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Job Summary

First Review date: 1/15/24; Open until filled

Qualifications

Job Function

• Resolves complaints concerning food borne illnesses by interviewing affected individuals, obtaining clinical specimens, collecting food samples, interviewing employees, tracing possible sources of contamination, consulting with state epidemiologist, evaluating findings and writing reports.
• Conducts compliance inspections of schools, restaurants, grocery stores, taverns, bakeries, meat markets, weekend events, and other retail food establishments according to assigned schedule. 
• Records violations found during inspections, evaluate findings, discuss with owner or manager, and establish short and long-term corrective actions.
• Makes follow-up evaluations and initiates enforcement procedures, if necessary.
• Provides information on building requirements for new and remodeled food establishments and answers questions from the public regarding public health requirements for food service establishments. 
• Reviews submitted plans for food establishments and conducts pre-opening inspections to see that requirements are met.  
• Gives presentations to food service workers and other groups regarding the prevention of food borne illnesses and proper food handling procedures.
• Participation on internal and external work groups, committees coalitions

Knowledge of:

• Key components of cultural competency; awareness of differences, attitude to examine beliefs and values, knowledge of differences and skills to work across cultures effectively and appropriately;
• Core competencies for Public Health Professionals;
• Food Safety principle and practices;
• Standard methods and techniques of inspectional work in environmental sanitation and public health; applicable rules and regulations for the specialized area(s) assigned.
• Comprehensive knowledge of the principles, practices, and terminology of environmental public health.
• Comprehensive knowledge of bacteriology, chemistry, physics, biology, and other sciences as applied to environmental public health.
• Comprehensive knowledge of general sanitation and sanitary practices.
• Comprehensive knowledge of environmental public health laws and regulations and investigative techniques.

Ability to:

Offer excellent customer service.

Work with varied stakeholders, especially private contractors and property owners.

Establish and maintain effective working relationships with varied stakeholders including government agencies, community organizations, department leadership, decision makers, peers, applicants, permit holders, industry personnel, and the general public.

Work independently with minimal supervision and attention to detail.

Express ideas effectively, both orally and in writing, in-person, on the phone, and virtually.

Work collaboratively with coworkers to improve internal systems. 

Effectively use various PC