Careers

Description:

Specific duties include:

• Inspecting licensed food establishments, water recreation facilities (pools and spas), and hotels for adherence to local, state, and federal regulations; document findings;
• Following steps established by Code to ensure a fair process if enforcement action is needed;
• Responding to citizen concerns about licensed establishments;
• Conducting formal Plan Review of food service establishments, water recreation facilities, and hotels to assure compliance with Code;
• Providing public health and environmental health guidance to the public and/or agencies;
• Participating in Public Health Division response efforts to maintain readiness to respond to emergencies and outbreaks to include community outreach events;
• Inspecting temporary food vendors at special events; and
• Participating in suspected and active foodborne illness outbreak investigations.

Skills/Eligibility:

Minimum: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Environmental Health, Public Health, or a directly related Natural Science area such as Biology or Chemistry, and 
• Some professional experience in environmental health inspection work such as regulatory food inspections. 

Substitution: Additional professional environmental health inspection or Public Health experience may be substituted for the education requirement on a year-for-year basis.

Desirables: Preference will be given to candidates with one or more of the following:

• Graduate or undergraduate degree in Environmental Health
• Experience in Food Safety protection
• Registration as an Environmental Health Specialist (REHS) with the National Environmental Health Association
• Certified Professional-Food Safety (CP-FS)
• Certified Pool Operator (CPO)
• CPR certification
• Lead Risk Assessor certification
• Demonstrated computer proficiency in Microsoft Office, Microsoft Teams, and local/state databases
• Virginia Department of Health Standardization Food Environmental Health Specialist certificate