Health Officer

Job Opportunities

• Recommends to the director the establishment of local health policies and programs.
• Plans and directs the measures required to control and prevent communicable diseases.
• Directs and coordinates the inspection, investigation, legal and other measures required by local and state health laws.
• Supervises sanitation measures and inspections throughout the municipality.
• Plans and directs the measures required to abate nuisances which may affect health and sanitation.
• Ensures that an adequate program of child health service is provided
• Collect and analyze data—including using observations, interviews, surveys, and samples of blood or other bodily fluids—to find the causes of diseases or other health problems.
• Maintains a current record of all diseases reported within the community.

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university. Possession of a valid Health Officer License issued by the Department of Health and Senior Services. Master’s degree in public health from an accredited college or university. Experience in the area of Epidemiology a plus. Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in NJ only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform essential duties of the position.

• Knowledge of Federal, State and local public health laws, rules, regulations, ordinances, policies, standards and procedures and their application to specific situations.
• Knowledge of the provisions of the local sanitary codes.

analyze and interpret public health law, regulations, rules and procedures and apply them to specific situations; recognize and identify contagious diseases and to take the proper control action; maintain and establish effective working relationships with citizens, physicians and other on health matters; provide assignments and instructions to staff and supervise the performance of their work.