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6 Oct 2023
Full-Time Environmental Health Specialist I/II – Food Safety
Job Description
Job Summary
Environmental Health Specialists (EHS) work within the section of Environmental Public Health (EPH) and are responsible for protecting the health of citizens by enforcing EPH rules and regulations, educating stakeholders, preventing exposure to environmental hazards by promoting healthy natural and built environments within Clark County.
Qualifications
JOB FUNCTIONS
- 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 believes 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.
For complete job announcement, application requirements, and to apply on-line (applications on external sites are not monitored), please visit our website at:
https://www.clark.wa.gov/human-resources/explore-careers-clark-county
Salary Grade: Local 335.34 – Local 335.38A $27.89 – $40.02- per hour
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