Description:

1. Oversee compliance with communicable disease and infection control procedures and policies, including surveillance in community settings, investigation of food poisoning outbreaks and cases of statutory notifiable disease
2. Respond to and investigate notifications / alerts from the Public Health Wales web based and incident management system currently known as TARIAN, and assessing the risk.
3. Provide infection prevention and control advice and support to different settings such as care services, passenger vessels, schools, and childcare settings etc. to ensure appropriate infection controls are in place.
4. Initiating enforcement and legal action under Public and Environmental health legislation, after referring matters to the line manager. These include the preparation and service of notices, preparing and giving evidence in legal proceedings. To undertake the required enforcement activity as necessary to achieve regulatory compliance ranging from informal advice to formal action and prosecution in accordance with Codes of Practices and guidance
Isle of Anglesey County Council
Job Description / Person Specification
PART A
Mae’r ddogfen yma ar gael yn Gymraeg / This document is available in Welsh
5. Support Environmental Health Officers and other infection prevention colleagues in the prompt recognition, investigation, management and reporting of outbreaks associated with notifiable infectious diseases, communicable disease and food poisoning outbreaks.
6. Collate, validate and feedback data from audits and investigation activities to colleagues and management.
7. Maintain accurate and comprehensive records. Maintain premises files, case notes, and where appropriate prepare annual returns / prepare reports to other relevant agencies.
8. Carry out food hygiene inspections in accordance with the Food Standards Agency Code of Practice.
9. Carry out food, private water supplies and shellfish sampling.
10. To maintain competence and demonstrate CPD in accordance with professional standards & statutory requirements. Keeping currently informed in respect of new legislation affecting the work of the section.
11. Ensure full compliance with all relevant County Council policies and procedures (e.g. EU Procurement and the Council’s Financial Regulations; Data Protection Act; Freedom of Information; Equalities Act 2010; Welsh Language Standards).
12. Comply with the local authority’s Corporate Safeguarding Policy and the safeguarding duties and responsibilities which that policy places on every employee, aligning with the core values of the Authority which includes supporting children, adults who may be at risk and their families to keep them safe and healthy.