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Health Protection Officer - Band 6
An exciting opportunity has arisen within NHS Grampian’s Health Protection Team to recruit a Health Protection Officer on a 12 month fixed term contract.
This is a relatively new and evolving role within the Health Protection Team, which involves working alongside another Health Protection Officer, Consultants, Nurse Specialists, Health Protection Nurses and the TB service in the surveillance, investigation and control of communicable diseases and non-infectious environmental hazards.
The post holder will be responsible for collecting pertinent details from the public regarding their communicable diseases, and providing them with information to control the spread of infection. The post holder will also be responsible for data preparation, extraction and collation in order to develop regular reports to inform surveillance, epidemiology and policy development. The post holder will liaise with a wide range of partners, such as local and national laboratories, local authorities, GP’s, community nursing staff and the general public.
Interviews will be held on 2nd November 2023.
Informal enquiries can be made to Fiona Browning, Health Protection Nurse Specialist fiona.browning@nhs.scot or Christian Nicolson, Health Protection Officer christian.nicholson@nhs.scot
NHS Scotland is committed to encouraging equality and diversity among our workforce and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. To this end, NHS Scotland welcomes applications from all sections of society.