Environmental Public Health Physician

Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)

Public Health Physician

Opening Date:
July 24, 2026

Closing Date:
August 21, 2026

Job Class Code:4362

Grade:56 (Professional & Technical)

Salary:$ - $ per year

Position Number:

Location:

Augusta

This position allows for partial telework with management approval.

This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship or STEM OPT extensions.

About this Role:

Join the Maine CDC’s Environmental Health Program (EHP) and use your medical expertise to make a direct impact on the health of children in Maine communities. You will work in a collaborative, innovative, and supportive environment that is cutting-edge, challenging, and engaging, one where no two days are the same and teamwork drives success. State of Maine employees enjoy a comprehensive benefits package that supports work-life balance and personal well-being, including generous paid time off, substantial employer-paid health and dental insurance, and opportunities to build a long-term career in public service.

In this role, you’ll serve in two meaningful capacities:

This is a managerial medical position in a public health setting, where your leadership, clinical insight, and collaboration will help protect and improve lives across the state.

Join a great team doing meaningful, innovative work in environmental health. Flexible and/or reduced schedules (to 32 hours per week) may be negotiated for candidates who want to maintain a clinical role outside of State government.

Make an Impact:
What You’ll Do

Lead the Health Team for the Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention Program

As the health team leader for CLPPP, you will guide and support a small but impactful team while helping to ensure children across Maine receive appropriate testing and care. This work will advance progress toward the goal of eradicating childhood lead poisoning in Maine. It is especially critical following recent changes to state law, including a new requirement that all children receive a blood lead test at ages 1 and 2.

• Oversee monitoring of children’s blood lead levels, including confirmatory and follow-up testing, based on current state and federal guidelines, best practices, and CLPPP standard operating protocols;
• Supervise a team of two nursing staff;
• Lead a weekly childhood lead poisoning team case review;
• Inform healthcare providers about blood lead testing requirements and protocols for the medical management of childhood lead poisoning cases;
• Approve provider offices to conduct in-office blood lead testing;
• Collaborate with other state offices and state clinical organizations to perform education and outreach and to advance CLPPP priorities;
• Deliver presentations and grand rounds on childhood blood lead testing and lead exposure;
• Develop lead poisoning health case management protocols and procedures;
• Partner with managers and epidemiologists to monitor rates of blood lead testing in various populations;
• Partner with environmental specialists to determine when temporary relocation is needed for affected children.

Serve as a Medical Expert in Environmental Health

You will also play a key role in addressing environmental and chemical exposure concerns across the state, working with the Environmental Toxicology and Environmental Epidemiology Units within EHP.

In this capacity you will:

• Provide medical guidance to toxicologists, epidemiologists, other state agencies, and Maine residents;
• Support responses to both routine and acute environmental, occupational, and chemical exposures;
• Assist with consultations, reporting, and surveillance for notifiable environmental health conditions, including carbon…