Team Lead - Health Protection

Fixed Term Full Time, onsite Ballarat

About the Grampians Public Health Unit (GPHU)
Established in 2021, the GPHU is one of nine local public health units in Victoria. Covering 11 Local Government Areas and serving over 250,000 people, the GPHU leads communicable disease control, health promotion, environmental health, and disease prevention across the Grampians region. Our purpose is to promote health, prevent disease, and protect community wellbeing.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and support to Public Health Officers, acting as the primary escalation point for clinical and operational issues.

• Conduct case and contact interviews, including those involving high-risk or sensitive settings.

• Plan and coordinate outbreak responses and other public health interventions.

• Support the Operations Manager Health Protection in building a high-performing and engaged team.

• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure effective public health planning and delivery across the region.

• Promote professional development, competence, and performance within the team.

Skills & Experience

Essential

• Current Authority to Practise as a Registered Nurse with AHPRA.

• Nurse Immuniser qualifications.

• Minimum 5 years’ clinical experience.

• Proven leadership skills with the ability to build a highly engaged team culture.

• Strong knowledge of clinical processes and healthcare systems.

• Skilled in staff development, capability frameworks, and workplace-based learning.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Microsoft 365 platforms.

• Strong organisational skills, technology literacy, and problem-solving ability.

Desirable

• Authorised Officer under the Public Health & Wellbeing Act 2008.

• Postgraduate qualifications in Infection Prevention & Control and/or Public Health.

• Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (or working towards).

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Interested?

Click APPLY or if you wish to discuss the role prior to applying, contact Suzanne Douglas on 1300 988 908 for a confidential discussion. 

Job applications close: 9 October 2025

About Grampians Health
Grampians Health provides healthcare to a large region at our campuses based in Ballarat, Dimboola, Edenhope, Horsham and Stawell. 

Our mission is to deliver sustainable healthcare tailored to evolving community and workforce needs. We strive to enhance services and careers, providing quality healthcare to rural and regional communities. Joining Grampians Health means being part of a diverse team, with a variety of career opportunities in acute, maternity, mental health, allied health, aged care and support services.

Culture & Benefits 

At Grampians Health, we recognise our staff are our greatest asset.  We are committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for our staff, patients, residents, visitors, volunteers and contractors at all sites.

• Flexible work arrangements and purchase leave opportunities
• Salary packaging for living expenses such as rent/mortgage plus meals, entertainment & holidays
• Access to Fitness Passport membership
• Staff rewards and recognition programs

Diversity and Inclusion
All appointments are subject to a satisfactory police records check, immunisation clearance and Working with Children check and/or NDIS Worker Screening Check.

All employees must be willing and able to wear Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) when required, which at a minimum is a surgical mask. Additional PPE requirements are role-dependent.

Grampians Health is a child safe organisation, committed to the safety and wellbeing of all children and young people. Grampians Health is committed to providing a diverse and inclusive workforce.

We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disability, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, mature age workers and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (or questioning), intersex and asexual LGBTQIA+.