staff the environmental health office for del norte county and perform the full range of inspection and enforcement activities with only remote supervision.
• conducts inspections and investigations and prepares written and oral reports related to public health communicable diseases investigations.
• 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.
• conducts investigations of proposed and current sewage treatment and waste disposal sites; issues permits for individual surveys and waste disposal systems; performs site checks and final inspections of such systems.
• inspects restaurants, food stores, food manufacturing and storage facilities, food crops and food vending machines for compliance to applicable health codes; instructs food serving workers in the proper handling of food; investigates reported cases of food-related illness.
• responds to non-agricultural hazardous material spills to assume proper handling, clean-up and disposal of material; inspects hospitals and medical facilities to assure 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; issues citations for violations of public health and environmental laws and regulations.
• investigates animal bite cases and advises medical follow-up when needed; participates in rabies and other clinics to educate the public on protection from diseases transmitted by animals.
• issues permits for the installation, modification or closure of underground storage tanks; ensures that state guidelines are followed; identifies areas where unauthorized releases have occurred, documents condition of site.
• administers the market milk inspection program; inspects cow herds and commercial dairy sites for conformance to regulations and for proper sanitation; directs the laboratory testing of raw and processed milk;…